is a French-Japanese actress, director and former model.
Early life Noémie Nakai was born on December 2, 1990, in Tokyo, Japan. She has a French mother and a Japanese father. She took acting lessons when she was very young in France, and arrived by chance in modeling by shooting for advertisements in order to follow her friends. In 2013, she got her first real acting role in the drama . Nakai is a graduate of the Lycée International de Saint-Germain-en-Laye in France and Keio University in Japan. She also studied at the University of Nottingham in England.
Career In 2015, she built her reputation for her role as Christine Robbins in the second season of Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo.
On the eve of her thirties, she won the Busan Award in October 2019 as a director in the Asian Project Market section (co-production platform allowing emerging directors to meet market professionals on an international level) of the Busan International Film Festival for the Topography of Solitude project.
Her short film Tears Teacher spotted at the Hot Docs Festival was acquired by the Op Docs section of The New York Times. This ten-minute documentary is dedicated to Hidefumi Yoshida, a teacher who has been a tear therapy practitioner since 2015, who organizes meetings where men and women cry bitterly and anonymously write down painful episodes of their lives. “Emotional outbursts” are frowned upon in Japan. Tears Teacher was selected in the short documentary category of the 2021 Sundance Festival available for streaming on the New York Times website.
In 2022, Noémie Nakai played Luna in Tokyo Vice, a television series for HBO Max, the first episode of which is directed by Michael Mann.
Art studies Cours Simon in Paris (2004-2008) School of Le Vésinet in France (2001-2004) Music production on the Isle of Wight in England (2002-2003) Singing class / voice exercises in Tokyo Dance class (ballet, modern dance)
Personal life In 2018, Nakai moved to London to pursue director opportunities and splits her time between England and Japan.
Filmography Noémie Nakai starred in a dozen films and TV series.
Film Year Title Role Notes2015 Equals Uncredited Sayonara French android2016 Tanaka's stomach Kumi Adegawa Short film The Reading Forest The Organist Short film High&Low The Red Rain Furuno Death Note: Light Up the New World J2017 Radiance a model Red Sash: The Tomioka Silk Mill Story Emilie Brunat High&Low The Movie 2 / End of Sky Furuno The Last Dream Short film 2021 Army of Thieves Beatrix 2022 Sitting Pretty Chloe Short film
Television Year Title Role Notes 2013 Shûden Bye Bye Sophie (French tourist) 1 episode 2014–2015 Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo Christine Robbins 8 episodes 2015 The Emperor's Cook Simone 2 episodes2016 Kasôken no onna: New Year Special Elisa Dubois TV movie Never Let Me Go Manami 6 episodes Death Note: New Generation J 1 episode 2022 Tokyo Vice Luna 7 episodes
Video games Year Title Role Notes2019GridAdditional voice-over castVoice role2022Grid LegendsDrift AnnouncerVoice role2026007 First LightIsola ValeVoice role and motion capture
Music videos Koda Kumi - "Slow" feat. Omarion (2020) V6 (2012) Music video for Rabbit "Nikki" Rottengraffty
Appearance
Advertisements Astalift McDonald's Peach John Shiseido (2012) TV Commercial for Matsumoto Kiyoshi Argelan organic shampoo (Tokyo, Japan) (2014) TV Commercial for GU (2014) TV commercial for Morinaga Mashbon (2014) Advertisement for United Arrows (2014) Advertisement for Grand Hyatt Fukuoka (2014) TV Commercial for Laforet - Summer sale
Magazines Akasugu Snowgirl Volt Zexy
Model (2011) Sony Tablet S - Model (2012) Commercial for Ridez 2012 S/S - Model (2013) Commercial for Emobile - Model (Tokyo, Japan) (2013) Prints ads for Victorian House Reintei Weddings (Kobe, Japan) (2013) Print ads for Vernal make-up brand.
Radio (2013) "Hello world" radio emission on J-Wave- Guest (Tokyo, Japan)
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