- "That’s a beautiful necklace. Did he give it to you? I have one just like it."
- ― James Bond to Veneau
Corrine Veneau is a fictional Canadian intelligence operative who appears in the 2008 James Bond film Quantum of Solace. She was portrayed by Stana Katic.
Biography[]
At the end of Quantum of Solace, Bond goes to Kazan, Russia, where he confronts Vesper Lynd's former lover, Yusef Kabira. Yusef is a member of the Quantum organization. His role is to seduce high-ranking women with valuable connections, getting them to give up government assets as ransom for himself in fake kidnappings where he is supposedly held hostage.
He is attempting to do the same with Canadian IO Corrine Veneau, even giving her the same kind of necklace (an Algerian love knot) he gave Vesper.
Surprising them at Yusef's apartment, Bond holds the Quantum operative at gunpoint. He tells Corrine about Vesper and advises her to alert CSIS to the leak. She quietly exits, leaving the two men alone, but not before whispering "Thank You." to James Bond, as she realizes how close she came to suffering Vesper's fate.
Behind the scenes[]
Before being cast as Corrine, Stana Katic was one of the actresses up for the part of MI6 operative Strawberry Fields, who was finally portrayed by Gemma Arterton.[1]