Rain Elwood

Rain Elwood (born Egija Zviedre in Riga, Latvia) is an actress. She moved from Riga to London, to pursue a career in acting. Elwood received media attention in her home country for playing the lead female role in "Beethoven Burst" a musical short film by Ankit Love, that became a No.1 hit on the MTV Hive top 100 chart. March, 2012 saw her again on MTV, playing the lead in "Drowning" an underwater music video by Context MC. She also plays the principle female part, an oligarch's daughter in DJ Smash's theatrical music video "From Russia With Love". Her modeling work includes playing the Bond girl in a Hello! Magazine photo shoot with British TV star Mark Wright as James Bond at the Ritz Hotel Casino in London. Elwood has been the face of Puredistance, an ultra luxury perfume brand that retails for up to €1,600 a bottle. In Heineken's 'The Express' commercial made for the James Bond film Skyfall, Elwood plays a featured part alongside Daniel Craig. In 2013, Rain made her prime time television debut in HBO's Strike Back acting alongside Sullivan Stapleton.