About Noomi Rapace
Noomi Rapace (Swedish: [ˈnǒːmɪ raˈpasː]; born Hilda Noomi Norén, 28 December 1979) is a Swedish actress. She achieved international fame with her portrayal of Lisbeth Salander in the Swedish film adaptations of the Millennium series (2009): The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest. For her performance in the Millennium series, Rapace won two Nymphe d'Ors, a Guldbagge Award, and a Satellite Award as Best Actress amongst others, and was nominated for a BAFTA Award, an International Emmy Award, a Critics' Choice Movie Award, and an European Film Award. Following the success of the Millennium series, Rapace has gone on to star in many international movies. She has starred as Veronica in Bloodbrothers (2005), Anna in Daisy Diamond (2007), Leena in Beyond (2010), Anna in The Monitor (2011), Madame Simza Heron in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011), Elizabeth Shaw in Prometheus (2012) and Alien: Covenant (2017), Isabelle in Passion (2012), Beatrice in Dead Man Down (2013), Nadia in The Drop (2014), Raisa Demidova in Child 44 (2015), Renee in Rupture (2016), Alice Racine in Unlocked (2017), the seven lead roles in What Happened to Monday (2017), Leilah in Bright (2017), Bianca Lind in Stockholm (2018), Sam Carlson in Close (2019), Lizzie in Angel of Mine (2019), Harriet Bauman in Jack Ryan (TV series, 2019), Maja in The Secrets We Keep (2020), Maria in Lamb (2021), Lisa in The Trip (2021), Bosilka in You Won't Be Alone (2022), Caroline Edh in Black Crab (2022), Elizabeth Thurman in Django (TV series, 2023), Falk in Assassin Club (2023), Jo Ericsson in Constellation (TV series, 2024), and Mother Teresa in Mother (2025). For her performance in the Millennium series, Rapace won two Nymphe d'Ors, a Guldbagge Award, and a Satellite Award as Best Actress amongst others, and was nominated for a BAFTA Award, an International Emmy Award and a European Film Award.
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