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A list of the most beautiful actresses from Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland and Finland
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Ingrid Bolsø Berdal started studying music and singing in high school and after graduating she continued her music education at the University of Trondheim (NTNU), studying jazz singing and improvisation for two years. She moved to Oslo and was accepted at Oslo National Academy of Dramatic Arts (KHiO), where she studied acting for three years.
In her second year of Drama School Ingrid played Sofia in "Platonov" (Chekhov) and Antigone in "Antigone" (Sophocles). In her final year she played The Girl in "The Name" (Jon Fosse) and Hedda in "Hedda Gabler" (Henrik Ibsen).
Since graduating Ingrid Bolsø Berdal has been employed at The Norwegian Theatre in Oslo. After her first year at the theatre Ingrid was awarded the Hedda Award (The Norwegian Theatre Award) for Best Debut of The Year. During her years at the theatre she has played both classical and contemporary plays, such as Sasha in "Ivanov" (Checkhov), Shura in "Black Milk" (Sigarev) and Yvonne in "Yvonne, Princess of Burgundy" (Gombrowicz).
In between her stage work Ingrid Bolsø Berdal has also been working with radio theatre, TV and film. She has won the Amanda Award (The Norwegian Film Award) for Best Actress - for Jannicke in the feature film Cold Prey (2006).Norwegian- Actress
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Heiða Rún Sigurðardóttir known by her stage name Heida Reed, is an Icelandic actress and model. She is known for playing parts in One Day, Jo (2013), Silent Witness (2014) and the BBC drama Poldark. Reed was born in Iceland, the middle of three children of a music teacher father and a dental hygienist mother. She grew up in Breiðholt, Reykjavík, and attended Ölduselsskóli. Aged 18, she was recruited by an Icelandic modeling agency, and moved to Mumbai to work as a model in India for two years. When she was 19/20, she settled in London, where she studied drama at Drama Centre London, graduating in 2010.Icelandic- Actress
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Swedish actress Noomi Rapace was born in Hudiksvall, Gävleborgs län, Sweden to Swedish actress Nina Norén and Spanish Flamenco singer Rogelio de Badajoz (Rogelio Durán). Her parents did not stay together, and when she was five she moved to Iceland with her mother and stepfather, where she lived for three years. When she was eight she was cast in a small role in the Icelandic film 'Í skugga hrafnsins', and this sparked her love of acting. At 15 she left home and joined the Stockholm Theatre School.
Rapace won the recurring role of Lucinda Gonzales in the Swedish TV series Tre kronor (1994), and also became a respected stage performer. She won critical acclaim for playing the leading role in 2007's Daisy Diamond (2007). In 2009, Rapace came to the attention of international audiences for her portrayal of Lisbeth Salander in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009). Her performance was widely praised, and she won the Best Actress prize at Sweden's prestigious Guldbagge Awards. She went on to reprise the role in the sequels, The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009) and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009).
Rapace made her English-language film debut in Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) alongside Robert Downey Jr. She was also cast as Elizabeth Shaw in Ridley Scott's Prometheus (2012).Swedish- Actress
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Ellen Dorrit Petersen was born on December 4, 1975 in Norway. She is an actress, known for Thelma (2017), Blind (2014) and Iskyss (2008).
Ellen Dorrit is a multiple award-winning actress. She has a leading role in the Norwegian feature films 'Blind' and 'Iskyss'.
She has been a supporting lead in several popular TV series like the courtroom drama 'Aber Bergen' (three seasons), Netflix's 'Borderliner' and the highly acclaimed 'Acquitted'.
