Machiko Ono

is a Japanese actress.

Early life and career Machiko Ono was born on November 4, 1981, in the small village of Nishiyoshino, Nara (now part of Gojō City), Nara Prefecture. Her family consist of her mother, father, and three older sisters.

Born in a rural area of Nara Prefecture, Ono was spotted by the film director Naomi Kawase cleaning out the shoe boxes at her junior high school, and cast in the lead role in Kawase's Suzaku, which earned the filmmaker the Camera d'Or at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. Ono won the best actress award at the Singapore Film Festival for her role. After appearing in films by directors such as Shinji Aoyama, Akihiko Shiota, Nobuhiro Yamashita, and Isao Yukisada, Ono again starred in a Kawase film, The Mourning Forest, which won the Grand Prix at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.

Also appearing on television, Ono was selected in an audition of 1850 actresses to play the coveted lead role in NHK's Asadora entitled Carnation which began broadcasting in October 2011.

Personal life In July 2015, Ono married an "ordinary man" who was eleven years her senior after dating for a year, and was the managing director of the talent agency LDH. The marriage only lasted two years before divorcing in September 2017, citing "differences in lifestyle and personal values" that arose amidst her busy schedules. In May 2021, she got remarried to a non-celebrity man, who is ten years her senior, again after only dating for a year. The couple resides in the village of Nakijin, Okinawa. 後妻業の女 Black Widow Business Tomomi Nakase ミュージアム Museum Haruka

ブルーハーツが聴こえる The Blue Hearts いつまた、君と ～何日君再来～ When Will You Return? Tomoko Ashimura Lead role ナミヤ雑貨店の奇蹟 Miracles of the Namiya General Store Harumi Tamura

素敵なダイナマイトスキャンダル Dynamite Graffiti Tomiko クソ野郎と美しき世界 Kuso-yarō to Utsukushiki Sekai ちいさな英雄－カニとタマゴと透明人間 Modest Heroes Mama (voice)

台風家族 The Stormy Family Miyoko Suzuki 影踏み Shadowfall Hisako Anzai

ヤクザと家族 The Family A Family Yuka Kudō 明日の食卓 Tomorrow's Dinner Table Asumi 茜色に焼かれる A Madder Red Ryōko Tanaka Lead role

20歳のソウル Soul at Twenty Keiko Asano ハケンアニメ！ Anime Supremacy! Kayako Arishina サバカン SABAKAN Sabakan / Summer Days 1986 こちらあみ子 This Is Amiko Amiko's mother 千夜、一夜 Thousand and One Nights Nami

PLASTIC Plastic 渇水 The Dry Spell Kazumi Iwakiri おまえの罪を自白しろ Confess to Your Crimes Hatsumi Teranaka 2024 DitO DitO

おいしくて泣くとき Taste and Tears Yuka (30 years later) 新幹線大爆破 Bullet Train Explosion Yuko Kagami

仏師 Busshi Satomi Iida たしかにあった幻 Yakushima's Illusion Megumi 鬼の花嫁 The Ogre's Bride Kosetsu Nadeshiko 汝、星のごとく You, Like a Star Honoka Aono 八月の声を運ぶ男 The Man Who Carries the Voice of August Sachie Egi

Television Year Japanese Title English Title Role Notes Ref.2006いもたこなんきんImo Tako NankinHanaoka MasaeAsadora 2008なでしこ隊Nadeshiko Tai?空飛ぶタイヤ The Flying TireSugimoto 2009火の魚Hi no SakanaOrimi Tochiko外事警察 Gaiji KeisatsuHina Matsuzawa警官の血The Policeman's LineageKumiko MoriyaMiniseries 2010マザーMotherMichiki Hitomiジョーカー 許されざる捜査官Joker: Yurusarezaru SōsakanNezu Miyokoニセ医者と呼ばれて 〜沖縄・最後の医介輔〜They Call Me a Fake Doctor: The Last Nurse PractitionerNakazen YumiTelevision film 2011名前をなくした女神Namae o Nakushita MegumiAnno ChihiroカーネーションCarnationOhara ItokoLead role; Asadora 2013最高の離婚Matrimonial Chaos Hamasaki Yuka夫婦善哉Meoto ZenzaiChyoukoLead role 2014極悪がんぼGokuaku Ganbo Kaoru Kanzaki 2015フジコFujikoFujiko Uehara 2016はじめまして、愛しています。Hello, I Love YouMina UmedaLead role夏目漱石の妻Soseki Natsume and his WifeKyoko NakaneLead role狙撃SogekiRyōko KōzukiLead role; television film 2018この世界の片隅にIn This Corner of the WorldKeiko Kuromura 2019絶叫The Voice Calling Your NameYouko SuzukiLead role; miniseries 2020–21麒麟がくるAwaiting KirinIroha-dayūTaiga drama 2022すべて忘れてしまうからBecause We Forget EverythingF 2024虎に翼The Tiger and Her WingsNarratorAsadora 2024ライオンの隠れ家Light of My LionAoi Tachibana 2025阿修羅のごとくAsuraMakikoLead role トットの欠落青春記Totto no Ketsuraku Seishun-kiChō KuroyanagiTelevision film 八月の声を運ぶ男The Man Who Carries the Voice of AugustSachie EgiTelevision film

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