Sakura Ando was born on February 18, 1986 in Tokyo. Blood type: A. Belongs to Humanite. Her father is actor and film director Eiji Okuda, and her mother is essayist Kazu Ando. In 2007, she made her debut as the heroine in the film “Outside the Wind,” directed by Okuda. In 2009, she won numerous film awards, including the Takasaki Film Festival, for her role in the film “Love Exposure.” For her role in the film “Shoplifters” (2018), she won the Best Actress award at the 42nd Japan Academy Film Prize and the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. For her role in the film “A Certain Man” (2021), she won the Best Supporting Actress award at the 46th Japan Academy Film Prize. She has also appeared in numerous productions, including the film “Kazoku no Kuni” (2012), the drama “Yutori desu ga Nani ka” (2016), the NHK morning drama “Manpuku” (2018), and the NHK Taiga drama “Idaten: Tokyo Olympic Banashi” (2019). In March 2012, she married actor Tasuku Emoto. In June 2017, she gave birth to her first child.