Always the bridesmaid, never the bride. True, she might not grab the starring role, but she finds a way to make an immediate and lasting impression whether in only a single scene we can’t quite forget where she effortlessly steals the spotlight before fading back into anonymity or popping up in movies and television over the years here and there, almost always reminding us that we have seen her before even if we can’t quite remember where. Even if we can’t quite think her name we immediately recognize her face and search furiously through our brains to remember where we have seen “that girl” before.
Cecilie Thomsen is a Danish actress and model best known for her role as Harvard linguistic professor Inga Bergstrom in Tomorrow Never Dies. She can also be found in small roles in House of Fools and 54 along with an appearance in Bryan Adams‘ music video for “Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?”