Kjersti Holmen
Kjersti Holmen (born 8 February 1956) is a Norwegian actress.
She was born on Nøtterøy, and later moved to Alnabru, where she grew up with her parents and two sisters.[1] She graduated from the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre in 1980, and has been employed at the National Theatre since 1981 – permanently since 1992.[1] There she has had roles such as "Eliza Doolittle" in George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, the title role in Henrik Ibsens Hedda Gabler and "Blanche" in Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire.[2]
Holmen is also a well-known television and film actress, and had her break-through on the big screen in the 1985 film Orions belte'.[3] She has won the Amanda – the main Norwegian film award – twice: in 1993 for her role in Telegrafisten, and in 2000 for the two films S.O.S. and Sofies verden.[4] In television she is known from the Norwegian/Swedish collaboration "Röd snö" – aired the same year as Orions belte came out – as well as several other roles.[3]
Holmen cohabits with actor Sverre Anker Ousdal, and has two sons from a former relationship with Reidar Sørensen – also an actor.[1]
Select filmography
- Orions belte (1985)
- Röd snö (TV, 1985)
- Den Spanske flue (TV, 1990)
- Herman (1990)
- Telegrafisten (1993)
- Ti kniver i hjertet (1994)
- Jakten på nyresteinen (1996)
- Gåten Knut Hamsun (1996)
- 1732 Høtten (1998)
- Sofies verden (1999)
- S.O.S. (1999)
- Kvinnen i mitt liv (2003)
- Marichen Altenburg in An Immortal Man (2006)
- A Somewhat Gentle Man (2010)
References
- 1 2 3 Per Kristian Johansen (2007-10-22). "Kjersti Holmen" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
- ↑ "Kjersti Holmen" (in Norwegian). Nationaltheatret. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
- 1 2 "Kjersti Holmen". IMDb. Retrieved 2008-03-03.
- ↑ "AMANDA-VINNERE 1985-2006" (PDF). Filmweb.no. Retrieved 2008-03-03.
External links
- Kjersti Holmen at the Internet Movie Database
- Biography from Nationaltheateret, and list of roles.
- Biography from NRK.
- Interview with Dagbladet.