. . . Where Are They Now? . . .Hello fans,Today we are catching up with Bond girl Izabella Scorupco, who played the iconic role in the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye. Over the years, she has tried her hand at modeling, acting, and singing. What is she doing nowadays? Let's find out...
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Email Melissa *View Past Issues: Where Are They Now Archives*--DEAD OR ALIVE?--See if you know if the following celebrities have had a visit from the "Grim Reaper":
Charlie Callas: Stand-up comedian known for his rubber face and sound effects who made many appearances on various talks shows, he also had roles in various movies ("High Anxiety") and TV series ("The Snoop Sisters")
Maureen Stapleton: She appeared in "Bye Bye Birdie", "Interiors", "Reds", "Cocoon" and other movies
Lee Remick: Starred in the movies "Anatomy of a Murder", "Days of Wine and Roses", "Telefon", and "The Omen"
(Answer at the bottom)*Izabella ScorupcoLearn More About Izabella Scorupco on Celebrity Nooz BIRTH DATE: June 4, 1970, Bialystok, Poland
BIRTH NAME: Izabela Dorota Skorupko
CLAIM TO FAME: She is best known for her portrayal of Bond girl Natalya Simonova in the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye.
FAMILY LIFE: She was married to Polish ice hockey player Mariusz Czerkawski from 1996-1998. They have one daughter together, Julia (born September 15, 1997). In 2003, she married Jeffrey Raymond and they have a son, Jakob (born July 24, 2003).
INFO: Scorupco's parents separated when she was a year old, and she stayed with her mother. They moved to Bredäng in Stockholm, Sweden in 1978, where Scorupco learned to speak Swedish, English and French.
Scorupco traveled throughout Europe working as a model in the late 1980s. In 1987, she starred in the film Ingen kan älska som vi ("Nobody can love like us"). In the early 1990s, she found success as a pop singer. Her album IZA was certified gold in Sweden in 1991. In 1995, she played Natalya Simonova in the James Bond film GoldenEye, starring opposite Pierce Brosnan.
TRIVIA: Once said that when working for Ford Modeling, she went without food for 4 months, using water as her only nourishment.
Was offered the role of Lynn Bracken in L.A. Confidential (1997), but turned it down. The role went to another former Bond girl who was 17 years older than her, Kim Basinger.
Was offered the lead female role in The Mask of Zorro (1998), but turned it down. The role went to Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Appeared on the cover of Vogue in the late 1980s.
WHERE IS SHE NOW: Scorupco returned to singing in 2011, working with Swedish musician Peter Jöback in his single Jag Har Dig Nu and featuring in the song's music video.
She starred in the short film La vie, L'amour, Le mort. In 2012, she hosted the spring series of Sweden's Next Top Model.
This month, she announced her lead role in the romantic comedy Last Chance or Sista Chansen which is set to be released in summer 2014.
*CREDITS:2010 Among Us...Cecilia
2007 Solstorm...Rebecka Martinsson
2007 Cougar Club...Paige Stack
2005 Alias (TV series)...Sabina
Pandora (2005)
2004 Exorcist: The Beginning...Sarah
2002 Reign of Fire...Alex Jensen
2000 Vertical Limit...Monique Aubertine
2000 The Diver...Irena Walde
1999 With Fire and Sword...Helena Kurcewiczówna
1995 GoldenEye...Natalya Simonova
1995 The Tears of Saint Peter...Carla/Carlo
1995 Det var en mörk och stormig natt (short)...Petronella
1994 Bert (TV series)...Zindy Dabrowski
Erik the Great (1994)
1991 V som i viking (TV mini-series)...The single mother
1988 Ingen kan älska som vi...Annelie
To see Then & Now pictures of Izabella Scorupco, visit: Celebrity Nooz*--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--Charlie Callas - DEAD
Born: 12/20/1924 Died: 01/27/2011
Maureen Stapleton - DEAD (Pulmonary disease)
Born: 06/21/1925 Died: 03/13/2006
Lee Remick - DEAD (Cancer)
Born: 12/14/1935 Died: 07/02/1991
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Said Ali al-Shihri, 39, Saudi Arabian militant, deputy leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, drone strike.
Vincenzo Cerami, 72, Italian screenwriter (Life is Beautiful).
David Collins, 67, British restaurant designer (Gordon Ramsay at Royal Hospital Road, The Wolseley), complications of skin cancer.
Davie White, 80, Scottish football player and manager (Clyde, Rangers and Dundee)
7/16
Todd Bennett, 51, British Olympic silver medal-winning runner (1984), cancer.
Talia Castellano, 13, American Internet celebrity, neuroblastoma.
Alex Colville, 92, Canadian painter.
Barun Dey, 80, Indian historian and academic.
Torbjørn Falkanger, 85, Norwegian Olympic silver medal-winning ski jumper (1952).
T-Model Ford, 93, American blues musician, respiratory failure.
Jack Gillespie, 87, Scottish businessman, chief share-holder of Rangers F.C. (1976-1985).
Elmer Lee, 93, American master distiller (Buffalo Trace Distillery).
Mario Laserna Pinzón, 89, French-born Colombian educator, diplomat and politician, Ambassador to France and Austria, Senator (1991-1995), Alzheimer's disease.
Yuri Prokhorov, 83, Russian mathematician.
Jon Richardson, 53, American football executive (Carolina Panthers), president of Stadium Operations (1996-2009), cancer.
