Serena Motola
Japanese model, actress, and singer
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Serena Motola (モトーラ世理奈, Motola Serena; born October 9, 1998) is a Japanese fashion model, actress and singer. She signed with Box Corporation at age 16, and made her runway debut at the Amazon Fashion Week Tokyo F/W 2017 show. She is best known for being the face of Soen since 2017.
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- Model
- actress
- singer
Serena Motola | |
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モトーラ世理奈 | |
Motola for DEW Magazine in November 2020 | |
| Born | October 9, 1998 Tokyo, Japan |
| Alma mater | Bunka Fashion College |
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| Years active | 2014–present |
| Modeling information | |
| Height | 167 cm (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)[1] |
| Hair color | Dark brown |
| Eye color | Brown |
| Agency | Box Corporation[1] |
Motola landed her first feature film role in the coming-of-age drama Girls' Encounter (2018). She received critical acclaim in 2020 for her lead role in the drama film Voices in the Wind, for which she won the Kinema Junpo Award for Best New Actress, and was nominated for several other accolades.
Early life and education
Serena Motola was born on October 9, 1998 in Tokyo, Japan and is an only child.[1] Her father is an American national of Italian descent, and her mother is Japanese.[2][3] Her parents met in the United States, where her mother was working as a Japanese language teacher at the time before moving to Tokyo together.[4] As a child, Motola trained in hip-hop dance, all throughout elementary school and high school.[5] After graduating from high school, Motola enrolled at Bunka Fashion College to study fashion marketing and distribution.[6] She dropped out after her second year to focus on her modelling career.[5]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Girls' Encounter | Tsumugi | [7] | |
| 2019 | 21st Century Girl | Segment: "Out of Fashion" | [8] | |
| 2019 | Black School Rules | Kio Machida | [9] | |
| 2020 | Voices in the Wind | Haruka Sakura | ||
| 2020 | Tokyo Design Story | Mutsumi Ono | [10] | |
| 2022 | Gudetama: An Eggcellent Adventure | Assistant Director Suzuki | [11] | |
| 2022 | Japanese Style | Ichiko Kuno | [12] | |
| 2023 | Ice Cream Fever | Saho Hashimoto | [13] | |
Awards and nominations
| Award | Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan Film Critics Awards | 2020 | Best New Actress | My Father, the Bride and Black School Rules | Won | |
| Nikkan Sports Film Awards | 2020 | Rookie of the Year | Voices in the Wind | Nominated | |
| Mainichi Film Awards | 2021 | Sponichi Grand Prix Rookie of the Year | Nominated | ||
| Kinema Junpo Awards | 2021 | Best New Actress | Won | [14] |
