Eva Gaëlle Green (born July 6, 1980) is a French-American actress and model. She started her career in theatre before making her film debut in 2003 in Bernardo Bertolucci's controversial “The Dreamers.” She achieved international recognition when she appeared in Ridley Scott's “Kingdom of Heaven” (2005) and portrayed Vesper Lynd in the James Bond film “Casino Royale” (2006). That same year, Green was awarded the BAFTA Rising Star Award.
Princess Aurora is cursed by an evil fairy at her christening after not being invited. Doomed to die upon pricking her finger on a spinning wheel at the age of sixteen, a good fairy softens the spell into a deep, hundred-year sleep, from which she will only awaken with a prince's kiss of true love.