George Smith, 92, British footballer (Manchester City).
7/15
Henry Braden, 68, American politician, member of the Louisiana State Senate (1978-1984), heart failure.
Cliff Burglin, 85, American oil pioneer and land consultant, early proponent of petroleum drilling in Alaska.
Aldo Calderón van Dyke, Honduran journalist and news anchor, poisoning.
Madhavi Desai, 80, Indian author and short story writer.
Niko Kralj, 91, Slovenian industrial designer (Rex chair).
Jane Lareau, 61, American conservationist and journalist, cancer.
Noël Lee, 88, Chinese-born French-American classical pianist and composer.
Terje Mørkved, 64, Norwegian footballer (Bodø/Glimt, Rosenborg).
John Riedl, American computer scientist.
7/14
Tonino Accolla, 64, Italian voice and theatre actor.
Herbert M. Allison, 69, American financial executive (Merrill Lynch), Assistant US Secretary of the Treasury (2009-2010), oversaw TARP, heart attack.
Matt Batts, 91, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers).
Dennis Burkley, 67, American actor (King of the Hill, My Name is Earl, Sanford, Tin Cup), heart attack.
Thad J. Jakubowski, 89, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (1988-2003).
Rashid Ali Khan, 63, Pakistani field hockey umpire (Hockey Champions Trophy), cardiac arrest.
Jenny Lay, 74, British politician, Lord Mayor of Norwich, cancer.
Curly Lewis, 88, American swing fiddler (The Texas Playboys), lung cancer.
Tejinder Pal Mann, 75, Indian political leader and politician, heart attack.
N. Rangabashyam, 79, Indian gastroenterologist.
Saturnino Rustrián, 70, Guatemalan Olympic road racing cyclist (1968).
Bill Warner, 44, American motorcycle racer, set land speed record on a conventional motorcycle (2011), motorcycle collision.
Vladimir Mikhailovich Zakharov, 67, Russian choreographer.
7/13
Pete Accardy, 72, American swim coach (Cal State Northridge), coached 13 NCAA Men's and Women's Division II Championship teams, cancer.
George Paget, 7th Marquess of Anglesey, 90, British nobleman and author
Leo Burns, 98, American harness racer.
John Cowdery, 83, American politician, member of the Alaska House of Representatives (1983-1985, 1997-2000) and Senate (2001-2009).
Veronica De Labastide, 77, Trinidadian Calypso singer.
Leonard Garment, 89, American lawyer and presidential adviser, central figure in Watergate scandal.
Ralph Holness, 60s, Jamaican theatre director and producer.
Henri Julien, 84, French car industrialist (Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives).
Cory Monteith, 31, Canadian actor (Glee, Kyle XY, Monte Carlo) and singer, heroin and alcohol overdose.
Ottavio Quattrocchi, 74, Italian businessman, central figure in the Bofors scandal, heart attack.
Kamalakar Reddy, 37, Indian Telugu actor, neurological illness.
Sharmila Rege, 48, Indian sociologist, feminist and author, complications of colon cancer.
Udo Reinemann, 70, German baritone.
Mona Røkke, 73, Norwegian politician, MP (1977-1989), Justice Minister (1981-1985), cancer.
Vernon B. Romney, 89, American politician, Utah Attorney General (1969-1977), cousin of Mitt Romney, natural causes.
Marc Simont, 97, French-born American children's book illustrator, Caldecott Medal winner for A Tree is Nice (1957).
Kip Tokuda, 66, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1994-2002), heart attack.
7/12
Bana, 81, Cape Verdean morna singer and musician.
M. Bhaskar, 78, Indian film director and producer, heart attack.
Amar Bose, 83, American audio executive, founder of Bose Corporation.
Ray Butt, 78, British television director and producer (Only Fools and Horses).
Pratap Chitnis, Baron Chitnis, 77, British politician, Head of the Liberal Party Organisation (1966-1969).
Andrzej Czyzniewski, 59, Polish footballer, heart attack.
Louis Magnarelli, 68, American insect disease researcher (Lyme disease).
Mohammed Adam Mallik, 61, Indian political leader, president of Majlis Bachao Tehreek, cardiac arrest.
Elaine Morgan, 92, Welsh writer, feminist and evolutionary theorist (The Descent of Woman, The Aquatic Ape).
Sten A. Olsson, 96, Swedish shipping magnate, founder of Stena Line.
Pran, 93, Indian actor, pneumonia.
James L. Voss, 79, American veterinarian and equine specialist, Dean of CSU College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (1986-2001).
Alan Whicker, 87, British journalist and broadcaster (Whicker's World), bronchial pneumonia.
Abu Zahar Ithnin, 74, Malaysian politician, complications of kidney disease.
7/11
Zeb Alley, 84, American politician, member of the North Carolina Senate (1971-1973), recipient of Bronze Star Medal.
Egbert Brieskorn, 77, German mathematician.
Mark Madsen-Mygdal, 23, British Manx motorcycle racer, race collision.
James David Mark, 43, American guitar player, natural causes.
Ciro Morotti, 90, Italian footballer.
Milton Silveira, 84, American aerospace engineer (NASA).
Paul Thomas, 58, British Manx motorcycle sidecar passenger, race collision.
Eugene P. Wilkinson, 94, American naval officer and nuclear power advocate, first CO of the USS Long Beach, founding CEO of the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations.