Machiko Ono

• Name — Machiko Ono • Native Name — 尾野 真千子 • Born — 4 November 1981 • Birthplace — Nishiyoshino, Nara Prefecture, Japan • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1997–present • Agent — Tom Company born November 4, 1981 is a Japanese actress.

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.

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.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref. • 2006 — Imo Tako Nankin — Hanaoka Masae — Asadora • 2008 — Nadeshiko Tai • The Flying Tire — Sugimoto • 2009 — Hi no Sakana — Orimi Tochiko • Gaiji Keisatsu — Hina Matsuzawa • The Policeman's Lineage — Kumiko Moriya — Miniseries • 2010 — Mother — Michiki Hitomi • Joker: Yurusarezaru Sōsakan — Nezu Miyoko • They Call Me a Fake Doctor: The Last Nurse Practitioner — Nakazen Yumi — Television film • 2011 — Namae o Nakushita Megumi — Anno Chihiro • Carnation — Ohara Itoko — Lead role; Asadora • 2013 — Matrimonial Chaos — Hamasaki Yuka • Meoto Zenzai — Chyouko — Lead role • 2014 — Gokuaku Ganbo — Kaoru Kanzaki • 2015 — Fujiko — Fujiko Uehara • 2016 — Hello, I Love You — Mina Umeda — Lead role • Soseki Natsume and his Wife — Kyoko Nakane — Lead role • Sogeki — Ryōko Kōzuki — Lead role; television film • 2018 — In This Corner of the World — Keiko Kuromura • 2019 — The Voice Calling Your Name — Youko Suzuki — Lead role; miniseries • 2020–21 — Awaiting Kirin — Iroha-dayū — Taiga drama • 2022 — Because We Forget Everything — F • 2024 — The Tiger and Her Wings — Narrator — Asadora • 2024 — Light of My Lion — Aoi Tachibana • 2025 — Asura — Makiko — Lead role • Totto no Ketsuraku Seishun-ki — Chō Kuroyanagi — Television film • The Man Who Carries the Voice of August — Sachie Egi — Television film • 2026 — Yamada-Todoroki Law Firm — Narrator — Single episode drama • Blossom — Fuko Dobashi — Asadora

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