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There’s a short interview (plus new beautiful photos) with Scottie in the latest issue of Bello Magazine. Thanks D for the scans!

From Radaronline.com

7. She’s got an intercontinental intellect: "I worked as a travel writer for the budget travel guide Let’s Go Greece during college," Scottie told us.

6. She’s oh-so-nimble: Scottie’s not only a certified Pilate’s instructor, but an experienced ballerina, whose honed the beautiful craft in stints with the Richmond Ballet, the Harvard Ballet Company and many theater productions.

5. She’s trilingual: In addition to English and French, Scottie is fluent in Wolof, the native language of West Africa’s Wolof people. "I learned [it] while studying abroad in Senegal," she told us.

4. She’s a video vixen: Scottie’s appeared in the music videos for the Counting Crows single You Can’t Count on Me and Bon Jovi‘s What Do You Got?

3. She’s worked in all aspects of show business: In addition to her experience in movies, TV, music and ballet, she also "worked as a concessions girl in a movie theater for a year."

2. She’s got a few lucky charms: "I wear at least five necklaces from special places I’ve been, and people I know, every time I fly to keep me safe," Scottie told us.

1. She’s a believer: "My favorite animated movie is The Last Unicorn," Scottie said. "I believe in unicorns."

Scottie Thompson is Today’s girl

We chatted with actress Scottie Thompson about her new film Deck the Halls, sneaking around on the Star Trek set, and her signature drink.

Tell us about Deck the Halls, your new movie.
It’s a Christmas thriller, which is an ironic twist. It’s about a woman who’s a detective and her father gets murdered, and she has to solve the crime.

How was it?
It was tons of fun. My co-star is Kathy Najimy, and I had a great time working with her. We filmed it in Vancouver even though it’s set in New York. I really love it there. It was also a fun character to work on.

What’s been your favorite project?
I’m from Virginia, and we got to shoot Lake Effects there. So it was nice to be back there for a whole month.

You played Nero’s wife in 2009′s Star Trek. What was it like to work on that film?
It was really cool. It was this really secretive process, and we would ride around on this golf cart on the Paramount Lot. There were curtains covering the cart so no one would know what the characters looked like.

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Sharp Woman: Scottie Thompson

The Ivy League grad shares her thoughts on Bon Jovi, organic farming and tweeting @The Dalai Lama.

 

Scottie Thompson is doing pretty well for herself. In the five odd years she’s been in show biz, the Virginia native has been quietly climbing the Hollywood ranks, landing solid roles on popular TV cop dramas like NCIS, and sci-fi blockbusters like last year’s Skyline (Ms. Thompson also showed up, albeit briefly, in J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek as Nero’s dead, though hot alien wife.) We talked to Scottie about her farming roots in Virginia, her Ivy League roots at Harvard and a potential dance-off with Natalie Portman. You could skip the reading and just get lost in her blue-eyed gaze, but then you wouldn’t really be her type.

How did you spend your Thanksgiving?
I went back home to Virginia to see my family. I pressed some apple cider with a cider press from 1905, which was pretty fun. My little brother is an organic farmer so we ate one of his turkeys.

How are your farming skills?
They’re not too high on the ladder. I’m growing vegetables in my backyard in L.A., but I’m just learning. I rode horses when I was a kid. I did grow up on a farm but I was never too involved with the goings-on.

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