Noomi Rapace

Noomi Rapace, born Noomi Norén on December 28, 1979, in Hudiksvall, Sweden, is a Swedish actress. She first gained international fame for playing Lisbeth Salander in the 2009 Swedish film adaptations of the Millennium series, which included The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest. For those roles, she won two Nymphe d'Or awards, a Guldbagge Award, and a Satellite Award for Best Actress, and was nominated for a BAFTA Award, an International Emmy Award, and a European Film Award.

Since then, she has worked steadily in both European and American productions. She played Elizabeth Shaw in Prometheus (2012), Madame Simza Heron in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011), and took on eight lead roles in Unlocked (2017) and What Happened to Monday (2017), among others. Her filmography spans a wide range, including Bright (2017), Lamb (2021), and Black Crab (2022), as well as the TV series Jack Ryan (2019).

Rapace comes from a creative family. Her mother, Nina Norén, is a Swedish actress, and her father, Rogelio Durán, was a Spanish flamenco singer from Badajoz. Her sister, Særún Norén, is a photographer. Rapace speaks fluent Icelandic, Danish, Norwegian, and English, in addition to her native Swedish. She is 5'4" and slim, with brown hair and eyes.