Ute Lemper

She turned down the part in James Bond 007: GoldenEye (1995) that was later played by Famke Janssen.

On her native Germany: I was very critical of my own background - with the way I grew up - and I did not find my surroundings open or tolerant enough. My spirit couldn't run free. I was uptight in that place and I found a vaster freedom abroad.