Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė
Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė | |
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 Dapkūnaitė in 2017
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| Born |
Ingeborga Edmundovna Dapkūnaitė
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| Occupation(s) | Actress, TV presenter, theatre producer |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Awards |
State Prize of the Russian Federation Nika Award - 1994, Russia |
Ingeborga Edmundovna Dapkūnaitė (Lithuanian: Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė; born 1963) is а Lithuanian theatre and cinema actress, who has appeared mostly in Russian films. She is known for her roles in two 1994 Russian films Burnt by the Sun, which won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and Katya Ismailova, for which she won the Nika Award for Best Actress.
Early life and education
Dapkūnaitė was born in Vilnius, Lithuania, in 1963. She made her first appearance on stage at the age of four, in a production of the opera Madam Butterfly. In a later reminiscence, she said that at the age of seven she felt "true happiness" that she was able to act in plays.
In 1985 she graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre under Jonas Vaitkus, and joined the Kaunas State Drama Theatre. There she played the part of Antigone in Sophocles' play Antigone.
Acting career
Stage
By the age of 24 (1987), Dapkūnaitė had performed in six plays at Kaunas Theatre, shone in Shakespearean roles, and dreamed of playing Natasha Rostova in War and Peace.
In 1992 Dapkūnaitė appeared on stage in the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago, after John Malkovich had in 1991 auditioned for an Eastern European actress for a play called Slip of the Tongue, which later played in Shaftesbury Avenue in London. It was directed by Englishman Simon Stokes, who became her second husband. She also appeared in a play written by Malkovich called Libra, about Lee Harvey Oswald, and they have collaborated on many productions since; by April 2023, there had been nine, and Malkovich called her his "oldest, closest, colleague".
In January 2011 she appeared on stage with Malkovich again, in The Giacomo Variations at the Sydney Opera House, as part of the Sydney Festival.
In 2014, she played the title role in young playwright Yaroslava Pulinovich's play Zhanna, directed by Ilya Rotenberg at the Theatre of Nations in Moscow.
In April 2023, Dapkūnaitė acted alongside Malkovich in the play In the Solitude of Cotton Fields in Tallinn, Estonia.
Film and TV
Dapkūnaitė played the lead role in the 1987 telemovie Elektroninė senelė (Electronic Grandmother), based on the Ray Bradbury short story "I sing the Body Electric", aired on Central Television in Russia.
She is known for her role in the Russian film Burnt by the Sun (1994), She has also had a number of minor roles in some top Hollywood movies, including Mission: Impossible (1996) and Seven Years in Tibet (1997), the latter of which featured her as the wife of Heinrich Harrer (played by Brad Pitt).
Dapkūnaitė played Helen in Emily Young's debut feature Kiss of Life (2003), stepping in at short notice after the actor originally booked to play the role, Katrin Cartlidge, died suddenly in 2002.
She portrayed the Russian Tsarina Alexandra in the 2003 British TV mini-series The Lost Prince, and was mother to Thomas Harris's fictional cannibal and serial killer, also known to be of Lithuanian origin, in the film Hannibal Lecter, in Hannibal Rising (2007).
Also on television, she portrays a Bosnian refugee named Jasmina Blekic in Prime Suspect series 6, with Helen Mirren, which aired in 2003. In the first season of the 2004 BBC series Bodies, created by Jed Mercurio, she played nurse Katya Bredova.
In 2012 she played Kenneth Branagh's love interest in the Wallander TV episode "Dogs of Riga", and also starred in the film Branded. She also portrayed the role of Mrs Hudson in Russia's Sherlock Holmes, filmed in 2012.
Dapkūnaitė again plays Tsarina Alexandra in the 2014 Russian miniseries Grigoriy R, about Rasputin.
She plays the role of top Russian diplomat Irina Sidorova in the Norwegian show Okkupert (Occupied), first aired in 2015.
Dapkūnaitė plays the lead role of Estonian detective Inga Veermaa in the Russian-Estonian remake of the 2011 Swedish/Danish crime drama The Bridge. Two series were made, airing from 2018 to 2020 in Russia and Estonia.
Juries
In 2001 Dapkūnaitė was a member of the jury at the 23rd Moscow International Film Festival.
In 2010, she was a jurist at the 67th Venice Film Festival.
Awards and recognition
Dapkūnaitė won the 1994 Nika Award for Best Actress, for her performance in Katya Ismailova.
She appeared on the cover of Domashny Ochag (a Russian version of Good Housekeeping, since renamed Novy Ochag) magazine in June 2014.
