1. Sienna Tiggy Guillory is an English actress and former model.
40 Facts About Sienna Guillory
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Sienna Guillory portrayed Jill Valentine in several entries of the Resident Evil action-horror film series.
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Sienna Guillory has appeared in TV shows including Fortitude, Stan Lee's Lucky Man, and Luther.
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Sienna Guillory's father was the son of American and Turkish-Jewish parents and born at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba.
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Sienna Guillory's parents moved to Fulham, London, when Guillory was two, then later to Norfolk when she was 11.
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Sienna Guillory has a half-brother, who has the same mother.
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Sienna Guillory's parents divorced in 1990 when Sienna was 14.
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Sienna Guillory attended Gresham's School in Holt, Norfolk, where she took part in numerous school productions.
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Sienna Guillory started horseback riding at the age of two.
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At 14, she was given a horse, which she named The Night Porter, or "Porty", after the film The Night Porter; Sienna Guillory was a fan of its leading actress Charlotte Rampling.
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In December 2000, Sienna Guillory's father died of cancer at the age of 53.
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In 1997, Sienna Guillory accompanied a ballerina friend to the London modelling agency Select Model Management and was signed.
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Sienna Guillory went on to say that her frustration with later film roles left her bitter, but after seeing Helen Mirren on stage she was inspired again.
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In 1993, Sienna Guillory made her screen debut in Riders, a TV adaptation of Jilly Cooper's novel of the same name, for which the casting directors needed a young actress who was able to ride a horse.
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Sienna Guillory's performance landed her another small role in the miniseries The Buccaneers, opposite Mira Sorvino.
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Sienna Guillory returned to film with a more substantial role in the thriller Sorted.
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Sienna Guillory went on to appear in the BBC production Take a Girl Like You, a television adaptation of Kingsley Amis's novel of the same name.
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Sienna Guillory portrayed Jenny Bunn, the story's virginal heroine, and gained critical attention for her part in the period piece.
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In 2001, Sienna Guillory continued with other roles in predominantly British films, including Oblivious, Late Night Shopping, The Last Minute, and Superstition.
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Sienna Guillory was pleased to take on a larger scale film, after having worked on low-budget independent films, and compared the experience with "finding an unicorn in your sock drawer".
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Sienna Guillory played Emma, the fiancee of Pearce's character, who was killed early in the film and whose death set off its main events.
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Sienna Guillory was impressed by director Penny Woolcock's unconventional style of shooting, without rehearsing the actors, using raw takes and improvisational performances.
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Sienna Guillory later went on to say that it was one of her favorite acting experiences.
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In May 2004, Sienna Guillory starred in a new stage production of The Shape of Things at the New Ambassadors Theatre in London, with husband Cilenti.
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Sienna Guillory was cast as Jill Valentine, one of the lead characters in the video game adaptation sequel Resident Evil: Apocalypse.
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Sienna Guillory studied the original character's movements by watching playthroughs of the video game Resident Evil 3: Nemesis.
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In 2006, Sienna Guillory was a lead in the ensemble cast of the fantasy Eragon, the film adaptation of the novel by Christopher Paolini; the role reunited her with The Time Machine co-star Jeremy Irons.
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Sienna Guillory had not read the novels before filming, but after accepting the role she became a fan of Paolini's work.
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Sienna Guillory was invited to reprise her role as Jill Valentine in Resident Evil: Extinction, the sequel to Resident Evil: Apocalypse, but could not accept due to scheduling conflicts with Eragon.
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Sienna Guillory acted alongside Helen Mirren, a friend of the Sienna Guillory family who was a role model when she first had aspirations towards acting.
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Sienna Guillory was to be a lead in the television series The Oaks, expected to begin airing in 2008.
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Sienna Guillory reappears in the film in a mid-end credit scene.
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Sienna Guillory returned to a starring role in the following film, Resident Evil: Retribution, as the main antagonist of the film.
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Sienna Guillory returned to the role for the show's second series in 2016, and appeared in the third season in 2018.
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Sienna Guillory subsequently returned for both the second and third seasons.
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Sienna Guillory was photographed for the cover and shoot by photographer Jonathan Glynn Smith.
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In 2002, she was number 89 on Maxims "Hot 100 List" of the "world's 100 most beautiful women", and in 2007 Sienna Guillory was voted number 54 at Askmen.
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Sienna Guillory has been quoted as disliking the Hollywood culture, saying she does not wish to be part of it:.
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Sienna Guillory married actor Nick Moran in July 1997; they divorced in 2000.
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In 2000, Sienna Guillory began dating English actor Enzo Cilenti, and they married in 2002.