1. Rie Miyazawa is a Japanese actress and former idol singer.
15 Facts About Rie Miyazawa
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Rie Miyazawa is regarded as one of Japan's top actresses, and her accolades include six Japan Academy Film Prizes and three Kinema Junpo Awards.
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Rie Miyazawa quickly rose to prominence as one of the top idols of the early Heisei period, attracting controversy for her 1991 nude photography book Santa Fe, which moved 1.5 million copies.
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Rie Miyazawa took on a few television drama roles in the late 1990s, and returned to the big screen in the Taiwanese films The Cabbie and Peony Pavilion.
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Rie Miyazawa co-starred in the highly-acclaimed 2002 film The Twilight Samurai, which marked a full-fledged comeback for Miyazawa and remains as her most recognizable role both domestically and internationally.
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Rie Miyazawa saw further success in The Face of Jizo and Tony Takitani, and received several accolades for Pale Moon and Her Love Boils Bathwater.
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Rie Miyazawa was born in Tokyo to a Dutch father and a Japanese mother.
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Rie Miyazawa starred in the children's comedy Bokura no Nanokakan Senso and Tokyo Elevator Girl.
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Rie Miyazawa made her debut as a singer on September 15,1989, with her album MU.
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The tabloids focused on Rie Miyazawa's drinking session, fights with her mother, and her escape to a nearby hotel as signs of a suicide attempt.
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Rie Miyazawa continued to pursue her career as an actress, including a performance in Kon Ichikawa's movie 47 Ronin that year.
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In early 1996 Rie Miyazawa moved to Coastal California, but by May she was back on TV reporting from the Cannes Film Festival and later that year she appeared in two TV dramas: Hanayome Kaizoebito and Kyosokyoku.
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In 2001, Rie Miyazawa won the Best Actress Award at the 23rd Moscow International Film Festival by portraying a Chinese Kunqu performer in the Hong Kong film Peony Pavilion, directed by Yonfan.
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On February 13,2009, Rie Miyazawa announced to the public that she was six months pregnant and would soon marry the father of the child who is reported to be Hiroyuki Nakatsu, an ex-pro surfer from Hawaii turned entrepreneur.
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On March 23,2016, Rie Miyazawa announced that her divorce from Nakatsu has been finalized.