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Noomi Rapace

Acting

Born December 28, 1979 · Hudiksvall, Gävleborgs län, Sweden

Also known as Hilda Noomi Norén · Noomi Norén · Hilda Noomi Rapace

Biography

Noomi Rapace (Swedish: [ˈnǒːmɪ raˈpasː]; née Norén; born 28 December 1979) is a Swedish actress. She achieved international fame with her portrayal of Lisbeth Salander in the Swedish film adaptations of the Millennium series (2009): The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest. For her performance in the Millennium series, Rapace won, amongst others, two Nymphe d'Or, a Guldbagge Award, and a Satellite Award as Best Actress, and was nominated for a BAFTA Award, an International Emmy Award and a European Film Award. Following the success of the Millennium series, Rapace has gone on to star in American movies. She has also starred as Anna in Daisy Diamond (2007), Leena in Beyond (2010), Anna in The Monitor (2011), Madame Simza Heron in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011), Elizabeth Shaw in Prometheus (2012) and Alien: Covenant (2017), Beatrice in Dead Man Down (2013), Nadia in The Drop (2014), Raisa Demidova in Child 44 (2015), the seven lead roles in What Happened to Monday (2017), Leila in Bright (2017), Rupture (2016), Bianca Lind in Stockholm (2018), Sam Carlson in Close (2019), Lizzie in Angel of Mine (2019), Harriet Bauman in Jack Ryan (TV series, 2019), Maja in The Secrets We Keep (2020), Maria in Lamb (2021), Lisa in The Trip (2021), Bosilka in You Won't Be Alone (2022) and Caroline Edh in Black Crab (2022). Description above from the Wikipedia article Noomi Rapace, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Sitges Film Festival Best Actress award · 2021
  • Amanda AwardBest Actress · 2012
  • Dagens Nyheter Culture Prize · 2010
  • Satellite Awards · 2009
  • Bodil AwardBest Actress in a Leading Role · 2008
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  • Robert AwardBest Actress in a Leading Role · 2008
  • European Film AwardBest Actress · 2009 · nominated

Filmography34 titles

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan

2018as Harriet 'Harry' Baumann

Millennium

2010as Lisbeth Salander

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

2009as Lisbeth Salander

The Graham Norton Show

2007as Self

What Happened to Monday

2017as The Settman Siblings

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

2011as Madam Simza Heron

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

2009as Lisbeth Salander

Constellation

2024as Johanna 'Jo' Ericsson

The Girl Who Played with Fire

2009as Lisbeth Salander

The Drop

2014as Nadia

The Trip

2021as Lisa

You Won't Be Alone

2022as Bosilka

Oxygen

2021Executive Producer

Prometheus

2012as Elizabeth Shaw

Beyond

2010as Leena

Garbo: Where Did You Go?

2024as Self - Narrator (voice)

Lamb

2021as María

Unlocked

2017as Alice Racine

Child 44

2015as Raisa Demidov

Black Crab

2022as Caroline Edh

Angel of Mine

2019as Lizzie

Bright

2017as Leilah

Alien: Covenant

2017as Dr. Elizabeth Shaw (uncredited)

Dead Man Down

2013as Beatrice

The Secrets We Keep

2020as Maja

Close

2019as Sam Carlson

Assassin Club

2023as Falk / Agent Vos

Stockholm

2018as Bianca Lind

The Monitor

2011as Anna

Django

2022as Elizabeth Thurman

Here Are the Young Men

2020as Angel Dust

Passion

2012as Isabelle James

Off Camera with Sam Jones

as Self

Rupture

2016as Renee