Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė (born 20 January 1963) is а Lithuanian actress and television presenter. Known for both her screen and stage performances, she has gained recognition for featuring in films such as ''

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'' (1994) and '' Katya Ismailova'' (1994), which won her the

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for Best Actress. Dapkūnaitė was also credited in '' Mission: Impossible'' (1996), '' Seven Years in Tibet'' (1997),

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's debut '' Kiss of Life'' (2003), and Okkupert (2015–2019). Dapkūnaitė performed in theaters in

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, the

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, and

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, including

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, and more. She has a long-lasting professional partnership with

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, they worked together on numerous theatrical productions.

Early life

Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė was born in

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, then in the

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of the

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, on 20 January 1963. Her father, Petras Edmundas Dapkūnas, was a diplomat, while her mother, Ingeborga Dapkūnienė (Sabalytė), was a meteorologist. Because of work, her parents spent most of their time abroad (in particular, in

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), while Ingeborga remained in Vilnius. She was cared for by her grandmother Genovaitė Sabliene, the manager of the

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, and her aunt and uncle, who held positions at the

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. Dapkūnaitė made her theatrical debut at the age of four as Dolore in the

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opera ''

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''. Later, she also played in ''

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'', '' The Demon'', and '' The Queen of Spades''. Dapkūnaitė attended theatrical school at the local House of Unions and practiced sports, such as

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and

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(quite popular in Lithuania by that time). After school, she enrolled in the Department of Theater Arts of the Lithuanian State Conservatory and studied under Jonas Vaitkus.

Career

Stage

After the Conservatory, Dapkūnaitė joined Kaunas State Drama Theatre. In two years, she had played seven leading roles in the productions by her master, Jonas Vaitkus. She portrayed

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in the production of Sophocles' play, played Shelly in the ''

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'', and several

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roles. Later, she was invited to the Lithuanian National Drama Theatre. She also worked in the Vilnius State Theatre under

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and performed in ''

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'' and ''The Nose''. In 1992, she performed together with

in the production of ''Slip of the Tongue'' at

(

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) and then at

(

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), directed by Simon Stokes. This role resulted in many years of friendship and collaboration with Malkovich, while Stokes soon became Dapkūnaitė's (second) husband. Dapkunaite played in Malkovich's Steppenwolf production ''Libra'', acted alongside him in ''The Giacomo Variations'' in Ronacher (

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) and Sydney Opera, and in Timofei Kulyabin's production of '' In the Solitude of Cotton Fields'' in

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(

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). Dapkūnaitė also worked in other theaters in the UK, U.S.,, and

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. In

, she appeared in ''Cloaca'', directed by

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, at

, in ''Moonlight'', and in ''After Darwin'' at the

, and in ''

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'' at Ambassadors Theatre. In

, she played ''Vera Pavlova. Poems'' in the Practice Theatre. She also performed in the

and had leading roles in ''Zhanna'', ''

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'', ''Circus'', and

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's ''Iranian Conference''. She also had a lead play in ''Touchables'' (), the first-ever theatrical production with deaf-blind actors.

Screen

Lithuania

Dapkūnaitė debuted on screen in 1984 (as a fourth-grade student) as Aukse in Raimundas Banionis's first feature film '' Mano mazyte žmona'' (. In 1986, she performed together with Igor Kostolevsky in Isaak Fridbergas's ''Nakties paklydeliai'' (. The same year, she played in ''Chameleono zaidimai'' (, written and directed by Arūnas Žebriūnas. In 1987, she starred in the

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' () based on

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's short story ''

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''. and acted in the

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''Savaitgalis pragare'' ().

