Occupation Actress Name Yoko Shimada | Role Actress | |
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Awards Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama Nominations Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie Movies Similar People Jerry London, James Clavell, Eric Bercovici, Yuya Uchida, Christophe Gans |
Yôko Shimada - Actor
Yōko Shimada (島田 陽子, Shimada Yōko, born 17 May 1953, Kumamoto) is a Japanese actress. She is best known to Western audiences for her portrayal of "Mariko" in the 1980 miniseries Shōgun.
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She was the only female member of Shōgun's massive cast of Japanese actors shown speaking English, for which she relied on a dialogue coach, as she was not fluent in the language at the time. Her English improved greatly during the production, however, allowing her to work in a few English language films during the 1980s and 1990s. In 1981, she won the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series-Drama and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy award for her work on Shōgun
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Yôko Shimada - Actor
Filmography
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Television
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References
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