Personal life
Dapkūnaitė has been married three times. Her first husband was Lithuanian actor Arūnas Sakalauskas, her groupmate at the Vilnius Conservatory. Her second husband was British director Simon Stokes, whom she divorced in 2009. Her third husband was Russian lawyer and businessman Dmitry Yampolsky. They divorced in 2017.
In 2010 she was based in the UK. She then moved to Russia, but in 2022 voiced her opposition to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and left the country.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | My Little Wife | Aukse | |
| 1985 | Zodiac | TV | |
| 1985 | Night Whispers | Inga | |
| 1986 | Game chameleon | Veronica | |
| 1987 | The mysterious heir | Asya Tikhonova | |
| The confluence of circumstances | Veronica Bergs | ||
| The 13th Apostle | Mariya | ||
| 1988 | Autumn, Chertanovo ... | Mariya Zavarzina | |
| Crossing | Kama-Basia Zalevskaya | ||
| 1989 | Intergirl | Kisulya | |
| F minor | Katya | ||
| 1990 | Nikolai Vavilov | Natalia Karlovna Lemke | Mini-series |
| 1991 | Cynics | Olga | |
| 1992-93 | The Good Guys | Sanda | TV series |
| 1993 | Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald | Lubya | TV |
| The Alaska Kid | Salli | TV series | |
| 1994 | Katya Ismailova (russian title: Near Moscow Nights) | Katya Ismailova | |
| Burnt by the Sun | Maroussia | ||
| 1995 | Thief Takers | TV series | |
| 1996 | On Dangerous Ground | Asta | TV |
| Mission: Impossible | Hannah Williams | ||
| Letters from the East | Marie / Mother | ||
| 1997 | Seven Years in Tibet | Ingrid Harrer | |
| 1998 | CI5: The New Professionals | Elkie | TV series |
| 1999-01 | Big Bad World | Natalia | TV series |
| 1999 | Sunburn | Carolyn Kramer | |
| 2000 | Moscow | Masha | |
| Rostov-dad | Elya | TV series | |
| Shadow of the Vampire | Micheline | ||
| 2002 | War | Margaret | |
| 2002 | Stereoblood | Mariya | |
| 2003 | The Lost Prince | Tsaritsa Alexandra Feodorovna | TV |
| The Suit | Asya | ||
| Kiss of Life | Helen | ||
| Coming Up | Olesya Muratseva | TV series | |
| Prime Suspect S6: The Last Witness | Jasmina Blekic | Mini-series | |
| 2004 | 25 Degrees in Winter | Sonia | |
| 2004-06 | Bodies | Katya Bredova | TV series |
| 2005 | Graveyard Shift | wife of the owner | |
| 2006 | Silent Witness | Dr. Caroline Anscombe | TV series |
| 2007 | Hannibal Rising | Mother Lecter | |
| In Transit | Vera | ||
| 2008 | Morphine | Anna | |
| Terra Nova | Marta | ||
| 2009 | L'affaire Farewell | Natasha | |
| Jolly Fellows | Margo | ||
| Volunteer | Lena | Mini-series | |
| Katya: Military history | Mariya Barsukova | TV series | |
| 2010 | Orange Juice | Dasha | |
| Cadenzas | Liza | ||
| 2011 | Heavenly Court | Morpheus | Mini-series |
| 2012 | 30 Beats | The Call-Girl - Alice | |
| Branded | Guru's Associate Dubcek | ||
| Wallander – s.3.02, "The Dogs of Riga" | Baiba Liepa | TV series | |
| Heavenly Court | Morpheus | Film | |
| 2013 | Antalya | ||
| Sherlock Holmes | Mrs. Hudson | TV series | |
| 2014 | Rather "Moscow-Russia" | conductor Anna | |
| Gregory R. | Empress Alexandra Feodorovna | TV series | |
| Heavenly Court. Continued | Morpheus | Mini-series | |
| 2015-19 | Occupied | Irina Sidorova | TV series |
| 2015 | Men's Life in Autumn | ||
| 2016 | Wallander – "A Lesson in Love" | Baiba Liepa | TV series |
| Artist Kills Self | Clarissa Stearn | ||
| 2017 | Jeanne | Jeanne | |
| Matilda | Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark) | ||
| 2018-20 | The Bridge | Inga Veermaa, Estonian detective | TV series |
| 2019 | Union of Salvation | Princess Belskaya | |
| Dark like the Night. Karenina-2019 | journalist | short film | |
| 2022 | Generation of Evil | Rasa Kymantaite, the mayor |