Russia

Dapkūnaitė became widely popular in the

after the role of the young

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Kisulya in

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's 1989 drama '' Intergirl''. In 1991, she starred in

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's '' Cynics'', in which she received the 1992 Golden Aries Actress of the Year award. In 1994, the leading role in

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's 1994 drama film '' Katya Ismailova'' won Dapkūnaitė the

for Best Actress. The same year, Dapkūnaitė portrayed Marussia in

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's ''

'', which received the

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and the

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at the

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. Her other roles in the Soviet and

n movies included Vija Beinerte's ''Stecheniye obstoyatel'stv'' (1988),

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's ''Osen, Chertanovo...'' (1989),

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's Morphine (film) (2008),

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's Terra Nova (2008), Jamie Bradshaw's and Alexander Dulerayn's '' Branded''. Her leading roles included ''

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'' by Andrey Proshkin and ''Winter Will not Come'' by Ilia Demichev. On TV, she appeared as Morpheya in the Sky Court (2011),

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in the '' adaptation of Sherlock Holmes'' (2012), Alexandra Feodorovna in the '' Grigoriy R'' mini-series (2014), and Maria Feodorovna in Alexei Uchitel's 2017

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. On TV, Dapkūnaitė was the co-host of the Russian edition of the Big Brother reality show (2005) and the spokesperson at the

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finals in

. She also took part in the ''

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'' (2006) and ''The new songs about the most important things'' (2007) TV shows. She also performed in the music video for the

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alternative rock track ''My Rock 'n Roll''.

Other countries

In the 1990s, the success of the ''Burnt by the Sun'' sparked interest in Dapkūnaitė among filmmakers in

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. She was invited to play the role of IMF (Impossible Missions Force) agent Hannah Williams in

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’s '' Mission: Impossible'' and portrayed the wife of

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(played by

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) in

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’s '' Seven Years in Tibet'' (1997). In 2003, Dapkūnaitė portrayed Helen in

's debut feature film '' Kiss of Life'' , and in 2007, she played the mother of

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, directed by

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. She also acted together with

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in the espionage thriller '' L'affaire Farewell'' (2009) by

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and played in Alexis Lloyd's romantic comedy ''

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'' (2012). Dapkūnaitė's roles on TV included Alexandra Feodorovna in the TV mini-series ''

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'' (2003); Jasmina Blekic in Series 6 of ''

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'' (2003); nurse Katya Bredova in Season 1 of the

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series ''

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'' (2004); and Baiba Liepa in ''

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'', episodes "The Dogs of Riga" and "A Lesson in Love". Dapkūnaite played top Russian diplomat Irina Sidorova, one of the key roles in the Norwegian series '' Okkupert'' (), first aired in 2015. In the 2018 Russian-Estonian remake of the 2011 Swedish/Danish crime drama ''

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'' she played the lead role of Estonian detective Inga Veerma.

Awards

* ''The Honored Artist of the Lithuanian SSR'' title (was the last person to receive that honor) * The 1992 Golden Aries Actress of the Year ''( Cynics)'' * The 1995

for Best Actress ''( Katya Ismailova)'' * The 2014

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Creative Discovery award (''Zhanna'',

)

Other roles

Dapkūnaitė served on the jury of the 23rd Moscow International Film Festival (2001), the 2003 Cannes Film Festival, 56th Cannes Film Festival Cinéfondation program (2003), the 55th Berlin International Film Festival (2005), the 20th Mar del Plata International Film Festival (2005), the 33rd Cairo International Film Festival (2009), and the 67th Venice Film Festival (2010). Dapkūnaitė was the Longines Ambassador of Elegance (since 2005) and L'Oréal Ambassador of Beauty (since 2014). Dapkūnaitė was the head of the Cinemotion acting school, and curated the acting department of the Moscow Film School.

Personal life

Dapkūnaitė first married a fellow Lithuanian State Conservatory student, a Lithuanian actor, Arūnas Sakalauskas. Her second husband was British artistic director Simon Stokes, with whom she worked on ''A Slip of the Tongue''. From 2013 to 2018, Dapkūnaitė was married to Russian lawyer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Dmitry Yampolsky. They have a son. At different points of her life she lived in Lithuania, the United Kingdom, Russia, and Belgium. In February 2022, she denounced the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine, Russian invasion of Ukraine and left

. She holds Lithuanian citizenship, Lithuanian and British citizenship.

Philanthropy

For years, Dapkūnaitė had been the chairperson of the board of trustees of the Hospice Charity Foundation Vera and a member of the board of trustees of the Friends Foundation. Since 2015, she had produced a ''Touchables'' () theatrical project in the

, which aims to integrate Deafblindness, deafblind people into the acting community.

Filmography

References

External links

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