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Noomi Rapace

Noomi Rapace

Actor and producer · Born December 28, 1979 (46) · Hudiksvall, Gävleborgs län, Sweden

BAFTA Award nominee · 1 other major award body

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 nominated for a BAFTA Award, an International Emmy Award and a European Film Award. Following the success of the Millennium series, Rapace has gone on to star in American movies. She has also starred as Anna in Daisy Diamond (2007), Leena in Beyond (2010), Anna in The Monitor (2011), Madame Simza Heron in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011), Elizabeth Shaw in Prometheus (2012) and Alien: Covenant (2017), Beatrice in Dead Man Down (2013), Nadia in The Drop (2014), Raisa Demidova in Child 44 (2015), the seven lead roles in What Happened to Monday (2017), Leila in Bright (2017), Rupture (2016), Bianca Lind in Stockholm (2018), Sam Carlson in Close (2019), Lizzie in Angel of Mine (2019), Harriet Bauman in Jack Ryan (TV series, 2019), Maja in The Secrets We Keep (2020), Maria in Lamb (2021), Lisa in The Trip (2021), Bosilka in You Won't Be Alone (2022) and Caroline Edh in Black Crab (2022). Description above from the Wikipedia article Noomi Rapace, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
December 28, 1979 (46)
From
Hudiksvall, Gävleborgs län, Sweden
Works as
Actor and producer
Titles
38 on MovieCove · 55 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Down 23% in 30 days

What are Noomi Rapace's films like?

Across their 36 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

Genres

Action11 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 49th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Drama11 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 56th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Crime5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 83rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Horror2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 22nd percentile
: browse their Horror movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
28%
Survival
23%
Self
15%
Bonds
14%
Ideas
8%
Power
8%
Society
5%
Survival10 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice8 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity7 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma7 titles, browse their movies with this themeTruth5 titles, browse their movies with this themeRevenge5 titles, browse their movies with this themeParenthood3 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 32 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 4 · Serious 5 · Dark 23

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 17 · Stylized 10 · Heightened 5

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 10 · Intense 21

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 11 · Shifting 16 · Whiplash 5

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 28 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 9 · Even-paced 18 · Relentless 5

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 23 · Full focus 8

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 4 · Affecting 7 · Heavy 21

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 11 · Open-ended 15 · Ambiguous 6

Roles they play

34 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 19 of 34 analyzed roles.

Hero
19 of 34
Shadow
7 of 34
Ally
7 of 34
Shapeshifter
1 of 34
Show the 34 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
32
Dread
19
Melancholic
11
Contemplative
9
Thrilling
8
Other
18

How their films linger

Thought-provoking20 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 12 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet19
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous12
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Noomi Rapace's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 26 of their 38 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Noomi Rapace's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

55 credits, 38 with a MovieCove page; 6 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • In Alaska(2026)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Hot Spot(2026)

    as Rana

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • The End (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as (voice)

  • The End of It(2026)

    as Martha

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Mother(2025)

    Producer · as Mother Teresa

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Garbo: Where Did You Go?(2024)

    Executive Producer · as Self - Narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Constellation(2024)

    Show 8 episodes · as Johanna 'Jo' Ericsson

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows

  • Hearts of Stone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Paula

  • Assassin Club(2023)

    Executive Producer · as Falk / Agent Vos

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Django(2022)

    Show 10 episodes · as Elizabeth Thurman

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all shows

  • You Won't Be Alone(2022)

    Executive Producer · as Bosilka

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Black Crab(2022)

    Producer · as Caroline Edh

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Lamb(2021)

    Executive Producer · as María

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • The Trip(2021)

    as Lisa

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Here Are the Young Men(2020)

    as Angel Dust

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Oxygen(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • The Secrets We Keep(2020)

    Executive Producer · as Maja

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Angel of Mine(2019)

    Executive Producer · as Lizzie

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Stockholm(2018)

    Co-Producer · as Bianca Lind

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Close(2019)

    Executive Producer · as Sam Carlson

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Jack Ryan(2018)

    Show 8 episodes · as Harriet 'Harry' Baumann

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Bruce Lee and the Outlaw (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Executive Producer

  • Bright(2017)

    as Leilah

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • What Happened to Monday(2017)

    as The Settman Siblings

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Alien: Covenant(2017)

    as Dr. Elizabeth Shaw (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Unlocked(2017)

    as Alice Racine

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Rupture(2016)

    as Renee

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Child 44(2015)

    as Raisa Demidov

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • The Drop(2014)

    as Nadia

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Dead Man Down(2013)

    as Beatrice

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Passion(2012)

    as Isabelle James

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Prometheus(2012)

    as Elizabeth Shaw

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows(2011)

    as Madam Simza Heron

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • The Monitor(2011)

    as Anna

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Beyond(2010)

    as Leena

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Millennium(2010)

    Show 6 episodes · as Lisbeth Salander

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest(2009)

    as Lisbeth Salander

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The Girl Who Played with Fire(2009)

    as Lisbeth Salander

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo(2009)

    as Lisbeth Salander

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Daisy Diamond(2007)

    as Anna

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Labyrint (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 12 episodes · as Nicky

  • Du & jag (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Maja

  • Lovisa och Carl Michael (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Anna Rella

  • Bloodbrothers(2005)

    as Veronica

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Capricciosa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Elvira

  • Röd jul (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as First woman in the bar

  • Truth or Dare (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Nadja

  • Tre kronor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 12 episodes · as Lucinda Gonzales

  • No Man's Land (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Executive Producer · as Magda

  • Palette (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Latrice

  • Reckoner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Stratagem (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Stella Turner

  • The Kellys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • The Technique (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Traction (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Kate

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 55 titles, 48 of them dated from 1994 to 2026; peak year 2018.

Biggest box office

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)

$544M worldwide

Highest rated

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)

Midcredits 97th

Most popular right now

Jack Ryan (2018)

Film career

MilestoneBreakoutNomination
19942026

Peak 2018 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 28 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting52 of 55: 44 only acting, 8 with another role · typical Midcredits score54thProducing11 of 55: 3 only producing, 8 with another role · typical Midcredits score44th

55 titles, 8 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 8 of them.

By decade

1990s2 · acting2000s10 · acting2010s19 · 18 acting · 4 crew2020s17 · 15 acting · 6 crew

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 48% of 27 roles
071217

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

2 major nominations and no wins, 2011.

  1. 2011
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Leading Actress
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Actress

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Noomi Rapace's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 54th percentile, the median of all 34; across their 32 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 51st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

51stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 32

Approval · how many liked their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 32

Reach · how many have seen their films

93rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 32

Midcredits score across 38 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up11
  • 50th to 74th9
  • 25th to 49th11
  • Below 25th7

Shape of the crowd

16 of their 38 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser16
  • Broadly Agreed6
  • Mixed11

Most divisive · actor

The End of It (2026)

85th percentile spread · 24% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)

Midcredits 97th · 89% liked

Reviewers score the acting 75/100 in their films, across 28 reviewed titles; fans 84, detractors 54. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Noomi Rapace's work okay for kids?

Across up to 26 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore23 titles45–92 · median 78 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity26 titles10–73 · median 44 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity22 titles32–75 · median 63 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs20 titles7–58 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense24 titles57–85 · median 72 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Noomi Rapace work with?

People who share at least 2 of Noomi Rapace's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jon Mankell shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles