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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 in Kanagawa Prefecture), is an Academy Award-nominated Japanese actress. She has worked in film, television and theater, as well as 25 TV commercials and music videos.
She debuted, in 1999, under her birth name, Yuriko Kikuchi, with the Kaneto Shindo-directed film Ikitai (生きたい, Ikitai?). Soon after, in 2001, she starred in the acclaimed Kazuyoshi Komuri-directed film Sora no Ana (空の穴, Sora no Ana?), which was featured across several international film festivals, including the Rotterdam Film Festival. In 2004, she also appeared in the critically acclaimed Katsuhito Ishii-directed film Cha no Aji (茶の味, Cha no Aji?), which was selected for the renowned Cannes Film Festival.
In 2006, she appeared in the critically-acclaimed Alejandro González Iñárritu-directed film Babel, where she played Chieko Wataya, a deaf teenaged girl, in a role for which she was critically acclaimed, and nominated for numerous awards, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and winning several, such as the National Board of Review Award for Best Breakthrough Female Performance (tying with Jennifer Hudson) and the Gotham Award for Best Breakthrough. Having received an academy award nomination, she has became the first japanese actress to be nominated in 49 years, since Miyoshi Umeki.
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