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Nastassja Aglaia Kinski is a German actress and former model who has appeared in more than 60 films in Europe and the United States. Her worldwide breakthrough was with Stay as You Are (1978). She then came to global prominence with her Golden Globe Award-winning performance as the title character in the Roman Polanski-directed film Tess (1979). Other notable films in which she acted include the erotic horror film Cat People (1982), the Wim Wenders dramas Paris, Texas (1984) and Faraway, So Close! (1993), and the biographical drama film, An American Rhapsody (2001). Kinski is fluent in four languages: German, English, French and Italian.
Birth Name
Nastassja Aglaia Nakszynski
Born
Tuesday, 24 January 1961
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Chantal in Fairyland | 2024 | |
| LasVegas | Ilse von Lossberg | 2024 |
| Castlevania: Nocturne | Tera / Tera (voice) | 2023 |
| Dark Satellites | Birgitt | 2022 |
| Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast | Self | 2019 |
| Quincy | Self | 2018 |
| Peter Handke: Bin im Wald. Kann sein, dass ich mich verspäte... | Mignon | 2016 |
| Behind the White Glasses | Self | 2015 |
| Sugar | Sister Nadia | 2013 |
| Glööckler, Glanz und Gloria | Self | 2012 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Chantal in Fairyland | 2024 | |
| LasVegas | Ilse von Lossberg | 2024 |
| Castlevania: Nocturne | Tera / Tera (voice) | 2023 |
| Dark Satellites | Birgitt | 2022 |
| Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast | Self | 2019 |
| Quincy | Self | 2018 |
| Peter Handke: Bin im Wald. Kann sein, dass ich mich verspäte... | Mignon | 2016 |
| Behind the White Glasses | Self | 2015 |
| Sugar | Sister Nadia | 2013 |
| Glööckler, Glanz und Gloria | Self | 2012 |
| Brunes et blondes | Self | 2010 |
| More Things That Happened | The Lady | 2007 |
| Inland Empire | The Lady | 2006 |
| La Femme Musketeer | Lady Bolton | 2004 |
| À ton image | Mathilde | 2004 |
| Words in Progress | Self | 2004 |
| Paradise Found | Mette-Sophie Gad / Mette Gauguin | 2003 |
| All Around the Town | Karen Grant | 2002 |
| The 74th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Audience Member | 2002 |
| .com for Murder | Sondra | 2002 |
| Rip It Off | Misha | 2001 |
| The Day the World Ended | Dr. Jennife Stillman / Dr. Jennifer Stillman | 2001 |
| Diary of a Sex Addict | Dr. Jane Bordeaux / Dr. Jane / therapist | 2001 |
| Say Nothing | Grace Needham / Grace | 2001 |
| An American Rhapsody | Margit | 2001 |
| Town & Country | Alex | 2001 |
| Blind Terror | Susan | 2001 |
| Cold Heart | Linda Cross | 2001 |
| The Claim | Elena Burn / Elena Dillon | 2001 |
| The Magic of Marciano | Katie | 2000 |
| The District | Trish | 2000 |
| Quarantine | Dr. Galen Bronty | 2000 |
| Time Share | Dr. Julia Weiland | 2000 |
| Red Letters | Lydia Davis | 2000 |
| A Storm in Summer | Gloria Ross | 2000 |
| The Intruder | Badge Muller / Badge Mueller | 1999 |
| The Lost Son | Deborah Spitz / Deborah | 1999 |
| Playing by Heart | The Lawyer | 1998 |
| Susan's Plan | Susan Holland | 1998 |
| Your Friends and Neighbors | Cheri | 1998 |
| Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's | Self | 1998 |
| Savior | Maria Rose | 1998 |
| Bella Mafia | Sophia Luciano | 1997 |
| One Night Stand | Karen | 1997 |
| Little Boy Blue | Kate West | 1997 |
| Fathers' Day | Collette Andrews | 1997 |
| Somebody Is Waiting | Charlotte Ellis | 1996 |
| The Great War: 1914-1918 | Rosa Luxemburg | 1996 |
| The Ring | Ariana von Gotthard | 1996 |
| E! True Hollywood Story | Herself | 1996 |
| Terminal Velocity | Krista Moldova / Chris Morrow | 1994 |
| Crackerjack | Katia 'K.C.' Koslovska / K.C. | 1994 |
| Faraway, So Close! | Raphaela | 1993 |
| The 65th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Audience Member | 1993 |
| La bionda | Christine | 1993 |
| Behind the Scenes: A Portrait of Pierre Guffroy | Self | 1992 |
| In camera mia | Nastienka | 1992 |
| L'alba | Karin | 1991 |
| Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star | Actress 'Maria's Lovers' / Self (archive footage) | 1991 |
| Unizhennye i oskorblennye | Natasha | 1990 |
| Night Sun | Cristina | 1990 |
| Il segreto | Lucia | 1990 |
| Torrents of Spring | Maria Nikolaevna Polozov | 1989 |
| Up to Date | Joëlle Lavoisier | 1989 |
| Magdalene | Magdalene | 1988 |
| Malady of Love | Juliette | 1987 |
| Revolution | Daisy McConnahay | 1985 |
| Harem | Diane | 1985 |
| Paris, Texas | Jane Henderson | 1984 |
| Maria's Lovers | Maria Bosic | 1984 |
| The Hotel New Hampshire | Susie the Bear | 1984 |
| Unfaithfully Yours | Daniella Eastman | 1984 |
| The Moon in the Gutter | Loretta Channing - une fille des beaux quartiers | 1983 |
| Exposed | Elizabeth Carlson | 1983 |
| The 55th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Presenter | 1983 |
| Spring Symphony | Clara Wieck | 1983 |
| Cat People | Irena Gallier | 1982 |
| The 53rd Annual Academy Awards | Self - Presenter | 1981 |
| One from the Heart | Leila | 1981 |
| Wetten, dass..? | Self - Guest | 1981 |
| Inside the Coppola Personality | Self | 1981 |
| Tess | Tess / Tess Durbeyfield | 1979 |
| Stay as You Are | Francesca | 1978 |
| Boarding School | Deborah Collins | 1978 |
| To the Devil a Daughter | Catherine Beddows / Catherine | 1976 |
| Wrong Move | Mignon | 1975 |
| Am laufenden Band | Self - Guest | 1974 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Herself - Guest | 1962 |
| Stars in der Manege | Self | 1959 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| .com for Murder | 2002 |
| Time Share | 2000 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1981 | Golden Globe | Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama | Nominated |
| 1981 | Golden Globe | New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture - Female | Won |
