Editing Nastassja Kinski (section)

==Career==
[[File:נסטסיה.jpg|thumb|Nastassja Kinski with [[John Savage (actor)|John Savage]] and still photographer [[Yoni S. Hamenachem]] on the set of ''[[Maria's Lovers]]'' (1984)]]
[[File:Nastassja Kinski (1989) by Erling Mandelmann.jpg|thumb|upright|Kinski in 1989]]
[[File:Nastassja Kinski Cannes.jpg|thumb|Kinski at the [[1990 Cannes Film Festival]]]]
[[File:Nastassja Kinski 2009.jpg|thumb|Kinski in 2009]]
[[File:Nastassja Kinski in Jerewan.jpg|thumb|Kinski in 2015]]

Kinski began working as a model as a teenager in Germany. Actress [[Lisa Kreuzer]] of the [[Neue Deutsche Welle|German New Wave]] helped get her the role of the mute Mignon in [[Wim Wenders]] 1975 film ''[[The Wrong Move]]'',<ref name="Jenkins">{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/11394696/Nastassja-Kinski-interview-Ive-had-such-low-self-esteem.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/11394696/Nastassja-Kinski-interview-Ive-had-such-low-self-esteem.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Nastassja Kinski interview: 'I've had such low self-esteem' |last=Jenkins |first=David |date=6 February 2015 |access-date=9 June 2016 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> in which at the age of 12 she was depicted topless.<ref name="Jenkins" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/reviewing-the-screen-works-of-wenders-1425259939 |title=Fresh Takes on Director Wim Wenders |last=Dollar |first=Steve |date=1 March 2015 |access-date=24 July 2016 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]}}</ref> She later played one of the leading roles in Wenders' film ''[[Paris, Texas (film)|Paris, Texas]]'' (1984) and appeared in his film ''[[Faraway, So Close]]'' (1993).

In 1976, while still a teenager, Kinski had her first two major roles: in [[Wolfgang Petersen]]'s [[feature film]]-length episode ''[[Reifezeugnis]]'' of the German TV crime series ''[[Tatort]].'' Next, she appeared in the British horror film ''[[To the Devil a Daughter]]'' (1976), produced by [[Hammer Film Productions]], which was released in the UK just 40 days after Kinski's fifteenth birthday, making it a virtual certainty she was only fourteen when her scenes were shot (including full frontal nudity). In regards to her early films, Kinski has stated that she felt exploited by the industry. In an interview with ''[[W (magazine)|W]]'', she said, "If I had had somebody to protect me or if I had felt more secure about myself, I would not have accepted certain things. Nudity things. And inside it was just tearing me apart."<ref>Nastassja Kinski interview with Louise Farr. "Kinski Business", ''[[W (magazine)|W]]'', May 1997.</ref>

In 1978, Kinski starred in the Italian romance ''[[Stay as You Are]]'' (''Così come sei'') with [[Marcello Mastroianni]], gaining her recognition in the United States after [[New Line Cinema]] released it there in December 1979. ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' wrote that she was "simply ravishing, genuinely sexy and high-spirited without being painfully aggressive about it."<ref>{{cite magazine|author=R.S. |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,952572,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080613190957/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,952572,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 June 2008|title=Cinema: Bedrock Taboo|magazine=TIME|date=21 January 1980|access-date=18 April 2010}}</ref> The film also received a major international release from [[Columbia Pictures]].

Kinski met the director [[Roman Polanski]] at a party in 1976.<ref name="people">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20079025,00.html|title=After 'Tess' and Roman Polanski, Nastassia Kinski trades notoriety for L.A. Propriety|magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=13 April 1981|access-date=21 September 2015}}</ref> He urged her to study [[method acting]] with [[Lee Strasberg]] in the United States and she was offered the title role in Polanski's upcoming film, ''[[Tess (1979 film)|Tess]]'' (1979). In 1978, Kinski underwent extensive preparation for the portrayal of an English peasant girl, which included acquiring a [[West Country English|Dorset accent]] through [[elocution]] studies:

