Noémie Nakai

Noémie Nakai (中井 ノエミ, Nakai Noemi, born December 2, 1990), is a French-Japanese actress, director and former model.[1]

Noémie Nakai
中井 ノエミ
Born
Noémie Nakai

(1990-12-02) December 2, 1990
Tokyo, Japan
NationalityFrench and Japanese
EducationLycée International de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Keio University, University of Nottingham
Occupations
  • actress
  • director
  • former model
Years active2013–present
Websitenoemienakai.com

Early life

Noémie Nakai was born on December 2, 1990, in Tokyo, Japan. She has a French mother and a Japanese father.[2] She took acting lessons when she was very young in France, and arrived by chance in modeling by shooting for advertisements in order to follow her friends. In 2013, she got her first real acting role in the drama Shûden Bye Bye.[3] Nakai is a graduate of the Lycée International de Saint-Germain-en-Laye in France and Keio University in Japan. She also studied at the University of Nottingham in England.

Career

On the eve of her thirties, she won the Busan Award in October 2019 as a director in the Asian Project Market section (co-production platform allowing emerging directors to meet market professionals on an international level) of the Busan International Film Festival for the Topography of Solitude project.[4]

Her short film Tears Teacher spotted at the Hot Docs Festival was acquired by the Op Docs section of The New York Times.[5][6] This ten-minute documentary is dedicated to Hidefumi Yoshida, a teacher who has been a tear therapy practitioner since 2015, who organizes meetings where men and women cry bitterly and anonymously write down painful episodes of their lives. “Emotional outbursts” are frowned upon in Japan.[5] Tears Teacher was selected in the short documentary category of the 2021 Sundance Festival available for streaming on the New York Times website.[7]

In 2022, Noémie Nakai played Luna in Tokyo Vice, a television series for HBO Max directed by Michael Mann.[5][1]

Art studies

Personal life

In 2018, Nakai moved to London to pursue director opportunities and splits her time between England and Japan.[8]

Filmography

Noémie Nakai starred in a dozen films and TV series.[1]

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2015 Equals Uncredited
2015 Sayonara French android
2016 Tanaka's stomach Kumi Adegawa Short film
2016 The Reading Forest The Organist Short film
2016 High&Low The Red Rain Furuno
2016 Death Note: Light Up the New World J
2017 Radiance a model
2017 Red Sash: The Tomioka Silk Mill Story Emilie Brunat
2017 High&Low The Movie 2 / End of Sky Furuno
2017 The Last Dream Short film
2021 Army of Thieves Beatrix
2022 Sitting Pretty Chloe Short film

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2013 Shûden Bye Bye Sophie (French tourist) 1 episode
2014 - 2015 Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo Christine Robbins 8 episodes
2015 The Emperor's Cook Simone 2 episodes
2016 Kasôken no onna: New Year Special Elisa Dubois TV movie
Never Let Me Go Manami 6 episodes
Death Note: Light Up the New World J 1 episode
2022 Tokyo Vice Luna 7 episodes

Video games
Year Title Role Notes
2019 Grid Additional voice-over cast Voice role
2022 Grid Legends Drift Announcer Voice role

Music videos

Appearance

Advertisements
  • Astalift
  • McDonald's
  • Peach John
  • Shiseido
  • (2012) TV Commercial for Matsumoto Kiyoshi Argelan organic shampoo (Tokyo, Japan)[1]
  • (2014) TV Commercial for GU[1]
  • (2014) TV commercial for Morinaga Mashbon[1]
  • (2014) Advertisement for United Arrows[1]
  • (2014) Advertisement for Grand Hyatt Fukuoka[1]
  • (2014) TV Commercial for Laforet - Summer sale[1]

Magazines
  • Akasugu
  • Snowgirl
  • Volt
  • Zexy

Model
  • (2011) Sony Tablet S - Model[1]
  • (2012) Commercial for Ridez 2012 S/S - Model[1]
  • (2013) Commercial for Emobile - Model (Tokyo, Japan)[1]
  • (2013) Prints ads for Victorian House Reintei Weddings (Kobe, Japan)[1]
  • (2013) Print ads for Vernal make-up brand.[1]

Radio
  • (2013) "Hello world" radio emission on J-Wave- Guest (Tokyo, Japan)[1]

References
  1. "Noémie Nakai". IMDB. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  2. "【注目の人物】日本とフランスのハーフ美女！綾瀬はるか主演作"キーパーソン"中井ノエミ - モデルプレス". モデルプレス - ライフスタイル・ファッションエンタメニュース (in Japanese). Archived from the original on November 5, 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
  3. "『Interview』Noémie Nakai | Watashi wo Hanasanaide". YouTube (in French). Archived from the original on February 3, 2022. Retrieved 2022-02-01.
  4. Sonia Kil (Oct 8, 2019). "Busan: Nakai Nomie's 'Topography of Solitude' Wins Top Prize at Asian Project Market". Variety. Archived from the original on November 3, 2021.
  5. "Hidefumi Yoshida, professeur de larmes". Pen Magazine International (in French). Archived from the original on February 2, 2022. Retrieved 2022-02-01.
  6. tokyoatparis (2020-09-02). "Noémie NAKAI, portrait d'une jeune réalisatrice prometteuse". Tokyo@Paris (in French). Archived from the original on February 2, 2022. Retrieved 2022-02-01.
  7. The Learning Network (2020-10-01). "Film Club: 'Tears Teacher'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on February 2, 2022. Retrieved 2022-02-01.
  8. Matthew Hernon (Jun 18, 2020). "French-Japanese director Noemie Nakai finds strength in vulnerability". Japan Times. Archived from the original on November 5, 2021. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
  9. "倖田來未-KODA KUMI-『Slow feat.Omarion』". YouTube. Jan 25, 2020.
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