is a Japanese actress. She is best known for appearing in critically-acclaimed films such as Sion Sono's Love Exposure, Hirokazu Koreeda's Shoplifters (2018) and Monster (2023), as well as Takashi Yamazaki's Academy Award–winning kaiju epic Godzilla Minus One (2023).
Career Ando won the award for Best Supporting Actress at the 31st Yokohama Film Festival 2010 for Love Exposure, The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio and Tsumitoka batsutoka. She was also nominated for the award for best supporting actress at 4th Asian Film Awards 2010 for A Crowd of Three.
She appeared in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 2012 television drama Penance.
She has also appeared in films such as The Samurai That Night, Our Homeland, and Petal Dance.
In 2015, Ando received the Cut Above Award for Outstanding Performance in Film at Japan Cuts: Festival of New Japanese Film in New York.
In 2018, Ando received high praise for her performance as Nobuyo Shibata in director Hirokazu Koreeda's Shoplifters, being called "fantastic" and "the stand-out", with film critic Simon Abrams stating that "Kore-eda gave Andô her character's (strictly metaphorical) dance steps, but she realizes and owns every maneuver she was asked to (and then some).... No small feat... given how subtly complicated her dance steps are." In June 2023, Ando was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Filmography Film Year Title RoleNotes 2006A Long WalkWaitress2007Out of the WindMariko IwataLeading role2008Love ExposureKoikeAin’t No TomorrowsChizu2009The Wonderful World of Captain KuhioRikaCrime or Punishment?!?Momo Mimikawa2010Sweet Little LiesMiyakoA Crowd of ThreeKayoLeading role2012Our HomelandRieLeading roleFor Love's SakeGamukoThe Samurai That NightMika2013Petal DanceMotokoYellow ElephantKan'yu (voice)2014HomelandMisaHer GranddaughterMisaki Akimoto0.5 mmSawa YamagishiLeading role100 Yen LoveIchiko SaitoLeading role2015AsleepTerakoLeading role2016Dias Police: Dirty Yellow BoysYumeko2017ReminiscencesRyōko Nishina Tornado GirlYū MikamiSound of WavesYūkoLeading roleDestiny: The Tale of KamakuraThe Grim Reaper2018ShopliftersNobuyo ShibataLeading role2021The Great Yokai War: GuardiansKokakuchō2022A ManRie Taniguchi2023MonsterSaoriLeading roleBad LandsNeriLeading roleWe're Millennials. Got a Problem?: The MovieAkane MiyashitaThe ImaginaryLizzie (voice)Godzilla Minus OneSumiko Ota2025A Very Straight NeckShort Film2026DoraNamiSouth Korean filmGodzilla Minus ZeroSumiko Ota
Television Year Title RoleNotes2011Still, Life Goes OnSunshineMitsu MiyamotoAsadora2012PenanceMiniseries2015MamagotoHideko OnjiLeading roleWe're Millennials. Got a Problem?Akane Miyashita2018Magical × Heroine Magimajo Pures!Mokonyan (voice)2018–19ManpukuFukuko TachibanaLeading role; Asadora2019Mango no Ki no Shita deMisaki TamiyaTV movieIdatenMasae KasaiTaiga dramaNatsuzora: Natsu's SkyAn anime's narratorAsadora2021Ryūkō KanbōHarukoTV movie2022RebootingAsami KondōLeading role2025The Hot SpotTakahashi's motherEpisode 8; special appearance2026Brothers in ArmsNarratorTaiga drama
Awards and nominations
Year Award ceremony Category Work(s) Result201031st Yokohama Film FestivalBest Supporting ActressLove Exposure4th Asian Film AwardsBest Supporting ActressA Crowd of Three201184th Kinema Junpo AwardBest Supporting Actress201237th Hochi Film AwardBest Supporting ActressFor Love's Sake, The Samurai That Night34th Yokohama Film FestivalBest Supporting Actress201386th Kinema Junpo AwardBest Supporting ActressFor Love's Sake, The Samurai That Night, etc.Best ActressOur Homeland55th Blue Ribbon AwardsBest Actress22nd Japanese Film Critics AwardsBest Actress67th Mainichi Film AwardsBest Supporting ActressFor Love's Sake201538th Japan Academy PrizeBest Actress0.5 mm57th Blue Ribbon AwardsBest Actress0.5 mm, 100 Yen Love24th Japanese Film Critics AwardsBest Actress88th Kinema Junpo AwardBest Actress100 Yen Love69th Mainichi Film AwardsBest Actress0.5 mm201639th Japan Academy PrizeBest Actress100 Yen Love201827th Tokyo Sports Film AwardBest Supporting ActressReminiscence43rd Hochi Film AwardsBest Actress Shoplifters31st Nikkan Sports Film AwardsBest ActressBest Supporting ActressDestiny: The Tale of Kamakura 23rd Florida Film Critics Circle AwardBest Supporting ActressShoplifters201940th Yokohama Film FestivalBest Actress 73rd Mainichi Film AwardsBest ActressKinuyo Tanaka AwardHerself 61st Blue Ribbon AwardsBest ActressShoplifters28th Tokyo Sports Film AwardBest Actress92nd Kinema Junpo AwardsBest Actress 42nd Japan Academy PrizeBest Actress13th Asian Film AwardsBest Actress202044th Elan d'or AwardsNewcomer of the YearHerself 202247th Hochi Film AwardsBest Supporting ActressA Man202377th Mainichi Film AwardsBest Supporting Actress65th Blue Ribbon AwardsBest Supporting ActressA Man and Korosuna46th Japan Academy Film PrizeBest Supporting ActressA Man16th Asian Film AwardsBest Supporting Actress26th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand PrixBest ActressRebooting36th Nikkan Sports Film AwardsBest ActressMonster and Bad Lands202478th Mainichi Film AwardsBest ActressBad Lands66th Blue Ribbon AwardsBest Actress47th Japan Academy Film PrizeBest ActressMonsterBest Supporting ActressGodzilla Minus One
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