Bérénice Marlohe

Bérénice Marlohe
Bérénice Marlohe at the Australian premiere of Skyfall, November 2012.
Born	Bérénice Lim Marlohe (1979-05-19) 19 May 1979 (age 37) Paris, France
Nationality	French
Occupation	Actress, model
Years active	2007–present
Known for	Skyfall

Bérénice Lim Marlohe (born 19 May 1979) is a French actress. She is mostly known for playing anti-heroine Bond girl Sévérine in the twenty-third James Bond film Skyfall. Her television credits include Père et Maire, Femmes de loi, and Equipe médicale d’urgence. She had an uncredited role in the French comedy Happiness Never Comes Alone with Sophie Marceau. She is also a brand ambassador for Omega Watches.

Marlohe was born in Paris, France. Her father, a doctor who moved from Cambodia to France, is of Cambodian and Chinese descent, and her mother, a teacher, is French. She originally held aspirations of becoming a pianist, as well as an artist, studying at the French arts school Conservatoire de Paris for ten years.

Marlohe first appeared in 2007 in a French short film titled La discordance before appearing in French TV series such as Pas de secrets entre nous (2008), Femmes de loi (2008), R.I.S, police scientifique (2009), and Père et maire (2009). She has appeared twice in the French crime series R.I.S, police scientifique, once in 2009 and once in 2012. In 2012 she played Laurent's, played by Maurice Barthélémy, date in Happiness Never Comes Alone.

She is best known for her role as Bond girl Sévérine in 2012's twenty-third James Bond film Skyfall. She is a strong believer in fate. During an interview, she stated that she dreamt of acting alongside Javier Bardem six months before her Bond audition. After the dream, she knew that everything would be fine. It was not until the second audition for Skyfall that someone mentioned to her that Bardem might also be cast. She starred in the 2015 film 5 to 7 and is set to appear in the upcoming 2017 film Song to Song alongside Ryan Gosling, Natalie Portman, and Rooney Mara.