{{bquote|I was given the book almost a year prior to read, I then had to transform myself and lose my German accent completely. I worked with a coach from the [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre in London]], Kate Fleming. It was almost an intellectual voyage. [...] I went to live in the countryside of the deep part of England, on a farm, did everything they did, and learned it. When the time came in Paris to do my test, it was with our director and our producers [[Claude Berri]] and Timothy Burrill, I had done a screen test with Roman prior to that, for [[Dino DeLaurentis]], but now this was for ''Tess''. Preparation is an amazing thing. It, somehow, after all the work, carries you if you are fully present, it carries you through like a bird, like big inner and outer wings.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/working-from-the-heart-an-interview-with-and-appreciation-of-nastassja-kinski|title=Working From The Heart: The Career of Nastassja Kinski|publisher=[[Roger Ebert]]|date=25 November 2014|access-date=21 September 2015}}</ref>}}

'Tess' was nominated for six awards, including Best Picture, at the [[53rd Academy Awards]], and won three.

On 14 June 1981, Vogue editor [[Polly Allen Mellen]] asked Nastassja Kinski what she liked and Kinski replied,<ref name="anothermag/nastassja-boa">{{cite web |title=When Avedon Shot Nastassja Kinski and a Boa Constrictor |url=https://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/10549/when-avedon-shot-nastassja-kinski-and-a-boa-constrictor |website=AnOther |access-date=2 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207160305/https://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/10549/when-avedon-shot-nastassja-kinski-and-a-boa-constrictor |archive-date=February 7, 2018 |language=en |date=7 February 2018}}</ref> "snakes,"<ref name="AD/avedon-photos">{{cite news |last1=Allen |first1=Eric |title=Beautiful Homes Made Better With Richard Avedon's Photographs |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/beautiful-homes-richard-avedons-photographs |access-date=2 April 2025 |work=[[Architectural Digest]] |date=24 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130040232/https://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/beautiful-homes-richard-avedons-photographs |archive-date=November 30, 2016}}</ref><ref name="RN/lady-snakes-3">{{cite web |last1=Nilsen |first1=Richard |title=Lady and the snakes, part 3 |url=https://richardnilsen.com/2018/01/24/lady-and-the-snakes-part-3/ |website=Richard Nilsen .com |access-date=2 April 2025 |language=en |date=24 January 2018}}</ref> then a Burmese python was hired for the photoshoot with [[Richard Avedon]], with resulting photograph of Kinski with a [[Burmese python]]<ref name="Œil/kinski-serpent">{{cite web |title=Bonhams Skinner : Richard Avedon : Nastassja Kinski and the Serpent |url=https://loeildelaphotographie.com/en/bonhams-skinner-richard-avedon-nastassja-kinski-and-the-serpent/ |website=L'Œil de la Photographie (The Eye of Photography)  Magazine |access-date=2 April 2025 |date=10 May 2024}}</ref> coiled<ref name="phillips/UK040222/65">{{cite web |title=Nastassja Kinski and the Serpent, Los Angeles, California, June 14, 1981 |url=https://www.phillips.com/detail/richard-avedon/UK040222/65 |website=Richard Avedon - Photographs London Tuesday, November 22, 2022 |publisher=[[Phillips (auctioneers)]] |access-date=2 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126150532/https://www.phillips.com/detail/richard-avedon/UK040222/65 |archive-date=November 26, 2022 |language=en}}</ref> around her nude body, "Nastassja Kinski and the Serpent, Los Angeles, California, June 14, 1981".<ref name="christies/6466317">{{cite web |last1=Avedon |first1=Richard |author1-link=Richard Avedon |title=Nastassja Kinski and the Serpent, Los Angeles, California, June 14, 1981 |url=https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6466317 |website=[[Christie's]] |access-date=2 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119111853/https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6466317 |archive-date=January 19, 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="artland/serpent">{{cite web |last1=Campbell |first1=Tori |title=Beauty and The Beast: Nastassja Kinski & the Serpent |url=https://magazine.artland.com/stories-of-iconic-artworks-nastassja-kinski-the-serpent/ |website=Artland Magazine |access-date=2 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200428011036/https://magazine.artland.com/stories-of-iconic-artworks-nastassja-kinski-the-serpent/ |archive-date=April 28, 2020 |date=10 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="Welsh, James Michael page 154" /> The image, which first appeared in the October 1981 issue of [[Vogue (magazine)|US ''Vogue'']], was released as a poster and became a best-seller, further confirming her status as a sex symbol.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Savill |first1=Richard |title=Nastassja Kinski snake print to go on sale |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/artsales/5674192/Nastassja-Kinski-snake-print-to-go-on-sale.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/artsales/5674192/Nastassja-Kinski-snake-print-to-go-on-sale.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |website=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=29 March 2015 |date=2009}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In 1982, she starred in [[Francis Ford Coppola]]'s romantic musical ''[[One from the Heart]]'', her first film made in the United States.<ref name="Coppola">Coppola, Francis Ford; Phillips, Gene D.; Hill, Rodney. ''Francis Ford Coppola: Interviews'', Univ. Press of Mississippi, (2004) p. 136</ref> ''[[Texas Monthly]]'' described her as acting "as a [[Federico Fellini|Felliniesque]] circus performer to represent the twinkling evanescence of [[Eros]]."<ref>''Texas Monthly'', March 1982 p. 175</ref> The film failed at the box office and was a major loss for Coppola's new [[Zoetrope Studios]]. That year, she was also in the erotic supernatural horror movie ''[[Cat People (1982 film)|Cat People]]''. On 29 December 1982, Kinski made a puzzling appearance on the program ''[[Late Night with David Letterman]]'', seeming somewhat oblivious to the jokes and everything else that was going on around her and appearing with an unusual hair style [[David Letterman|Letterman]] described as "looking like there was an owl perched on top of her head." (Letterman's second guest, [[John Candy]], came out with his own hair moussed up in a pile as a spoof of Kinski's hair.)

