Machiko Ono
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is a Japanese actress.


Career

Born in a rural area of
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, Ono was spotted by the film director
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cleaning out the shoe boxes at her junior high school, and cast in the lead role in Kawase's '' Suzaku'', which earned the filmmaker the
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at the 1997
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. Ono won the best actress award at the
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for her role. After appearing in films by directors such as
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, Akihiko Shiota,
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, and
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, Ono again starred in a Kawase film, '' The Mourning Forest'', which won the Grand Prix at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. Also appearing on television, Ono was selected in an audition of 1850 actresses to play the coveted lead role in
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's
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entitled ''
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'' which began broadcasting in October 2011.


Selected filmography


Film


Television


Dubbing

*'' Minions: The Rise of Gru'' (Belle Bottom)


References


External links


Official profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ono, Machiko Japanese child actresses Japanese film actresses Japanese television actresses 1981 births Living people Actors from Nara Prefecture Asadora lead actors 21st-century Japanese actresses