Nastassja Aglaia Kinski (German: [nasˈtasi̯a ˈkɪnskiː] ; née Nakszynski, Polish: [nakˈʂɨj̃skʲi]; born 24 January 1961) is a German actress and former model who has appeared in more than 60 films in Europe and the United States. Her worldwide breakthrough was with
Stay As You Are (1978). She then came to global prominence with her Golden Globe Award-winning performance as the title character in the Roman Polanski-directed film
Tess (1979). Other films in which she acted include the Francis Ford Coppola musical romance film
One from the Heart (1982), erotic horror film
Cat People (1982) from Paul Schrader, and the Wim Wenders drama films
Paris, Texas (1984) and
Faraway, So Close! (1993). She also appeared in the biographical drama film
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