'Spectre' Bond Girl: Mexican Stephanie Sigman Named Part Of 007 Franchise

Announced officially on Agent 007’s Twitter account, it’s been revealed that “The Bridge” star Stephanie Sigman will be the next Bond Girl in the 24th official James Bond movie “Spectre” as the intriguing Estrella. Filming started recently, at the end of 2014 and the Mexican actress will be joining the cast, which includes Daniel Craig, Ralph Fiennes and rumor has it, Christoph Waltz. It’s been said the Oscar winner will play the vicious villain, Oberhauser, who’s the son of the late Hans Oberhauser.

A statement was also released on the official James Bond 007 Facebook page, which read, “We are pleased to announce that Stephanie Sigman has joined the cast of SPECTRE as Estrella. The Mexican actress was the lead in the Academy Awards nominated Miss Bala (2011) and also starred in Norway’s submission for Best Film at this year’s Oscars®, Pioneer (2013). Her recent TV appearances include, The Bridge (2013) and Narcos (2015).”

In case you were wondering about the movie title “Spectre”, it stands for Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion, and it promises to be packed with action with Sam Mendes returning as the director, after the $1.1 billion “Skyfall”. We’ll have to wait for its November 6 release!