Machiko Ono


Machiko Ono is a Japanese actress.

Early life and career

Machiko Ono was born on November 4, 1981, in the small village of Nishiyoshino, Nara, Nara Prefecture. Her family consist of her mother, father, and three older sisters.
Born in a rural area of Nara Prefecture, Ono was spotted by the film director Naomi Kawase 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 Camera d'Or at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. Ono won the best actress award at the Singapore Film Festival for her role. After appearing in films by directors such as Shinji Aoyama, Akihiko Shiota, Nobuhiro Yamashita, and Isao Yukisada, 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 NHK's Asadora entitled Carnation which began broadcasting in October 2011.

Personal life

In July 2015, Ono married an "ordinary man" who was eleven years her senior and was the managing director of the talent agency LDH after dating for a year. The marriage only lasted two years before divorcing in September 2017, citing "differences in lifestyle and personal values" that arose amidst her busy schedules. In May 2021, she got remarried to a non-celebrity man, who is ten years her senior, again after only dating for a year. The couple resides in the village of Nakijin, Okinawa.

Selected filmography

Film

Television

Dubbing