Biography
Tao Okamoto, also known professionally as Tao, is a Japanese actress and model. Born on 22 May 1985 in Ichikawa, Chiba, she began modelling in Japan at the age of 14. She moved to Paris in 2006 to pursue an international career and later to New York in 2009.
Okamoto made her film debut as Mariko Yashida in The Wolverine (2013). She played Mercy Graves in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) and has had recurring roles in the television series Hannibal (2013), The Man in the High Castle (2015) and Westworld (2016). In 2026 she received the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for her performance in All of a Sudden.
