Ingeborga Dapkunaite
Biography
Ingeborga Dapkunaite is a Lithuanian actress and television presenter who began on stage as a child, playing Dolore in a production of Madama Butterfly at the age of four. Born in Vilnius and raised partly by a grandmother who managed the national opera and ballet theater, she trained at the Lithuanian State Conservatory under Jonas Vaitkus and then joined the Kaunas State Drama Theatre. She became widely popular in the Soviet Union through the 1989 drama Intergirl, and her leading role in Katya Ismailova brought her the Nika Award for Best Actress. She appeared as Marussia in Burnt by the Sun (1994), the Mikhalkov film that won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and later in Mission: Impossible (1996), Seven Years in Tibet (1997), Hannibal Rising (2007) and Matilda (2017). Her stage work has taken her to theaters in Lithuania, Britain, the United States and Russia, and she has a long professional partnership with John Malkovich.
63years old
Turns 64 on January 20in 99 days
- Born Vilnius
- Star sign: AquariusFirst day of the sign, on the Capricorn cusp
- Ingeborga Edmundovna Dapkūnaitė (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 13
- Career span
- 31 years1994 to 2025
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First role
Dapkunaite was four years old when she first appeared on stage. Her theatrical debut came as Dolore in the Puccini opera Madama Butterfly.
First role
Dapkunaite went to Kaunas State Drama Theatre once she finished the Conservatory. There, under her master Jonas Vaitkus, she took on seven leading roles within two years.
Big break
In Pyotr Todorovsky's 1989 drama Intergirl, Dapkunaite played Kisulya, a young prostitute. That part made her widely popular across the Soviet Union.
Ingeborga Dapkunaite movies on Netflix
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The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Evgeny Mironov appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Evgeny Mironov's page
John Malkovich's page
Maksim Matveyev's page
Vitaliy Kishchenko's page
Evgeniy Mironov's page
Awards
Four awards and honors from 1989 to 1995.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 1995 | State Prize of the Russian Federation | Won | |
| 1994 | Nika Award | Katya Ismailova | Won |
| 1992 | Golden ram | Cynics | Won |
| 1989 | Meritorious Artist of the Lithuanian SSR | Won | |
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