Nastassja Kinski

Nastassja Kinski (2) crop

German actress and former model

Nastassja Kinski

Name	Nastassja Kinski
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Birth date	Birth date -1st March 1966
Birth place	West Berlin, West Germany
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Occupation	Actress, model
Years active	1975–present
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Nastassja Kinski (born 24 January 1961) is a German actress and former model. She has appeared in more than 60 films in Europe and the United States. Her notable films include Tess (1979), Cat People (1982), Paris, Texas (1984), and Faraway, So Close! (1993).

Early life

Nastassja Aglaia Nakszynski was born in West Berlin, West Germany, to Klaus Kinski, a German actor, and his wife, Ruth Brigitte Tocki. She has two half-siblings, Polina Kinski and Nikolai Kinski, who are also actors.

Career

Kinski's career began in the mid-1970s. She gained international recognition for her role in the film Tess, directed by Roman Polanski, for which she won a Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress.

In 1982, she starred in the erotic horror film Cat People, which was a remake of the 1942 film of the same name. Her performance in Paris, Texas, directed by Wim Wenders, was critically acclaimed and the film won the Palme d'Or at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival.

Kinski continued to work in both European and American films throughout the 1980s and 1990s. She appeared in Faraway, So Close! (1993), directed by Wim Wenders, and One Night Stand (1997), directed by Mike Figgis.

Personal life

Kinski has three children: Aljosha Nakszynski, Sonja Kinski, and Kenya Julia Miambi Sarah Jones. She was in a relationship with Quincy Jones, an American record producer, and Ibrahim Moussa, an Egyptian filmmaker.

Filmography

Selected films

• Tess (1979)
• Cat People (1982)
• Paris, Texas (1984)
• Faraway, So Close! (1993)
• One Night Stand (1997)

Awards and nominations

• Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress (1981) for Tess

See also

• List of German actors
• List of Golden Globe winners

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