[[Dudley Moore]]'s comedy ''[[Unfaithfully Yours (1984 film)|Unfaithfully Yours]]'' and an adaptation of [[John Irving]]'s ''[[The Hotel New Hampshire (film)|The Hotel New Hampshire]]'' followed in 1984.

Kinski reteamed with Wenders for the 1984 film ''[[Paris, Texas (film)|Paris, Texas]]''. One of her most acclaimed films to date, it won the top award at the [[Cannes Film Festival]]. Throughout the 1980s, Kinski split her time between Europe and the United States, making ''[[Moon in the Gutter]]'' (1983), ''[[Harem (film)|Harem]]'' (1985) and ''[[Torrents of Spring (film)|Torrents of Spring]]'' (1989) in Europe, and ''[[Exposed (1983 film)|Exposed]]'' (1983), ''[[Maria's Lovers]]'' (1984), and ''[[Revolution (1985 film)|Revolution]]'' (1985) in the United States.{{cn|date=April 2025}}

During the 1990s, Kinski appeared in a number of American films, including the action movie ''[[Terminal Velocity (film)|Terminal Velocity]]'' opposite [[Charlie Sheen]], the [[Mike Figgis]] 1997 adultery tale ''[[One Night Stand (1997 film)|One Night Stand]]'', ''[[Your Friends & Neighbors (film)|Your Friends & Neighbors]]'' (1998), [[John Landis]]'s ''[[Susan's Plan]]'' (1998), and ''[[The Lost Son (film)|The Lost Son]]'' (1999).

Her most recent films include [[David Lynch]]'s ''[[Inland Empire (film)|Inland Empire]]'' (2006) and Rotimi Rainwater's ''[[Sugar (2013 film)|Sugar]]'' (2013). In 2016, she competed in the German ''[[Let's Dance (German TV series)|Let's Dance]]'' show.<ref>[https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article151728583/Nastassja-Kinski-zieht-die-Tanzschuhe-an.html Schauspielerin Nastassja Kinski, hier beim 11. Semperopernball in Dresden, wagt sich bei „Let's Dance" aufs Parkett : Die ersten Kandidaten für die neunte Staffel der Tanzshow „Let's Dance" stehen fest: Schauspielerin Nastassja Kinski, Schlagersänger Michael Wendler, Sängerin Sarah Lombardi und Moderator Niels Ruf], [[welt.de]]; accessed 19 December 2016.{{in lang|de}}</ref>