{"id":31689,"date":"2026-07-10T18:59:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T18:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=anna-sawai"},"modified":"2026-07-10T18:59:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T18:59:11","slug":"anna-sawai","status":"publish","type":"movie_engine_person","link":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=anna-sawai","title":{"rendered":"Anna Sawai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anna Sawai\u00a0(\u30a2\u30f3\u30ca\u30fb\u30b5\u30ef\u30a4, born June 11, 1992)\u00a0is a Japanese actress and singer. Born in New Zealand, she moved to Japan with her family at age 10. She landed her first acting role at age 11 as the title character in the 2004\u00a0Nippon Television\u00a0production of\u00a0Annie. Sawai later debuted in\u00a0James McTeigue&#8217;s 2009 martial arts film\u00a0Ninja Assassin.<\/p>\n<p>Sawai rose to fame in Japan as one of the lead vocalists of the girl group\u00a0Faky\u00a0from 2013 to 2018. She made a return to acting with a supporting role in the British crime thriller series\u00a0Giri\/Haji\u00a0(2019). Her international breakthrough came with her role in the\u00a0Apple TV+\u00a0drama series\u00a0Pachinko\u00a0(2022\u2013present). She gained further recognition for starring in the\u00a0MonsterVerse\u00a0series\u00a0Monarch: Legacy of Monsters\u00a0(2023\u2013present) and the historical drama\u00a0Sh\u014dgun\u00a0(2024). She won the\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for the latter. She became the first Japanese actress to win a\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award, a\u00a0Golden Globe Award\u00a0and a\u00a0Screen Actors Guild Award. 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