An experienced actor, Ellen has won a 'Gullruten' for Best Actress (considered the Norwegian Emmy-award), and is a known face in her home country of Norway.Norwegian- Actress
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Alicia Vikander is a Swedish actress, dancer and producer. She was born and raised in Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden, to Maria Fahl, an actress of stage and screen, and Svante Vikander, a psychiatrist. Through her mother, she is one quarter Finnish, and had a maternal great aunt who moved from Finland to Sweden to escape World War 2. Alicia began acting as a child in minor stage productions at The Göteborg Opera, and trained as a ballet dancer at the Royal Swedish Ballet School in Stockholm, and the School of American Ballet in New York. She began her professional acting career by appearing in Swedish short films and television series, and first gained recognition in Northern Europe for her role as Josefin Björn-Tegebrandt in the TV drama Second Avenue (2007). Vikander made her feature film debut in Pure (2009), for which she won the Guldbagge Award for Best Actress. She attracted widespread recognition in 2012 for portraying Princess Ekaterina "Kitty" Alexandrovna Shcherbatskaya in Joe Wright's film adaptation of Anna Karenina (2012), and Queen Caroline Mathilde in the acclaimed Danish film A Royal Affair (2012), receiving a BAFTA Rising Star Award nomination for her breakthrough. She went on to star in the 2013 Swedish drama film Hotel (2013)and appeared in the Julian Assange biopic The Fifth Estate (2013) that same year. In 2014 and 2015, Vikander achieved global recognition and acclaim for her roles as activist Vera Brittain in Testament of Youth (2014), an AI in Ex Machina (2014), for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe and BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress, and painter Gerda Wegener in The Danish Girl (2015), for which she received the Academy Award and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress.Swedish- Actress
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Malin Crépin was born on 22 August 1978 in Stockholm, Sweden. She is an actress, known for Lulu (2014), Oslo, August 31st (2011) and Nobel's Last Will (2012). She is married to Markus Sundström. They have two children.Swedish- Actress
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Iben Akerlie was born on 5 March 1988 in Oslo, Norway. She is an actress and writer, known for Mortal (2020), Victoria (2013) and In the Sea (2015).Norwegian- Actress
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Tuva Novotny was born on 21 December 1979 in Stockholm, Sweden. She is an actress and director, known for Annihilation (2018), Eat Pray Love (2010) and Blindsone (2018).Swedish- Actress
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Danica Curcic is a Danish actress born in Serbia. Curcic graduated from the Danish National School of Theatre in 2012 and was immediately hired to be part of the ensemble at the Royal Danish Theatre. In her very first season Curcic was cast in two major roles: in the title role as Lulu in director Katrine Wiedemann's version of Frank Wedekinds scandalous tragedy from 1894, for which she received a 'Reumert' nomination for Best Actress, and as the leading female in the monstrous music performance Frankenstein Reborn, featuring some of the most renowned Danish actors and musicians.
Before graduating Curcic appeared in the TV2 crime series Those who Kill (2011) and landed her first feature role as Veronika in Munch-Petersen's thriller Over the Edge (2012). In 2013 she appeared in two highly acclaimed Swedish produced TV-series: The Bridge ll (SVT1) and Wallander lll (SVT1).
In 2014 Danica Curcic was appointed Shooting Star at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival for her role as the female lead in Christian E. Christiansen's feature On The Edge. In Oktober 2014 she starred as the female lead Kimmie in the highly expected The Absent One, the sequel to The Keeper of Lost Causes, opposite names as Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Pilou Asbæk and Fares Fares. As well as Oscar winning director Bille August new feature film Silent Heart, which she has a leading role in. Also, Curcic appeared in Hella Joof's comedy All Inclusive. In this year Danica will be seen in the feature film Lang Historie Kort directed by May El - Toukhy, where she plays opposite Trine Dyrholm. And also director Daniel Dencik's new film The Gold Coast.
In the fall 2014 Danica played Juliet in Romeo and Juliet on the Royal Danish Theatre. For this portrait she received very positive response. Without a doubt Danica Curcic has had her great breakthrough in 2014 and she is with her professionalism and great personality a high respected actress in the Danish film industry already.Danish- Actress
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Cecilia Forss was born on 12 June 1985 in Falun, Dalarnas län, Sweden. She is an actress, known for Simple Simon (2010), Indigo (2014) and Familjen Holstein-Gottorp (2013). She has been married to Fredrik von der Esch since 2020. They have two children.Swedish- Ida Elise Broch is a Norwegian actress born in Oslo in 1987. She began her acting training in drama at Hartvig Nissen High School, and then went on Romerike Folk High School. Broch began at the Faculty of Performing Arts at the Art Academy in Oslo in 2008.
