Nastassja Aglaia Kinski is a German actress and former model who has appeared in more than 60 films in Europe and the United States.
21 Facts About Nastassja Kinski
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Nastassja Kinski then came to global prominence with her Golden Globe Award-winning performance as the title character in the Roman Polanski-directed film Tess.
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Nastassja Kinski appeared in the notable biographical drama film An American Rhapsody.
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Nastassja Kinski is the daughter of German actor Klaus Kinski.
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Nastassja Kinski is the daughter of renowned German actor Klaus Kinski and his second wife, actress Ruth Brigitte Tocki.
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Nastassja Kinski is of partial Polish descent, for her grandfather Bruno Nakszynski was a Germanized ethnic Pole.
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Nastassja Kinski was so unpredictable that the family lived in constant terror.
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Nastassja Kinski began working as a model as a teenager in Germany.
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Nastassja Kinski later played one of the leading roles in Wenders' film Paris, Texas and appeared in his film Faraway, So Close.
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In 1976, while still a teenager, Nastassja Kinski had her first two major roles: in Wolfgang Petersen's feature film-length episode Reifezeugnis of the German TV crime series Tatort.
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In regards to her early films, Nastassja Kinski has stated that she felt exploited by the industry.
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In 1978, Nastassja Kinski starred in the Italian romance Stay as You Are with Marcello Mastroianni, gaining her recognition in the United States after New Line Cinema released it there in December 1979.
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Nastassja Kinski met the director Roman Polanski at a party in 1976.
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Nastassja Kinski urged her to study method acting with Lee Strasberg in the United States and she was offered the title role in Polanski's upcoming film, Tess.
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In 1978, Nastassja Kinski underwent extensive preparation for the portrayal of an English peasant girl, which included acquiring a Dorset accent through elocution studies:.
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Nastassja Kinski reteamed with Wenders for the 1984 film Paris, Texas.
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In 1976, when Nastassja Kinski was aged 15, it was speculated that there had been a romantic relationship with director Roman Polanski, who at the time was 43.
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From 1992 until 1995, Nastassja Kinski lived with musician Quincy Jones, though she kept her own apartment on Hilgard Avenue, near UCLA, at the time.
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In 1997, Kinski dated married producer Jonathan D Krane during a brief separation from his wife, actress Sally Kellerman.
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In 2001, Nastassja Kinski stated in an interview in The Daily Telegraph that she was affected by the sleep disorder narcolepsy.
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The awards and nominations received by Nastassja Kinski include one Art Film Fest Award, one Bambi Award, two Bravo Ottos, two Deutscher Filmpreis Awards, one Golden Globe, one Jupiter Award, one Nastro d'Argento Award and one Wine Country Film Festival Award.