A statuesque talent with a knack for physical roles, Stana Katic was a film and television actress whose formidable presence translated into a string of action-oriented turns in features like “Quantum of Solace” (2008) and series like (Fox, 2001- ) and “Heroes” (NBC, 2006- ). Biology was her initial passion, but a chance opportunity to appear in an independent feature in her native Canada turned her towards acting. She appeared in countless television series throughout the early part of the new millennium before breaking big in 2008 with a trio of capable, sexy roles in the Bond picture, Frank