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Nastassja Kinski
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- #001
Nastassja Kinski speaks English, German, French, Italian and Russian.
- #002
After Klaus Kinski left her mother for another woman, Nastassja took on her mother's financial responsibility. By the age of 13 she was supporting them both with the income she earned from filmmaking.
- #003
In the early 1980s she shared an apartment with Demi Moore.
- #004
When a youthful transgression caught up with her, she spent several days in a German prison. She had repeatedly used public transport without paying, had not paid the fine, had been sentenced by a juvenile court and had not performed the hospital work she was ordered to do. In 1978 she was finally arrested. Although she was famous at the time, she remained in prison for five days and was released early for good behaviour.
- #005
She struggles with a form of narcolepsy and has stopped driving at night.
- #006
Quentin Tarantino reportedly spoke with her about playing the role of Bridget von Hammersmark in Inglourious Basterds (2009), but no agreement was reached. The role went instead to the German actress Diane Kruger.
- #007
She is of Polish and German descent.
- #008
She went to school with INXS lead singer Michael Hutchence.
- #009
In 1988 she was a member of the Official Competition jury at the 41st Cannes International Film Festival.
- #010
She has a son with Vincent Spano: Aljosha Nakszynski (born 29 June 1984).
- #011
She is the daughter of Klaus Kinski and Brigitte Ruth Tocki.
- #012
She has supported the International Red Cross both financially and through media appearances.
- #013
She has a daughter from her marriage to Ibrahim Moussa: Sonja Kinski (born 2 March 1986).
- #014
Some sources indicate she was born in 1959, but she claims it was 1961.
- #015
Her name is pronounced "nas-TAS-ya".
- #016
She has a daughter with Quincy Jones: Kenya Kinski-Jones (born 9 February 1993).
- #017
She has a small scar on her left cheek, the result of horseplay with her boyfriend when she was 15.
- #018
The iconic photograph of her wrapped in a boa constrictor was taken by photographer Richard Avedon for Vogue magazine.
- #019
She was friends with Debra Tate for a time. In 1976, when Nastassja was 15 and Debra was 23, they posed topless together.
- #020
She wanted to play Evelyn Nesbit in Miloš Forman's Ragtime (1981), but she could not get Nesbit's accent right.
- #021
Nastassja Kinski, who bore a strong resemblance to a very young Ingrid Bergman, was suggested for the role of the young Golda in A Woman Called Golda (1982), but Bergman felt an unknown actress would be more suitable. Judy Davis was cast for the part, and her performance earned her an Emmy nomination.
- #022
Nastassja Kinski is the half-sister of Nikolai Kinski and Pola Kinski.
- #023
Nastassja Kinski shares a birthday with Sharon Tate, the late wife of her former partner Roman Polanski.
- #024
Nastassja Kinski dated Paul Schrader, Rick Yune, Jonathan D. Krane, Jean-Jacques Beineix, Rob Lowe, Jon Voight, Gérard Depardieu, Dudley Moore, Miloš Forman, Wim Wenders and Roman Polanski. Despite the controversy, she remains friends with Polanski.
- #025
Nastassja Kinski had a bulldog named Sarah and a German Shepherd named Aljosha.
- #026
Nastassja Kinski played a doctor in four films.
- #027
Nastassja Kinski is Lara Lamberti's cousin.
- #028
In 1985, Nastassja Kinski was expecting her second child.
- #029
Nastassja Kinski made five films in 1984.
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