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Nanako Matsushima
Matsushima at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival
Born (1973-10-13) 13 October 1973 (age 50)
Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Occupations
Years active1992–present
AgentSeventh Avenue
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Spouse
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(m. 2001)​
Children2

Nanako Matsushima (松嶋 菜々子, Matsushima Nanako, born October 13, 1973) is a Japanese actress[1] and model. She starred in the horror film Ring, and was also the female lead character in the drama A Story of Love, along with Ring co-star Hiroyuki Sanada. In 2011, her drama I'm Mita, Your Housekeeper. reached a viewer rating of 40%, making it one of the highest rated Japanese dramas of all time.[2]

Biography

Personal life

Matsushima was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. On February 21, 2001, she married Japanese actor Takashi Sorimachi, her co-star in the hit drama GTO (Great Teacher Onizuka). They have two daughters together, born on May 31, 2004, and November 30, 2007. She has been called one of Japan's most beautiful women.[3]

Career

Nanako Matsushima in 2010.

Matsushima has appeared in a number of popular or critically acclaimed dramas, and she has won the Best Actress Award at the Japan Television Drama Academy Awards six times.[4]

In 1997, Matsushima was selected to play the female lead, a poor but happy designer who happens to run a shop in a building owned by a wealthy, arrogant but dying rich man played by Hiroyuki Sanada in the drama A Story of Love, also known as Konna Koi No Hanashi for its Japanese title. The drama chronicles the trial and tribulations that the leads undergo as their feelings developed into something more than mere friendship.

In 1998, Matsushima starred together with her now husband, Takashi Sorimachi in the drama Great Teacher Onizuka, about a former delinquent turned teacher. The drama which was based on a popular manga, received a 35.7 rating for its final episode, making it one of the highest rated Japanese dramas ever.

In 1999, Matsushima subsequently appeared as the female lead in the controversial drama Terms for a Witch, also known as Majo no Jōken for its Japanese title. which centres on the romance between a teacher and her student, with Hideaki Takizawa as the male lead. Despite its controversial nature, the drama was awarded the best drama at the 21st Japan Television Drama Academy Awards.[5]

Matsushima played Tsubaki Domyouji, the sister of the main male lead Domyouji Tsukasa (Jun Matsumoto), in 2005 popular drama Boys Over Flowers and Boys Over Flowers 2. Both dramas were a rating success with the final episode of Boys Over Flowers 2 peaking at 27.6. This was the first time the two appeared together. The second was in 2012, when Matsushima starred in the comedy serial drama Lucky Seven, where she played the role as the President of Private Investigative Detective Firm, where Matsumoto plays a rookie detective.[6] The third time they appeared together, Matsushima played Matsumoto's character Chikara Nakagoshi's neighbor, Yoriko Michio, in 2022 drama My neighbor, Chikara.[7] The two shared another stage in NHK's 2023 Taiga drama What Will You Do, Ieyasu?, with her playing the role of Odai no Kata, mother to Matsumoto's Ieyasu Tokugawa.[8]

In 2011, Matsushima starred in the hit I am Mita, Your Housekeeper, the final episode which garnered the rating of 40%, making it one of the highest rated Japanese dramas of all time.I am Mita, Your Housekeeper won several awards, including the Best Drama and Best Female Actress awards, at the 71st Television Drama Academy Awards.[9]

Matsushima was also cast as the main lead in the cult classic horror film Ring, often cited as one of the best horror films of all time.[10] The movies also marked the second debut between Matsushima and Hiroyuki Sanada, who previously worked together in the drama A Story of love.[11] This film brought Matsushima worldwide recognition and it has since been remade into an American film.

Matsushima has also appeared in several other popular films, amongst them the 2000 film Whiteout, which grossed over 4.2 billion yen in Japan. For her role in the film, Matsushima was nominated for the Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role award at the 24th Japan Academy Film Prize.

In September 2021, she co-starred in a commercial for Uber Eats alongside Matt Kuwata.[12]

In November 2023, Nanako Matsushima co-starred along with her husband Takashi Sorimachi in a commercial for skincare and makeup Shiseido.[13][14] The new Shiseido commercial marked the couple first sharing screen in 25 years following the couple co-starred together in 1998 TV Drama Great Teacher Onizuka and the first time the couple co-starred together following their marriage in 2001.[14][13] In 2024 the couple are expected to once again co-star together in the newly remake of 1998 version of Great Teacher Onizuka TV Drama, GTO Revival, where Matsushima are expected to appear as guest star and reprise her role as Azusa Fuyutsuki.[15][16]

Filmography

TV dramas

Year Title Role Network Notes Ref.
1996 Sunflower Nozomi Minamida NHK Lead role; Asadora [17]
1997 A Story of Love Kaori Fujimura Fuji TV [18]
1998 Sweet Season Mahiro Fujitani TBS Lead role [17]
Great Teacher Onizuka Azusa Fuyutsuki Fuji TV [17]
1999 Ice World Tōko Egi Fuji TV Lead role [17]
Terms for a Witch Michi Hirose TBS Lead role [17]
Emergency Room 24 Hours Kaede Kojima Fuji TV [19]
2000 Perfect Woman Sakurako Jinno Fuji TV Lead role [17]
2002 Toshiie and Matsu Maeda Matsu NHK Lead role; Taiga drama [8]
2003 The Beauty or the Beast Makoto Takamiya Fuji TV Lead role [17]
2005 Emergency Room 24 Hours: Season 3 Kaede Kojima Fuji TV [20]
Boys Over Flowers Tsubaki Domyoji TBS Special appearance [21]
Grave of the Fireflies Hisako Sawano NTV Television film [22]
2006 Furuhata Ninzaburō Kaede / Momiji Fuji TV Episode 42 [23]
2007 Boys Over Flowers 2 Tsubaki Domyoji TBS Special appearance [24]
2009 Emergency Room 24 Hours: Season 4 Kaede Kojima Fuji TV [25]
2011 I'm Mita, Your Housekeeper. Akari Mita NTV Lead role [17]
2012 Lucky Seven Toko Fujisaki Fuji TV [6]
2013 Emergency Room 24 Hours: Season 5 Kaede Kojima Fuji TV Lead role [26]
2019 Natsuzora: Natsu's Sky Fujiko Shibata NHK Asadora [17]
2022 My neighbor, Chikara Yoriko Michio TV Asahi [27][7]
2023 The Third Finger Offered to a King Shizuka Nitta TBS [28]
2023 What Will You Do, Ieyasu? Odai no Kata NHK Taiga drama [8]
2024 GTO Revival Azusa Fuyutsuki Fuji TV [29]

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1998 Ring Reiko Asakawa Lead role [17]
1999 Ring 2 Reiko Asakawa Special appearance [30]
2000 Whiteout Chiaki Hirakawa [31]
2007 Bizan: The Mountain of Mother's Love Sakiko Lead role [32]
2013 Shield of Straw Atsuko Shiraiwa [33]
2014 When Marnie Was There Yoriko Sasaki (voice) [34]
2018 The Crimes That Bind Hiromi Asai [35]
2019 Almost a Miracle Momoka Machida [36]
2021 The Great Yokai War: Guardians Reika [37]
2023 Don't Call It Mystery: The Movie [38]

Awards

Year Award Category Work(s) Result Ref.
2001 24th Japan Academy Film Prize Best Actress Whiteout Nominated [39]
2012 15th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix Best Actress I'm Mita, Your Housekeeper Won [40]

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