Rinko Kikuchi
personal-info
known-for
Acting
gender
Female
birthday
1981-01-06
place-of-birth
Hadano, Kanagawa, Japan
also-known-as
Yuriko Kikuchi
기쿠치 린코
菊地百合子
Kikucsi Rinko
菊地 凛子
رینکو کیکوچی
biography
Rinko Kikuchi, born Yuriko Kikuchi, January 6, 1981, is a Japanese actress. Kikuchi is the first Japanese actress to be nominated for an Academy Award in 50 years. She is currently Japan's only living female Academy Award nominee in acting categories. The only other nominee was Miyoshi Umeki, who won the Best Supporting Actress award in 1957 for Sayonara.