Jason Merritt/Getty ImagesThe new James Bond movie just got even hotter.
Mexican actress Stephanie Sigman has been cast in the upcoming 24th big screen 007 film, Spectre, which is set for release in November and stars Daniel Craig as the suave British super spy for what will mark his fourth time. Sigman's character's name is Estrella, which means "star" in Spanish.
"Dreams do come true ;-)," she said on Instagram on Monday.
The gorgeous actress, whose mother is Mexican and father is American, joins previously announced Spectre Bond girls, Italian bombshell Monica Belucci and French star Léa Seydoux.
We are pleased to announce that @SigmanStephanie has joined the cast of #SPECTRE as Estrella pic.twitter.com/63ibzmlFFz
? James Bond (@007) March 9, 2015The actress is one of few actresses of Latin decent to play a Bond girl in the hit franchise and the first in more than 25 years.
Mexican actress Linda Christian, the first Bond girl ever, played Valerie Mathis in a 1954 TV adaptation of Casino Royale. Nicaraguan-American actress Barbara Carrera starred as Fatima Blush the 1984 movie Never Say Never Again, starring the first big screen James Bond, Sean Connery. Talisa Soto, a U.S-born actress born to Puerto Rican parents, played Lupe Lamora in the 1989 film License to Kill with Timothy Dalton.
Check out five things to know about your Sigman.
1. She plays a sexy carnivore in an Arctic Monkeys music video
Here's your new Bond Girl frying up and gnawing on a juicy steak and dancing while wearing black lingerie in the rock band's 2014 clip, "Snap Out of it."
2. From model...
She pursued a modeling career before she concentrating on acting. According to GQ Mexico, in 2004, when she was 17, she was signed to the prestigious agency Elite Model Management.
3. ...to actor...
Sigman has appeared in mostly Mexican productions. Her breakout role was a beauty pageant contestant who gets involved, against her will, with a dangerous drug cartel in the R-rated 2011 movie Miss Bala. The film is based on a true story and was produced by Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal. The movie was Mexico's submission for Best Foreign Language film for the 2011 Oscars.
In 2013, she went on to play Eva in the FX series The Bridge, which also starred Diane Kruger and Demian Bichir.
4. New York Yankees connection
Sigler's father is Lee Sigman, a Kansas native who works as a scout for the New York Yankees in Mexico. He previously ran the Mexican Baseball Academy.
5. Game of Thrones connection
Sigman stars in a new Netflix crime series, Narcos, which focuses on Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar and stars Pedro Pascal, who played Oberyn Martell on GoT.
6. She's a comics nerd
...fellow comics nerds, rejoice!
7. She's really good at Instagram...
...and doesn't take herself too seriously. Follow her @sigmanstephanie.