Noomi Rapace

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Birthday:

28 December 1979, Hudiksvall, Gävleborgs län, Sweden

Birth Name:

Noomi Norén

Height:

163 cm

Swedish actress Noomi Rapace is the daughter of Swedish actress Nina Norén and Spanish Flamenco singer Rogelio Durán. Her parents did not stay together, and when Rapace was five she moved to Iceland with her mother and stepfather, where she lived for three years. When she was eight, she was cast in a small role in the Icelandic film, 'Í skugga hrafnsins', and this sparked her love of acting. At the age of 15, she left home and joined the Stockholm Theatre School.Rapace won the recurring role of Lucinda Gonzales in the Swedish TV series Tre kronor (1994), and also became a respected stage performer. She won critical acclaim for playing the leading role in 2007's Daisy Diamond (2007). In 2009, Rapace came to the attention of international audiences for her portrayal of Lisbeth Salander in Män som hatar kvinnor (2009). Her performance was widely praised, and she won the Best Actress prize at Sweden's prestigious Guldbagge Awards. She went on to reprise the role in the sequels, Flickan som lekte med elden (2009) and Luftslottet som sprängdes (2009).Rapace made her English language film debut in Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011), alongside Robert Downey Jr. She was also cast as Elizabeth Shaw in Ridley Scott's Prometheus (2012). Show less «

I'm interested in people's darker side, the ones that aren't easy and well balanced. The cracks.

We need more extreme movies in Sweden, personal projects that aren't necessarily made for a bigger audience. I think it creates a creative b...Show more »

We need more extreme movies in Sweden, personal projects that aren't necessarily made for a bigger audience. I think it creates a creative block to always have the audience as a goal. Show less «

I hate when you see a film and after one scene you know what's going to happen and you can predict the whole story. I hate that. I think it'...Show more »

I hate when you see a film and after one scene you know what's going to happen and you can predict the whole story. I hate that. I think it's very boring. Show less «

[on doing fight scenes in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)] I tried to do as much as they allowed me to do. You get bruised, and yo...Show more »

[on doing fight scenes in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)] I tried to do as much as they allowed me to do. You get bruised, and your body aches, and you hurt yourself, but that's kind of part of it. I am very self-critical, and I don't like to pretend. Show less «