Keiko Kishi (岸 惠子,Kishi Keiko, born 11 August 1932 inYokohama, Japan) is a Japanese actress, writer, andUNFPA Goodwill Ambassador.

Keiko Kishi
Keiko Kishi (1957)
Born	(1932-08-11)11 August 1932 (age 92) Yokohama, Japan
Occupations	Actress writer
Years active	1951–present
Spouse	Yves Ciampi ​ ​ (m. 1957;div. 1975)​
Children	1

She made her acting debut in 1951 inNoboru Nakamura's filmHome Sweet Home.

In the 1950s,David Lean proposed her for the main role inThe Wind Cannot Read, which is about a Japanese language instructor in India circa 1943 who falls in love with a British officer, but that idea fell through andYoko Tani was eventually cast in the role.

Kishi married the French directorYves Ciampi in 1957, and commuted for a while between Paris and Japan to continue her acting career. In 1963 a daughter, Delphine Ciampi, a musician and composer, was born. She divorced her husband in 1975. She has two grandchildren by her daughter.^[1]

Since 1996 she has been a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

In 2002, she won theJapan Academy Prize for best actress for her role in the filmKah-chan.^[2]

• Vol 272, Miki
• Taikōki (1965),Oichi
• The Eldest Boy and His Three Elder Sisters (2003), Satoko Kashiwakura
• Mango no Ki no Shita de (2019), Rinko

• Kinuyo Tanaka Award (1990)^[3]
• Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette (2004)

• Keiko Kishi atIMDb
• Keiko Kishi at theJapanese Movie Database(in Japanese)