Welcome to Noomi Rapace Online, your premiere web resource on the Swedish actress. Best known for her performances as Lisbeth Salander in the original "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" film trilogy, "Prometheus" and the recent Indie hit "Lamb", Noomi Rapace has emerged as one of the most exciting European actresses of this decade. This unofficial fansite provides you with all latest news, photos, editorials and video clips on her past and present work.  Enjoy your stay and check back soon.
Mar
16
2024

Noomi Rapace is the cover girl for DEK Magazine’s eighth issue, which is now available to order on their website: Rapace was already a great admirer of MacLaren’s work on episodes of Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul and Game of Thrones, and Constellation unites the narrative depth of such complex TV with the spectacle of cinema. “It’s sort of like our medium now has just conquered another space: we have more time to tell a story. But I will say that Constellation really feels like eight hours of cinema; we had the muscles to really explore and make it as good as we wanted, so it felt like a big studio film rather than TV.” Combining elements of science fiction and conspiracy thriller, it tells the tale of returning astronaut Jo Ericsson, a part that Rapace immediately felt could have been written for her. It’s the kind of intelligent storytelling that she enjoys as a viewer too.

“There’s so much going on. And I love that because a lot of the things I read, or when I watch things, I just feel, ‘Do you think I’m stupid?’ The audience is not stupid. And I like it when I feel it’s something to figure out.” Her favourite films are those like Memento and Inception, with strong characters and intricate plots that demand multiple viewings, which reflect Rapace’s own perspective on life. “Life is science fiction; life is fucking weird. So many times I thought I knew what life was, and then I was like, ‘Wait, what? No, I don’t know shit.’ I feel the older I get, the more I feel I don’t know. I would say my life many times has felt like I’m living in a movie that is science fiction mixed with drama.”

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Mar
05
2024

On Saturday, Noomi was among the many celebrity guests at the 2024 Paris Fashion Week, attending the runway for Alexander McQueen’s show. A couple of pictures have been added to the photo gallery.

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Feb
28
2024

Yesterday, Noomi Rapace was a guest on the American daytime talkshow “The Talk” to speak about the ongoing streaming run of the AppleTV+ series “Constellation”. The full appearance has been added to the video archive. Screencaptures have been added to the photo gallery. Enjoy.

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Feb
27
2024

Noomi is riding a steady wave in the spotlight since last week’s tv premiere of Apple TV+’s “Constellation”. Yesterday, she was supporting another space project – Netflix’s “Spaceman”, starring Adam Sandler, Carey Mulligan, Kunal Nayyar, Isabella Rossellini, and Paul Dano – at a special screening held in Los Angeles. Pictures have been added to the photo gallery.

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Feb
26
2024

On Sunday, Noomi Rapace attended the 39th Annual Film Independent Spirit Awards at the beach in Santa Monica. Pictures from the red carpet have been added to the photo gallery.

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Feb
16
2024

Earlier today, Noomi Rapace attended the daytime talkshow Live! with Mark and Kelly to promote the February 21 premiere of “Constellation” on AppleTV+. On the show, she talked about playing an astronaut on the series, growing up in Iceland and the necessity of wigs when throwing parties. The interview can be found in the video archive with screencaptures being added to the photo gallery. Also, some additional press junket interviews for the show have been added as well.

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Feb
13
2024

Besides “Constellation”, Apple TV is releasing a biographical drama titled The New Look, which will explore the rivalry between two legendary designers Christian Dior and Coco Chanel. Created by Todd A. Kessler, the Apple TV original drama will focus on the rise of fashion designer Christian Dior in the aftermath of World War II, following his creation of the iconic fashion line unofficially labeled “New Look”. The limited series is led by Emmy Award winner Ben Mendelsohn in the role of Christian Dior and Academy Award winner Juliette Binoche as his rival Coco Chanel. Noomi Rapace attend the series’ New York premiere, yesterday. Pictures have been added to the photo gallery.