She had her breakthrough in the Norwegian snowboard movie Switch (2007). But it was the role of Katrine in The Man Who Loved Yngve (2008) that made her famous. She has also had a role in the TV-series Lilyhammer (2012) and a leading role in the TV-series Det tredje øyet (2013).
She is half sister to Nicolai Cleve Broch.Norwegian - A multilingual stage and screen actrice and cult figure in auteur work, Ruth Vega Fernandez has been living and working in France and Sweden since graduating from the French National School of Drama (École Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Techniques du Théâtre). After working several years in the Theatre Company of the National Theatre (TNP) in France, she made her screen debut in the Swedish award winning series Upp Till Kamp (Golden FIPA award for outstanding cast and Prix Italia for best TV Drama), playing one of the leading parts.
Since then she's been dividing her time between screen and stage playing lead parts, working and collaborating with some of Europe's most prominent experimental theatre directors such as tg STAN, Tiago Rodrigues and Gisèle Vienne with whom she's touring "L'Etang", a duo with actrice Adèle Haenel in 2021-2022. On screen she has collaborated with auteur directors such as Lucie Borleteu in "Cannabis" and Swedish director Mikael Marcimain on several occasions. She was nominated for a "Guldbagge" award for her portrayal of Maud in "Gentlemen", and received critical acclaim for her interpretations in "Upp Till Kamp" and "Callgirl".
Her international break came with the award winning LGBTQ drama "Kyss Mig".
Ruth Vega Fernandez is a Spanish actress who grew up between Spain and Sweden, lived in the States during her teens and later moved to France. She has played Spanish, Swedish and French speaking parts and currently lives in Paris.Swedish - Actress
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Synnøve Macody Lund was born on May 24, 1976 in Stord, Norway. She is an actress and director, known for Jo Nesbø's Headhunters (2011), Ragnarok (2020) and Riviera (2017).
Synnøve is a stunning beauty, and a natural born actress. She is educated in literature, film and documentary filmmaking. She also worked as editor and a film critic furthermore she is an author as well. She began her acting career as the lead role in the internationally successful feature film Headhunters opposite Aksel Hennie and Nicolaj Coster Waldau, directed by the Oscar nominated director Morten Thyldum. She recently started in sequel of 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo', in 'The Girl in the Spider's Web', directed by Fede Alvarez, in a supporting role and in 2018 in the Polish crime series 'Illegals' directed by the award winning director Leszek Dawid. She was furthermore a series regular in the TV-series 'Acquitted', season 1+2, which is a huge hit in Scandinavia, and it was selected by 'The Hollywood Reporter's top '10 must see' TV shows. Synnøve is also one of the lead roles in the Scandinavian coproduced TV-series 'Black Widows', season 1+2, a remake of the successful Finland original. Synnøve's performance is extraordinary in the lead role in the thriller 'Haunted', by director Carl Christian Raabe, where she received outstanding reviews.Norwegian- Actress
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Ida Engvoll was born on 6 October 1985 in Sweden. She is an actress and producer, known for A Man Called Ove (2015), Rebecka Martinsson (2017) and The Kingdom (1994).Swedish- Actress
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Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir was born on 25 February 1974 in Reykjavik, Iceland. She is an actress and writer, known for Prisoners (2017), Children (2006) and Verbúðin (2021). She is married to Gísli Örn Garðarsson. They have two children.Icelandic- Actress
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Iben Hjejle (22 March 1971) is a Danish actress, notable for starring in the Stephen Frears film High Fidelity (2000). In Denmark, she is perhaps best known for appearing in the Danish television sitcom Langt fra Las Vegas (Far from Las Vegas) and playing the girlfriend of Danish comedian Casper Christensen, her former real life partner. She also plays Christensen's girlfriend in the sitcom Klovn (Clown) and the title role in the TV crime series Dicte.
Hjejle was born in Copenhagen. She has starred in a series of Danish movies, including a Dogme 95 movie, and also in Danish-produced action films such as Old Men in New Cars. She also played the Swedish Queen Sofia Magdalena in SVT's successful period drama production of The Marriage of Gustav III in 2001.
