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Rinko Kikuchi

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 06: Solange Knowles, Humberto Leon, Rinko Kikuchi and Carol Lim attend the Costume Institute Gala for the 'PUNK: Chaos to Couture' exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6, 2013 in New York City.

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About Rinko Kikuchi

Rinko Kikuchi (菊地 凛子, Kikuchi Rinko?), born Yuriko Kikuchi (菊池 百合子, Kikuchi Yuriko?), January 6, 1981) is a Japanese actress. She has been nominated for the Academy Award, the Screen Actors Guild Award, and the Golden Globe, and won the NBR Award and the CFCA Award. Kikuchi is the first Japanese actress to be nominated for an Academy Award in 50 years. She is Japan's only living female Academy Award nominee, since Miyoshi Umeki, who won for in 1957 for Sayonara, died on August 27, 2007.

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