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Agnes Kittelsen

Agnes Elisabet Hilden Kittelsen (born 20 May 1980 in Kristiansand) is a Norwegian actress.

Agnes Kittelsen
Born
Agnes Elisabet Hilden Kittelsen

(1980-05-20) 20 May 1980 (age 44)
Kristiansand, Norway
OccupationActress
Years active2004 – present
AwardsFilm: Happy, Happy. Kittelsen’s performance is the linchpin of the film. Winner of the Sundance Grand Jury Prize for World Cinema and the Norwegian selection for the Foreign Language Film Oscar.
WebsiteActorsagent

Biography

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Agnes Kittelsen is known for her role as Anneli in the TV-series Skolen (2004), as the title character's wife Tikken in the 2008 film Max Manus and as Liv Heyerdahl, the wife of Thor Heyerdahl in the film Kon-Tiki. She also starred in the sitcom Dag from 2010 to 2015.

After graduating from the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre in 2003, she worked at Den Nationale Scene from 2004 to 2006, before starting at the National Theatre in 2007.[1]

She played the witch in the Norwegian 2012 movie Reisen til julestjernen and Vivian in then television adaption of the book The Half Brother that was broadcast on NRK in 2013.[2]

From 2019 to 2023, Kittelsen played Hermine Vejle in Exit,[3] a series in 3 seasons that described the decadent lives of 4 men in Oslo's finance elites. It became the most streamed in the history of Norwegian national television.[4]

Kittelsen's mother is Finnish.[5]

Filmography

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Short films

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  • 2006 : Bagasje : Hilde
  • 2006 : Road Movie : Celine
  • 2010 : Neglect : Ellinor

TV series

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  • 2004-2005 : Skolen : Anneli
  • 2005 : Brødrene Dal og mysteriet med Karl XIIs gamasjer : Mette-Mari Dal
  • 2008-2009 : Honningfellen : Signe Maria Øye
  • 2010- 2015 : Dag : Malin Tramell
  • 2013 : Halvbroren : Vivian
  • 2015 : Hæsjtægg : Vivi
  • 2017 : Neste Sommer : Gunnhild
  • 2019 : Beforeigners : Marie
  • 2019 : Exit : Hermine Veile
  • 2019 : Mellem os : Merete

Cinema

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References

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  1. ^ "Agnes Kittelsen". Actors Agent - Christina A. Ulrichsen. Archived from the original on 2010-01-24. Retrieved 2008-12-25.
  2. ^ Pål Nordseth: Agnes Kittelsen tar en pause fra film og TV Archived December 12, 2012, at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian) Dagbladet, 11 December 2012
  3. ^ "Bäst i tv-världen just nu: Simon J Berger i norska finans-satiren Exit - TVdags.se". 2019-11-08. Archived from the original on 2019-11-08. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
  4. ^ Pettersen, Jørn (2019-10-08). "Nå er «Exit» den mest strømmede dramaserien i NRK noensinne". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2024-07-02.
  5. ^ "Flau juleøljury valgte Dahls" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on December 26, 2016. Retrieved December 26, 2016.
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