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Feb
13
2024

Apple TV has unveiled a new “Inside Look” featurette for their sci-fi thriller series titled Constellation, described as an “action-packed space adventure [about] the dark edges of human psychology, and one woman’s desperate quest to expose the truth about the hidden history of space travel.” This promo video delves into the psychological side of this story, what it’s digging into with this particular astronaut character and her story. Created and written by Peter Harness, Constellation stars Noomi Rapace as Jo – an astronaut who returns to Earth after a disaster in space – only to discover that key pieces of her life seem to be missing. The series also stars Jonathan Banks, James D’Arcy, Julian Looman, William Catlett, Barbara Sukowa; introducing Rosie & Davina Coleman as Alice. I quite like what D’Arcy says at the end of this video: “The show plays with that gray area of what exactly is reality and who’s telling the truth.” Interesting, very interesting. So perhaps there is something more going on here and it’s not all “just in her head?” What does the title allude to as well? Here’s the “An Inside Look” featurette for Apple TV+’s series Constellation, from Apple TV’s YouTube.

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Feb
10
2024

Review’s for Noomi’s AppleTV+ series “Constellation” have been lifted – and they range from “spectacular” very good to very ok :-) It’s a nice change to read many positive things about Noomi’s performance as well after sitting through a fair amount of mocking reviews for “Django” and “Assassin Club”. So, fingers crossed this will be a hit with viewers as well when it hits our screens on February 21. A compilation of reviews can be found below. You can click the title of the publication to read the full review.

Radio Times, Louise Griffin, February 09, 2024
Part sci-fi, part space opera, part psychological thriller, part ghost story, it’s in a box all on its own – but one thing’s for sure, it’s absolutely spectacular. Starring the incomparable Rapace as astronaut Jo, […] the twists and turns are brilliant (and we’re keeping completely quiet about the jaw-dropping ending), but it’s how grounded the show is that sets it apart.

Collider, Chase Hutchinson, February 09, 2024
Peter Harness’ Constellation is now the next bold series in this intriguing trajectory for the streamer. Although the way the character is written can be periodically one-note, Rapace makes her journey feel like something more as we get to see fear increasingly taking hold of Jo’s mind. When we are brought back to the present, as she starts to piece things together, Constellation truly takes hold.

The Wrap, Jesse Hassanger, February 09, 2024
Noomi Rapace is a wonderful actress, but we get so much of her here – specifically, so much of her bugging out her eyes looking stricken, terrified or confused – that she winds up appearing paradoxically, unfairly limited. “Constellation” raises plenty of intriguing sci-fi questions. But the show keeps circling itself, the kind of looping that’s easier to sustain in – sorry – a feature film.

JoBlo, Alex Maidy, February 09, 2024
The series is a psychological thriller that combines elements of horror, science fiction, and paranoid drama into a concept that tries to set up the first season of a conspiracy-laden ongoing tale. The problem is that for everything this series gets right, it gets just a little bit wrong. Led by the always-great Noomi Rapace and Jonathan Banks, Constellation would be fantastic if it wasn’t a little boring.

The Spool, Tim Stevens, February 09, 2024
AppleTV+’s new series comes out looking favorable in the comparison. A significant reason why is Constellation is far more interested in mining horror from what happens when Jo returns to Earth. Rapace sets the table well for her character’s unraveling, making Jo an immediately warm and likable character within the few minutes we know her before the accident in outer space. The way she recedes into herself as she begins to gain an understanding of what’s happened to her is thus more noticeable and tragic.

Feb
09
2024

Hunter Schafer and Noomi Rapace will star in “Palette,” a psychological horror film directed by Zach Strauss in his feature debut. According to Variety, Strauss penned the script for “Palette,” which was featured on the 2023 Black List. He is also a writer on Spike Lee’s upcoming feature “Da Understudy.” “Palette” follows Dolly (Schafer), “a woman suffering from extreme synesthesia, a rare condition where she is able to hear colors,” according to the film’s synopsis. She is soon “recruited into a secretive, cult-like industry of color design, uncovering the dark reality of what it takes to make the world’s greatest hues.” Rapace is set to play Latrice, the company’s enigmatic executive. Anton is selling the world rights to “Palette” at the European Film Market in Berlin, where it will present a sizzle reel of the film. “I feel beyond lucky to be making this dark and twisted movie with a truly exceptional cast and with such incredible partners in Anton,” Strauss said in a statement. “I know we’re going to create something really special.” Added producer John Zois, “Zach has crafted such a compelling and completely distinctive script. We are putting together a team that will bring the stunning visuals of the story to the screen. Hunter and Noomi are truly perfect for our two leads and I cannot wait to see them bring these rich and unique characters to life. We could not be more excited about this film.“