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Rinko Kikuchi (菊地 凛子, Kikuchi Rinko, born Yuriko Kikuchi (菊地 百合子, Kikuchi Yuriko), January 6, 1981) is a Japanese actress. She was the first Japanese actress to be nominated for an Academy Award in 50 years, for her work in Babel (2006).
She was the first Japanese actress to be nominated for the Oscars in 50 years, since Miyoshi Umeki. Other than that she had appeared in commercials, including ads for Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent, as well as Japanese soap operas.
- January 1, 1
- 1.69 m
- Hadano, Japan
She was the first Japanese actress to be nominated for the Oscars in 50 years, since Miyoshi Umeki. Other than that she had appeared in commercials, including ads for Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent, as well as Japanese soap operas. As a result, her popularity rose outside her native country.
- January 6, 1981
Birthday: Jan 6, 1981. Birthplace: Hadano, Japan. As Chieko, the angry, deaf-mute teenager in director Alejandro González Iñárritu's revelatory motion picture "Babel" (2006), Rinko Kikuchi wowed...
Tomatometer®Audience ScoreTitleCreditNo Score YetNo Score YetAkiko Tanaka (Character)No Score YetRotten audience score. 38%Aina Horikawa (Character)93%Fresh audience score. 75%Unknown (Character)42%Rotten audience score. 37%Mako Mori (Character)Rinko Kikuchi is a Japanese actor, voice actor, director, and writer who became the first Japanese female actor to be nominated for an Academy Award in 50 years, for her work in Babel (2006).
- January 6, 1981
- 52 kg
- 5 ft 6½ in
- Capricorn
May 21, 2018 · Rinko Kikuchi began her acting career in Japan, but she arrived on the international scene with a stunning performance in Babel —one that earned her a Best Supporting Actress Oscar...
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