| Born: 1977, Philippines Fourth-cousin to Princes
William and Harry, Grant is the middle of three sisters who grew up in Nottingham
where her Filipino mother worked in theatre. She studied at drama school
in London before going on to work as a dancer on Top Of The Pops and MTV. Her
beauty took her around the world as Miss Great Briton and her big break came as
Nina on the popular Sci-Fright programme on the Sci-Fi channel. She was also a
body-double for Angelina Jolie in Tomb Raider but was uncredited. Her Bond
connection goes back to the days before her TV work where she worked as an usherette
at the Notting Hill Coronet cinema, where she says she must have seen GoldenEye
and Tomorrow Never Dies hundreds of times. Grant admits she could not get
the part on looks alone, so demonstrated her martial arts skills at the audition.
"After auditioning I was at Pinewood shooting the scene," she
said. "It was terrifying, especially when Lee Tamahori, the director, and
the writers came to look me up and down." | 
