Suzu Hirose

Biography

Suzu Hirose is a Japanese actress and model. Hirose debuted as a model for Japanese fashion magazine Seventeen, alongside her sister Alice. She gained fame when she starred with a group of actresses as the eponymous sister in the award-winning film Our Little Sister. The film won the Picture of the Year award at the 39th Japan Academy Film Prize. Her role for the film garnered her the Newcomer of the Year award in the same ceremony. The film was also selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. In 2017, Hirose appeared in the film The Third Murder which was a massive success. She won the Best Supporting Actress award in the 41st Japan Academy Film Prize for her role and the film was also awarded the Picture of the Year award in the same ceremony. The film was also screened in the main competition section of the 74th Venice International Film Festival. She was selected to play the main lead in the live-action trilogy films Chihayafuru, which received box-office successes. She was nominated twice for the Outstanding Performance By An Actress in a Leading Role awards in the Japan Academy Film Prize for her roles in Chihayafuru Part 1 in the 40th Japan Academy Film Prize and Not Quite Dead Yet in the 44th Japan Academy Film Prize. Hirose played the heroine for the NHK's 100th Asadora, Natsuzora: Natsu's Sky. She has appeared in multiple commercials since 2013 and regularly tops various polls for celebrities with the most endorsements. Hirose appeared in a number of television dramas such as Kaitō Yamaneko (2016) and Nemesis (2021). She was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress award in the 45th Japan Academy Film Prize for her role in the film A Morning of Farewell (2021).