Noomi Rapace achieved international fame with her portrayal of Lisbeth Salander in the Swedish film adaptations of the Millennium series : The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest.
21 Facts About Noomi Rapace
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Noomi Rapace has said she saw her father only occasionally before his death.
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Noomi Rapace speaks fluent Icelandic, Danish, Norwegian, and English, in addition to her native Swedish.
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At the age of seven, Noomi Rapace was given her first film role, a non-speaking part in the Icelandic film In the Shadow of the Raven by Hrafn Gunnlaugsson.
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Noomi Rapace left home at age 15 and enrolled in a Stockholm theatre school.
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In 1996, Noomi Rapace made her television debut playing the part of Lucinda Gonzales in the long-running soap series Tre kronor.
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From 1998 to 1999, Noomi Rapace studied at the acting school Skara Skolscen.
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Noomi Rapace won the two top film awards in Denmark for Best Actress for her role in the film, which was selected for the main competition at the San Sebastian International Film Festival.
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Noomi Rapace later appeared in the same role in the sequels The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest.
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All three films were subsequently recut as a six-part miniseries aired on Swedish television called Millennium, for which Noomi Rapace received a nomination for the International Emmy Award for Best Actress.
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Noomi Rapace's first English-speaking role was the character of Madame Simza Heron in Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, released in 2011.
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Noomi Rapace was cast in Ridley Scott's blockbuster hit Prometheus, where she played the leading role, a scientist named Elizabeth Shaw.
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Noomi Rapace had met Scott for the first time following the release of the Millennium trilogy movies, at which point he expressed a willingness to work with her and encouraged her to improve her accent.
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Noomi Rapace did not appear in the final cut of the film's sequel Alien: Covenant, but did act in a short related prologue.
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Noomi Rapace appeared in Niels Arden Oplev's crime thriller Dead Man Down, alongside Isabelle Huppert and Colin Farrell.
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In September 2014, she was the subject of the short film A Portrait of Noomi Rapace, directed by artist and designer Aitor Throup and scored by Flying Lotus.
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On 25 August 2017, it was announced that Noomi Rapace was cast in the action thriller film Close.
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Since the premier of Close, in 2019, Noomi Rapace has starred in Angel of Mine, Jack Ryan, The Secrets We Keep.
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In 2021 the Icelandic folk horror Lamb premiered at Cannes Film Festival, where Noomi Rapace has the leading role of Maria.
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Noomi Rapace has leading roles in the following features The Trip, You Wont Be Alone, Black Crab.
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In May 2022, Noomi Rapace was a member of the jury of the 75th Cannes Film Festival.