is a Japanese actress.
Early life and career Machiko Ono was born on November 4, 1981, in the small village of Nishiyoshino, Nara (now part of Gojō City), Nara Prefecture. Her family consist of her mother, father, and three older sisters.
Born in a rural area of Nara Prefecture, Ono was spotted by the film director Naomi Kawase cleaning out the shoe boxes at her junior high school, and cast in the lead role in Kawase's Suzaku, which earned the filmmaker the Camera d'Or at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. Ono won the best actress award at the Singapore Film Festival for her role. After appearing in films by directors such as Shinji Aoyama, Akihiko Shiota, Nobuhiro Yamashita, and Isao Yukisada, Ono again starred in a Kawase film, The Mourning Forest, which won the Grand Prix at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.
Also appearing on television, Ono was selected in an audition of 1850 actresses to play the coveted lead role in NHK's Asadora entitled Carnation which began broadcasting in October 2011.
Personal life In July 2015, Ono married an "ordinary man" who was eleven years her senior after dating for a year, and was the managing director of the talent agency LDH. The marriage only lasted two years before divorcing in September 2017, citing "differences in lifestyle and personal values" that arose amidst her busy schedules. In May 2021, she got remarried to a non-celebrity man, who is ten years her senior, again after only dating for a year. The couple resides in the village of Nakijin, Okinawa.
Selected filmography Film Year Title Role Notes Ref.1997SuzakuMichiruLead role2000EurekaMikiko Sawai 2004Crying Out Love in the Center of the WorldThe Taste of Tea 2006Funky ForestMīkoCrickets2007The Mourning ForestMachikoLead role2008Climber's HighChizuko Tamaki2011Ogawa no HotoriIkuhisa 2012Gaiji KeisatsuHina MatsuzawaThe Floating CastleChiyoThe Castle of Crossed DestiniesYanagisawa Yoshiyasu 2013The Detective Is in the Bar 2Yumiko KawashimaThe Apology KingMisaki UbeLike Father, Like SonMidori Nonomiya 2014Nishino Yukihiko no Koi to BōkenManamiKiki's Delivery ServiceOsono 2015Bali Big BrotherShōko TerukawaSolomon's PerjuryRyōko NakaharaBeing GoodMasamiTerminalSaeko Yūki 2016The Summit of the GodsRyōko KishiToo Young To Die!Naomi KameiBlack Widow BusinessTomomi NakaseMuseumHaruka 2017The Blue HeartsWhen Will You Return?Tomoko AshimuraLead roleMiracles of the Namiya General StoreHarumi Tamura 2018Dynamite GraffitiTomikoKuso-yarō to Utsukushiki SekaiModest HeroesMama (voice) 2019The Stormy FamilyMiyoko SuzukiShadowfallHisako Anzai 2021A FamilyYuka KudōTomorrow's Dinner TableAsumiA Madder RedRyōko TanakaLead role 2022Soul at TwentyKeiko AsanoAnime Supremacy!Kayako ArishinaSabakan / Summer Days 1986This Is AmikoAmiko's motherThousand and One NightsNami2023PlasticThe Dry SpellKazumi IwakiriConfess to Your CrimesHatsumi Teranaka2024DitO2025Taste and TearsYuka (30 years later)Bullet Train ExplosionYuko Kagami2026BusshiSatomi Iida Yakushima's IllusionMegumi The Ogre's BrideKosetsu NadeshikoYou, Like a StarHonoka AonoThe Man Who Carried the Voices of AugustSachie Egi2027The Tiger and Her Wings: The MovieNarrator
Television Year Title Role Notes Ref.2006Imo Tako NankinHanaoka MasaeAsadora 2008Nadeshiko TaiThe Flying TireSugimoto 2009Hi no SakanaOrimi TochikoGaiji KeisatsuHina MatsuzawaThe Policeman's LineageKumiko MoriyaMiniseries 2010MotherMichiki HitomiJoker: Yurusarezaru SōsakanNezu MiyokoThey Call Me a Fake Doctor: The Last Nurse PractitionerNakazen YumiTelevision film 2011Namae o Nakushita MegumiAnno ChihiroCarnationOhara ItokoLead role; Asadora 2013Matrimonial Chaos Hamasaki YukaMeoto ZenzaiChyoukoLead role 2014Gokuaku Ganbo Kaoru Kanzaki 2015FujikoFujiko Uehara 2016Hello, I Love YouMina UmedaLead roleSoseki Natsume and his WifeKyoko NakaneLead roleSogekiRyōko KōzukiLead role; television film 2018In This Corner of the WorldKeiko Kuromura 2019The Voice Calling Your NameYouko SuzukiLead role; miniseries 2020–21Awaiting KirinIroha-dayūTaiga drama2022Because We Forget EverythingF 2024The Tiger and Her WingsNarratorAsadora2024Light of My LionAoi Tachibana 2025AsuraMakikoLead roleTotto no Ketsuraku Seishun-kiChō KuroyanagiTelevision filmThe Man Who Carried the Voices of AugustSachie EgiTelevision film2026Yamada-Todoroki Law FirmNarratorSingle episode dramaBlossomFuko DobashiAsadora
Dubbing Minions: The Rise of Gru (Belle Bottom)
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