Shinobu Terajima

Shinobu Terajima
寺島しのぶ
Terajima at Tokyo International Film Festival
in October 2018
Born December 28, 1972
Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
Occupation Actress
Years active 1995–present
Spouse
Laurent Ghnassia
(m. 2007)
Children Onoe Maholo (son)
Parent(s) Onoe Kikugorō VII (father)
Sumiko Fuji (mother)
Relatives Onoe Baikō VII (grandfather)
Onoe Einosuke II (uncle)
Onoe Kikunosuke V (younger brother)
Yoko Namino (sister-in-law)
Onoe Ushinosuke VII (nephew)

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.

Early life

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.

Career

Terajima appeared in Shinobu Yaguchi's Happy Flight.

Personal life

In 2007, she married Laurent Ghnassia, a French art director based in Japan. The couple have one son, born in 2012. In an interview with The Japan Times, Terajima stated that she is raising her son to be a kabuki actor.

Filmography

Films

Television

Honours

  • Kinuyo Tanaka Award (2023)