Biography
Noomi Rapace (Swedish: [ˈnǒːmɪ raˈpasː]; née Norén; born 28 December 1979) is a Swedish actress. She achieved international fame with her portrayal of Lisbeth Salander in the Swedish film adaptations of the Millennium series (2009): The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest. For her performance in the Millennium series, Rapace won, amongst others, two Nymphe d'Or, a Guldbagge Award, and a Satellite Award as Best Actress, and was nom...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Garbo: Where Did You Go?
2024
as Narrator (voice)
An urgent, timely and compelling portrait of Hollywood icon Greta Garbo, whose fame, isolation and loneliness still captures us.

Garbo: Where Did You Go?
2024
Executive Producer
An urgent, timely and compelling portrait of Hollywood icon Greta Garbo, whose fame, isolation and loneliness still captures us.

Hearts of Stone
2024
as Paula
In the heart of a bustling metropolis, Paula, a lonely street artist, entertains people as a living statue. She longs for an impossible love with Agat...

Assassin Club
2023
as Falk / Agent Vos
In this world of contract killers, Morgan Gaines is the best of the best. When Morgan is hired to kill six people around the world, he soon discovers ...

Assassin Club
2023
Executive Producer
In this world of contract killers, Morgan Gaines is the best of the best. When Morgan is hired to kill six people around the world, he soon discovers ...

You Won't Be Alone
2022
as Bosilka
In an isolated mountain village in 19th century Macedonia, a young feral witch accidentally kills a peasant. She assumes the peasant's shape to see wh...

You Won't Be Alone
2022
Executive Producer
In an isolated mountain village in 19th century Macedonia, a young feral witch accidentally kills a peasant. She assumes the peasant's shape to see wh...

Black Crab
2022
as Caroline Edh
To end an apocalyptic war and save her daughter, a reluctant soldier embarks on a desperate mission to cross a frozen sea carrying a top-secret cargo.

Lamb
2021
as María
An Icelandic couple live with their herd of sheep on a beautiful but remote farm. When they discover a mysterious newborn on their land, they decide t...

Lamb
2021
Executive Producer
An Icelandic couple live with their herd of sheep on a beautiful but remote farm. When they discover a mysterious newborn on their land, they decide t...

The Trip
2021
as Lisa
A dysfunctional couple head to a remote lakeside cabin under the guise of reconnecting, but each has secret designs to kill the other. Before they can...

Here Are the Young Men
2021
as Angel Dust
Dublin teenagers Matthew, nihilistic Rez, and the deranged Kearney, leave school to a social vacuum of drinking and drugs, falling into shocking acts ...

Oxygen
2021
Executive Producer
A woman wakes in a cryogenic chamber with no recollection of how she got there, and must find a way out before running out of air.

The Secrets We Keep
2020
as Maja
In post-World War II America, a woman, rebuilding her life in the suburbs with her husband, kidnaps her neighbor and seeks vengeance for the heinous w...

The Secrets We Keep
2020
Executive Producer
In post-World War II America, a woman, rebuilding her life in the suburbs with her husband, kidnaps her neighbor and seeks vengeance for the heinous w...

Angel of Mine
2019
as Lizzie
A woman grieving over the death of her daughter loses grip of reality when she begins to think her girl may still be alive.

Angel of Mine
2019
Executive Producer
A woman grieving over the death of her daughter loses grip of reality when she begins to think her girl may still be alive.

Stockholm
2019
as Bianca Lind
Based on the extraordinary true story of the European city’s 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis that was documented in the 1974 New Yorker article “Th...

Stockholm
2019
Co-Producer
Based on the extraordinary true story of the European city’s 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis that was documented in the 1974 New Yorker article “Th...

Close
2019
as Sam Carlson
A counter-terrorism expert takes a job protecting a young heiress. After an attempted kidnapping puts both of their lives in danger, they must flee.

Close
2019
Executive Producer
A counter-terrorism expert takes a job protecting a young heiress. After an attempted kidnapping puts both of their lives in danger, they must flee.

Bruce Lee and the Outlaw
2018
Executive Producer
Nicu, a homeless street kid, is adopted by the notorious 'Bruce Lee' and brought up in the subterranean tunnels of Bucharest. As he grows up, he begin...

Bright
2017
as Leilah
In an alternate present-day where magical creatures live among us, two L.A. cops become embroiled in a prophesied turf battle.

What Happened to Monday
2017
as The Settman Siblings
In a world where families are limited to one child due to overpopulation, a set of identical septuplets must avoid being put to a long sleep by the go...

Alien: Covenant - Epilogue: Advent
2017
as Elizabeth Shaw
Advent is a sequel to Alien: Covenant in which David sends a transmission from the Covenant to Weyland-Yutani on Earth, elaborating upon the genetic e...

Alien: Covenant
2017
as Dr. Elizabeth Shaw (uncredited)
The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise but ...

Unlocked
2017
as Alice Racine
After failing to apprehend the terrorist behind a Paris attack that claimed dozens of lives, CIA agent Alice Racine is forced to live in London as a c...

Alien: Covenant - Prologue: The Crossing
2017
as Elizabeth Shaw
The Crossing, an official prologue short to Alien: Covenant, reveals what happened to crew members Dr. Elizabeth Shaw and the synthetic David after th...

