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Noomi Rapace

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  • Producer
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Noomi Rapace
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Swedish actress Noomi Rapace was born in Hudiksvall, Gävleborgs län, Sweden to Swedish actress Nina Norén and Spanish Flamenco singer Rogelio de Badajoz (Rogelio Durán). Her parents did not stay together, and when she was five she moved to Iceland with her mother and stepfather, where she lived for three years. When she was eight she was cast in a small role in the Icelandic film 'Í skugga hrafnsins', and this sparked her love of acting. At 15 she left home and joined the Stockholm Theatre School.

Rapace won the recurring role of Lucinda Gonzales in the Swedish TV series Tre kronor (1994), and also became a respected stage performer. She won critical acclaim for playing the leading role in 2007's Daisy Diamond (2007). In 2009, Rapace came to the attention of international audiences for her portrayal of Lisbeth Salander in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009). Her performance was widely praised, and she won the Best Actress prize at Sweden's prestigious Guldbagge Awards. She went on to reprise the role in the sequels, The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009) and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009).

Rapace made her English-language film debut in Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) alongside Robert Downey Jr. She was also cast as Elizabeth Shaw in Ridley Scott's Prometheus (2012).
BornDecember 28, 1979
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BornDecember 28, 1979
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  • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
    • 14 wins & 21 nominations total

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Noomi Rapace in Prometheus (2012)
Noomi Rapace and Erik Enge in Black Crab (2022)
Noomi Rapace in Black Crab (2022)
Noomi Rapace and John Krasinski in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018)
Noomi Rapace in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018)
Noomi Rapace in Angel of Mine (2019)
Noomi Rapace in Angel of Mine (2019)
Tracy Mann and Noomi Rapace in Angel of Mine (2019)
Pip Miller, Noomi Rapace, and Luke Evans in Angel of Mine (2019)
Noomi Rapace, Richard Roxburgh, and Annika Whiteley in Angel of Mine (2019)
Noomi Rapace and Annika Whiteley in Angel of Mine (2019)
Noomi Rapace and Luke Evans in Angel of Mine (2019)

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Noomi Rapace in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
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  • Lisbeth Salander
  • 2009
Prometheus (2012)
Prometheus
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  • Elizabeth Shaw
  • 2012
Noomi Rapace in The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009)
The Girl Who Played with Fire
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  • Lisbeth Salander
  • 2009
Jude Law and Robert Downey Jr. in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
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  • Madam Simza Heron
  • 2011

Credits

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Actress

  • Constellation
    • Jo
    • In Production
    • TV Series
  • Hearts of Stone
    • Paula
    • Post-production
    • Short
  • Noomi Rapace, Matthias Schoenaerts, Nicholas Pinnock, and Lisa Vicari in Django (2022)
    Django
    • Elizabeth
    • TV Series
    • 2022–2023
  • Noomi Rapace and Henry Golding in Assassin Club (2023)
    Assassin Club
    • Falk
    • 2023
  • Noomi Rapace in Black Crab (2022)
    Black Crab
    • Caroline Edh
    • 2022
  • Noomi Rapace in You Won't Be Alone (2022)
    You Won't Be Alone
    • Bosilka
    • mother
    • 2022
  • Aksel Hennie and Noomi Rapace in The Trip (2021)
    The Trip
    • Lisa
    • 2021
  • Hilmir Snær Guðnason and Noomi Rapace in Lamb (2021)
    Lamb
    • Maria
    • 2021
  • Noomi Rapace and Joel Kinnaman in The Secrets We Keep (2020)
    The Secrets We Keep
    • Maja
    • 2020
  • John Krasinski in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018)
    Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
    • Harriet Baumann
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Noomi Rapace, Luke Evans, Yvonne Strahovski, and Annika Whiteley in Angel of Mine (2019)
    Angel of Mine
    • Lizzie
    • 2019
  • Noomi Rapace in Close (2019)
    Close
    • Sam Carlson
    • 2019
  • Ethan Hawke, Ian Matthews, Noomi Rapace, Mark Strong, and Bea Santos in Stockholm (2018)
    Stockholm
    • Bianca Lind
    • 2018
  • Will Smith and Joel Edgerton in Bright (2017)
    Bright
    • Leilah
    • 2017
  • Alien: Covenant - Advent (2017)
    Alien: Covenant - Advent
    • Dr. Elizabeth Shaw
    • Video
    • 2017
  • Glenn Close, Noomi Rapace, and Christian Rubeck in What Happened to Monday (2017)
    What Happened to Monday
    • The Settman Siblings
    • 2017
  • Alien: Covenant (2017)
    Alien: Covenant
    • Dr. Elizabeth Shaw (uncredited)
    • 2017

