Rinko Kikuchi

Japanese Actress

Profile
Name                 Rinko Kikuchi
Japanese name   菊地 凛子 Kikuchi Rinko
Birth name         Yuriko Kikuchi
Birth date           January 6, 1981
Birth place         Hadano, Japan
Occupation        Actress


Biography
Rinko Kikuchi  is a Japanese actress. Kikuchi is the first Japanese actress to be nominated for an Academy Award in 50 years. She is currently Japan's only living female Academy Award nominee in acting categories. The only other nominee was Miyoshi Umeki, who won the Best Supporting Actress award in 1957 for Sayonara.