Noomi Rapace
Biography
Noomi Rapace is a Swedish actress who won acclaim in 2007 for her portrayal of a troubled teenage mother in the Danish film Daisy Diamond (2007), winning Denmark's Bodil and Robert awards for best actress. She became internationally known as Lisbeth Salander in the Swedish adaptations of the Millennium series, including The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009) and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009), a performance that brought her a Guldbagge Award, a Satellite Award and BAFTA and European Film Award nominations. She then took English-language roles as Madame Simza Heron in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) and Elizabeth Shaw in Prometheus (2012). Her later films include The Drop (2014), Child 44 (2015), Unlocked (2017), Bright (2017), Close (2019), The Secrets We Keep (2020) and Lamb (2021), for which she won best actress at the Sitges Film Festival. She has also appeared in television series including Jack Ryan and Constellation.
46years old
Turns 47 on December 28in 88 days
- Born Hudiksvall
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
- Hilda Noomi Norén (birth name)Also credited as Noomi Norén, Norén and Noomi Rapace-Norén
Movie Career
- Films
- 21
- Career span
- 14 years2009 to 2023
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First role
At seven, Rapace received her first film role: a part with no lines in the Icelandic movie In the Shadow of the Raven by Hrafn Gunnlaugsson. That experience led her to become an actress.
A first
After the Millennium series did well, Rapace took on an international career. She played Madame Simza Heron in Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, released in 2011, which was her first role in English.
Big break
Ridley Scott met Rapace after the Millennium trilogy and told her he wanted to work with her, urging her to improve her accent; he later cast her as the lead scientist Elizabeth Shaw in Prometheus.
Noomi Rapace movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows2011 Action, Adventure, Crimeas Madam Simza Heron
IMDb rating 7.4506K votes
Most often with
Ridley Scott directed two of these films, Daniel Alfredson two. Seventeen actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Ridley Scott
Daniel AlfredsonDirector, 2 films, 2009
All films by Daniel Alfredson
Also two films together11 more actors
- Lena EndreThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009) and The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009)
- Magnus KrepperThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009) and The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009)
- Annika HallinThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009) and The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009)
- Georgi StaykovThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009) and The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009)
- Jacob ErickssonThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009) and The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009)
- Kevin ShenClose (2019) and Unlocked (2017)
- Michalis KoutsogiannakisThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009) and The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009)
- Anders Ahlbom RosendahlThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009) and The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009)
- Micke SpreitzThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009) and The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009)
- Sofia LedarpThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009) and The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009)
- Tanja LorentzonThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009) and The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Noomi Rapace's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$907 million
14 of the 21 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 21 films: 14 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 5 figure not found.
- 14Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
- 5Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$403M44.5% of the total
- 2$335M36.9% of the total
- 3$67M7.4% of the total
- 4$43M4.8% of the total
- 5$20M2.2% of the total
- 6$19M2.1% of the total
- 7$13M1.4% of the total
- 8$3.2M0.4% of the total
$3.3 millionfrom the other 6 films with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total
Awards
Six awards and honors from 2008 to 2021.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 2021 | Sitges Film Festival Best Actress award | Lamb | Won |
| 2012 | Amanda Award for Best Actress | The Monitor | Won |
| 2010 | Dagens Nyheter Culture Prize | Won | |
| 2009 | Satellite Awards | Won | |
| 2008 | Bodil Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role | Daisy Diamond | Won |
| 2008 | Robert Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role | Daisy Diamond | Won |
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