Rinko Kikuchi

Rinko Kikuchi
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Nationality:
Japanese
Birthdate:
01/06/1981
Birthplace:
Kanagawa, Japan
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biography
As Chieko, the angry, sexually exploring, deaf-mute in director Alejandro González Iñárritu’s revelatory motion picture, “Babel” (2006), Rinko Kikuchi wowed critics with her Golden Globe nominated-turn in what, moviegoers were surprised learn, was her first American film.

Kikuchi was born on Jan. 6th, 1981 in Kanagawa, Japan. She started her modeling and acting career at the age of 15 under her real name, Yuriko Kikuchi, before years later, in May of 2004, changing her screen name to Rinko. After making her film debut in "Ikitai" in 1999, she went on to add more than a dozen movies and TV Continued

Credits
Bang Bang
2008
Chieko
2006
Suiso Kusanagi
milestones
Year
Milestone
 
Began modeling and acting at the age of fifteen
1999 
Made film debut in “Ikitai” directed by Kaneto Shindo
2002 
Offered a strong performance in “Sora no ana (Hole of the Sky),” directed by Kazuyoshi Kumakiri
2004 
Starred in “Tori/Kokorono Katana,” directed by Tadanobu
2004 
Appeared in “Cha no aji (Taste of Tea),” directed By Katsuhito Ishii
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