Producer

  • Hearts of Stone
    • executive producer
    • Post-production
    • Short
  • Noomi Rapace in Black Crab (2022)
    Black Crab
    • executive producer
    • 2022
  • Noomi Rapace in You Won't Be Alone (2022)
    You Won't Be Alone
    • executive producer
    • 2022
  • Hilmir Snær Guðnason and Noomi Rapace in Lamb (2021)
    Lamb
    • executive producer
    • 2021
  • Mélanie Laurent in Oxygen (2021)
    Oxygen
    • executive producer
    • 2021
  • Noomi Rapace and Joel Kinnaman in The Secrets We Keep (2020)
    The Secrets We Keep
    • executive producer
    • 2020
  • Noomi Rapace in Close (2019)
    Close
    • executive producer
    • 2019
  • Bruce Lee and the Outlaw (2018)
    Bruce Lee and the Outlaw
    • executive producer
    • 2018
  • Ethan Hawke, Ian Matthews, Noomi Rapace, Mark Strong, and Bea Santos in Stockholm (2018)
    Stockholm
    • co-producer
    • 2018
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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Noomi Rapace | Career Retrospective
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Noomi Rapace | Career Retrospective
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WonderCon Footage
"Lisbeth's Evidence"
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"Lisbeth's Evidence"
"Lisbeth and Teleborian"
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"Lisbeth and Teleborian"
"Intro Prosecution"
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"Intro Prosecution"
"Chasing"
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"Chasing"
The Girl Who Played with Fire: "Hacking Mikaels laptop"
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The Girl Who Played with Fire: "Hacking Mikaels laptop"
The Girl Who Played with Fire: "Salander visits Armansky"
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The Girl Who Played with Fire: "Salander visits Armansky"
The Girl Who Played with Fire: "Blomkvist discovers Dag and Mia dead"
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The Girl Who Played with Fire: "Blomkvist discovers Dag and Mia dead"
The Girl Who Played with Fire: "Blomkvist interrogates Gunnar Bjork"
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The Girl Who Played with Fire: "Blomkvist interrogates Gunnar Bjork"
The Girl Who Played with Fire: "Millennium decide to publish the article"
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The Girl Who Played with Fire: "Millennium decide to publish the article"

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    • Noomi Rapace
  • Alternative names
    • Noomi Noren
  • Height
    • 5′ 4¼″ (1.63 m)
  • Born
    • December 28, 1979
    • Hudiksvall, Gävleborgs län, Sweden
  • Spouse
    • Ola Rapace2001 - 2011 (divorced, 1 child)
  • Children
    • Lev
  • Parents
      Nina Norén
  • Relatives
    • Særún Norén(Sibling)
  • Other works
    Acted in Martina Montelius' play, "Det epileptiska riktmärket", at Teater Galeasen, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Publicity listings
    • 4 Articles
    • 35 Magazine Cover Photos

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  • Trivia
    Insists on doing her own stunts whenever possible and to the absolute extreme extent a given production will safely permit her to do so.
  • Quotes
    I'm interested in people's darker side, the ones that aren't easy and well balanced. The cracks.
  • Trademarks
      Often plays emotionally and physically abused or scarred women.

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