MEXICO CITY (AP) – Actress Stephanie Sigman will become the first Mexican “Bond girl” when she appears in 007’s upcoming movie “Spectre.”

The official 007 website called “Inside the World of James Bond” is announcing Sigman’s role in the 24th Bond movie.

It says she will be playing a character named “Estrella” opposite Daniel Craig as Bond.

Sigman starred in the award-winning 2011 Mexican film “Miss Bala,” about a beauty pageant contestant involved with drug traffickers.

Nicaraguan-American actress Barbara Carrera appeared as Fatima Blush in 1984’s Never Say Never Again.