Rupture
2016
as Renee
A single mom tries to break free from a mysterious organization that has abducted her.

Child 44
2015
as Raisa Demidov
Set in Stalin-era Soviet Union, a disgraced MGB agent is dispatched to investigate a series of child murders -- a case that begins to connect with the...
A Portrait of Noomi Rapace
2014
as Herself
The piece, directed by Aitor Throup - was commissioned by Nowness.com especially to mark their relaunch on the 29th of September 2014. The film not on...

The Drop
2014
as Nadia
Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past where f...

Dead Man Down
2013
as Beatrice
In New York City, a crime lord's right-hand man is seduced by a woman seeking retribution.

Passion
2013
as Isabelle James
The rivalry between the manipulative boss of an advertising agency and her talented protégée escalates from stealing credit to public humiliation to m...

The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
2012
as Self
An in-depth documentary on the making of Ridley Scott's "Prometheus," featuring cast and crew interviews, outtakes and behind-the-scenes footage. Rele...

The Peter Weyland Files: Quiet Eye, Elizabeth Shaw
2012
as Elizabeth Shaw
After introducing herself and apologising for her persistent attempts at contacting Weyland, Dr. Shaw raises some of the grand unanswered questions fa...

The Peter Weyland Files: 'Prometheus' Transmission
2012
as Elizabeth Shaw
The transmission consists primarily of examples of human culture and knowledge, including geometric renderings, language data, mathematical formulae, ...

Prometheus
2012
as Elizabeth Shaw
A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they ...

Prometheus: Project Prometheus - Mission
2012
as Elizabeth Shaw
Project Prometheus: Mission is a 2012 short film. Created as part of the viral marketing campaign for Prometheus and to promote the interactive Projec...

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
2011
as Madam Simza Heron
There is a new criminal mastermind at large (Professor Moriarty) and not only is he Holmes’ intellectual equal, but his capacity for evil and lack of ...

The Monitor
2011
as Anna
Oslo, Norway. After living a traumatic experience, Anna and her son Anders move into a huge apartment building. Feeling constantly terrified and insec...

Beyond
2010
as Leena
One morning just before Christmas, Leena receives a phone call from a hospital in her childhood hometown telling her that her mother is dying. This ne...

14 Actors Acting
2010
as Self
This year's great performers striking some of the classic attitudes of cinema.

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
2009
as Lisbeth Salander
After taking a bullet to the head, Salander is under close supervision in a hospital and is set to face trial for attempted murder on her eventual rel...

The Girl Who Played with Fire
2009
as Lisbeth Salander
Mikael Blomkvist, publisher of Millennium magazine, has made his living exposing the crooked and corrupt practices of establishment Swedish figures. S...

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2009
as Lisbeth Salander
Swedish thriller based on Stieg Larsson's novel about a male journalist and a young female hacker. In the opening of the movie, Mikael Blomkvist, a mi...

Daisy Diamond
2007
as Anna
A tragic story about Anna who dreams of one thing only: making it as an actress. She moves from Sweden to Copenhagen to pursue her dream. But fate has...

Du & jag
2006
as Maja
Niklas left the love of his life, Maja. Years later, they meet again.
Lovisa och Carl Michael
2005
as Anna Rella
Bellman and his wife Lovisa live in a loving marriage, but in extreme poverty. They struggle to keep the family together and Lovisa tries to persuade ...

Bloodbrothers
2005
as Veronica
30-year-old Jon is released after seven years in prison and decides to put all his criminal activities behind him and start a new life.

Capricciosa
2003
as Elvira
Henrik is seventeen years old and dreams of becoming a professional soccer player. He lives with his parents and two siblings, Johanna and Oliver, in ...

Röd jul
2001
as First woman in the bar
It's a freezing cold Christmas in the 70s in Stockholm and the young writer Bobo decides to help the beautiful upper class woman Bonnie carry her Chri...

Truth or Dare
1997
as Nadja
Summer holiday is over. Nora begins sixth grade and is drawn to intrigues and doesn't really know what side she's on. Or wants to be on. On one hand s...
Palette
N/A
as Latrice
Dolly is a woman who suffers from extreme synesthesia, a rare condition where she is able to hear colors. She is soon recruited into a secretive, cult...
Reckoner
N/A
The plot will follow an affluent woman whose carefully constructed life is disrupted by a young man connected to a tightly-held secret from her past.
Mother
N/A
as Mother Teresa
Rapace will play the legendary Catholic saint in the biopic Mother, which will follow seven consecutive days at a pivotal moment in Mother Teresa’s li...
Hot Spot
N/A
Disillusioned private investigator Djonny is called in to investigate a murder in a refugee camp. However, he becomes increasingly unstable when he co...
Traction
N/A
as Kate
Former U.S. soldier Kate leads a humanitarian mission through war-torn Chechnya with her Chechen ally Magomed. But their mission turns deadly as they ...
The Technique
N/A
The End of It
N/A
In a near-future world where ageing can be cured and death is now optional, Claire, a former provocative artist approaching her 250th birthday, decide...
Stratagem
N/A
as Stella Turner
CIA agent Stella Turner goes undercover to seduce and recruit enigmatic tech savant Daniel Sim, whose genius may be the key to stopping a catastrophic...