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Nastassja Kinski

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Nastassja Kinski is a German actress and former model, born in 1961 with the family name Nakszynski, who has appeared in more than sixty films in Europe and the United States. Her worldwide breakthrough came with Stay as You Are in 1978, and she reached global prominence with her Golden Globe Award-winning performance in the title role of Roman Polanski's Tess in 1979. Her other notable films include Francis Ford Coppola's musical romance One from the Heart, Paul Schrader's supernatural horror film Cat People, both in 1982, and the Wim Wenders films Paris, Texas and Faraway, So Close!, as well as the biographical drama An American Rhapsody in 2001. She is the daughter of the German actor Klaus Kinski.

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1961 1
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Golden Globe Award 1
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is a German actress and former model
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1. Nastassja Kinski (Wikipedia)
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    born 24 January 1961
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    is a German actress and former model
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    Golden Globe Award-winning performance as the title character in the Roman Polanski-directed film Tess
  • Associated With: Film, Lead, film
    She has appeared in more than 60 films in Europe and the United States
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