Shinobu Terajima (寺島 しのぶ, Terajima Shinobu, born December 28, 1972) is a Japanese actress. Her feature films include Akame 48 Waterfalls (2003) and Vibrator (2003). For her role in Caterpillar (2010), Terajima won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 60th Berlin Film Festival while her performance in Oh Lucy! (2017) earned her an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Actress.[2]
Shinobu Terajima | |
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寺島しのぶ | |
Born | |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1995–present |
Spouse |
Laurent Ghnassia (m. 2007) |
Children | Onoe Maholo (son)[1] |
Parent(s) | Onoe Kikugorō VII (father)[a] Sumiko Fuji (mother) |
Relatives | Onoe Baikō VII (grandfather)[b] Onoe Einosuke II (uncle) Onoe Kikunosuke V (younger brother)[c] Yoko Namino (sister-in-law)[d] Onoe Ushinosuke VII (nephew)[e] |
Her father is the kabuki actor Onoe Kikugorō VII (Japanese: 五代目 尾上菊五郎, Hepburn: Nanadaime Onoe Kikugorō), her mother the actress Sumiko Fuji, and her brother the kabuki actor Onoe Kikunosuke V.[3]
Terajima appeared in Shinobu Yaguchi's Happy Flight.[4]
In 2007, she married Laurent Ghnassia, a French art director based in Japan. The couple have one son, born in 2012.[5] In an interview with The Japan Times, Terajima stated that she is raising her son to be a kabuki actor.[6]