Hjejle also appeared in the 1996 film Portland, Mifune's Last Song in 1999, The Emperor's New Clothes in 2002, and in Dreaming of Julia and Flickering Lights in 2003. For her performance in Mifune's Last Song, she won an Honourable Mention at the 49th Berlin International Film Festival. It was also at the same festival that she was discovered by Stephen Frears, who offered her a part in his film High Fidelity (2000), where she played John Cusack's character's girlfriend Laura. In 2008 he offered her a part in Chéri, in a cameo as Marie Laure. Her involvement was a part of a minor international comeback. Additionally, the same year she worked on Defiance with Daniel Craig and in 2009 she filmed The Eclipse, which received a limited theatrical release in 2010.
Iben Hjejle was a part of the Danish popular television series Anna Pihl until its ending in April 2008, after three seasons. In 2012, she was cast as the lead in the crime-show Dicte The show debuted in early 2013, while reviews were mixed, Hjejle received good reviews for her performance.
She had a part in Lars von Trier's Direktøren for det hele (2006, also known as The Boss of It All).
From 1996-1999, she was married to Emil de Waal. She turned down the role of Éowyn in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy because she did not like the idea of being so far from home. In an episode of Langt fra Las Vegas, her character Liva makes a joke about The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.Danish- Charlotte Frogner was born on 4 September 1981 in Norway. She is an actress and writer, known for Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead (2014), Dead Snow (2009) and Hvaler (2008).Norwegian
- Anni-Kristiina Juuso was born on 4 May 1979 in Ivalo, Inari, Finland. She is an actress, known for The Cuckoo (2002), Kautokeino-opprøret (2008) and Gavagai (2016).Finnish
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Alexandra Rapaport was born on 26 December 1971 in Bromma, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden. She is an actress and producer, known for Gåsmamman (2015), The Hunt (2012) and Heder (2019). She is married to Joakim Eliasson. They have two children.Swedish- Actress
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Anna Easteden is a Finnish -born farmer's daughter, an international model and a Los Angeles, CA -based award nominated actress. Easteden started her career as a teenager after receiving a large modeling contract with a Japanese modeling agency. She holds a B.A. in Theater and Performance Studies from University of California, Berkeley and a B.A. in Political Science from Univeristy of California, Berkeley. In Tokyo she modeled for large companies: Kanebo, Sony, Nissen, Wacoal, Oricom, NEC and Lux, among many others. In addition to working in Japan, Easteden, who loves traveling, worked in other countries, such as Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and New Zealand. Anna's modeling career continued in the US as well. Her clients include: Salvatore Ferragamo, Calvin Klein, XOXO, Hermes, Diesel, Pony, T-Mobile, Toyo Tires, Michael Antonio, and Jockey. Easteden's first theater performance as an actress was in a musical "The Sleeping Beauty" at the Tivoli Theater in Chicago in the name role "Beauty". Her most meaningful theater performance was at University of California, Berkeley, where Easteden received her Bachelor of Arts in Theater and Performance Studies as well as Bachelor of Arts in Political Science - playing "Nella" in "A Murder of Crows" written by Mac Wellman. Easteden has acted in notable TV-shows, such as: "Two and a Half Men", "Bones," "Days Of Our Lives" and "Who Wants to be a Superhero?." Her award nomination came from the Method Fest Film Festival from her portrayal of Nina in the film by Mika Kaurismäki, "The House of Branching Love", which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. In Finland, Easteden is the host of "Wipeout" on FOX. Her most recent films: "Junkie" in which she plays the title role of the Junkie and "Ribbons" are opening in theaters in late 2016. Easteden's interests also include those in the humanitarian arena. Easteden conducted a comparative legal research study on the different aspects of asylum procedures in selected European countries for United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Bratislava, Slovakia. Her research impacted the Slovak National Asylum Legislation, which was in the process of amendment.Finnish- Actress
Line Verndal was born on 23 March 1972 in Oslo, Norway. She is an actress, known for Limbo (2010), Nissene på låven (2001) and Nissene over skog og hei (2011).Norwegian