Andrine Sæther is a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 actress.

She had her début at the National Theatre

Nationaltheatret

The National Theatre in Oslo is one of Norway's largest and most prominent venues for performance of dramatic arts.The theatre had its first performance on 1 September 1899 but can trace its origins to Christiania Theatre, which was founded in 1829...

 in 1995, and has worked there since. Here she has acted in roles such as "Varja" in Chekhov

Anton Chekhov

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician, dramatist and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics...

's The Cherry Orchard

The Cherry Orchard

The Cherry Orchard is Russian playwright Anton Chekhov's last play. It premiered at the Moscow Art Theatre 17 January 1904 in a production directed by Constantin Stanislavski. Chekhov intended this play as a comedy and it does contain some elements of farce; however, Stanislavski insisted on...

, and "Bolette" in Ibsen

Henrik Ibsen

Henrik Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of prose drama" and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre...

's The Lady from the Sea

The Lady from the Sea

The Lady from the Sea is a play written in 1888 by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen.Kvinnan från havet is a ballet by choreographer Birgit Cullberg, and based on Ibsen's play...

. In 1997 she had her début as a movie actress, in a small role in the film Livredd. The same year she acted in the popular Budbringeren, a role for which she received an Amanda

Amanda (award)

The Amanda Award is an award given annually at the Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund, Norway, to promote and improve Norwegian film. The award originated in 1985, and has since 2005 been exclusively a film award...

 nomination. She has also acted in several made-for-TV productions, such as Blind gudinne (1997) and Berlinerpoplene (2007).

In 2005 Sæther married singer and songwriter Lars Lillo-Stenberg

Lars Lillo-Stenberg

Lars Lillo-Stenberg is a Norwegian rock musician. He is the man behind the Norwegian band deLillos, but he also played in The Last James and still plays in the band Young Neils. He has also recorded many solo albums. He is the son of the actors Per Lillo-Stenberg and Mette Lange-Nilsen. He grew up...

, known from the band deLillos

DeLillos

deLillos is a Norwegian rock band formed in Oslo in 1984. They are regarded as one the "Four Greats" in modern Norwegian pop music, i.e. one of the four 1980s groups that founded a new tradition for rock music with lyrics in Norwegian...

. When the celebrity magazine Se og Hør

Se og Hør

Se og Hør is a Norwegian magazine, and the largest in the country in terms of circulation.It comes out twice a week . The readers are relatively well distributed between sex and age groups. It contains news about celebrities and royalty, as well as a TV-guide. Its circulation was 288,510 in 2004...

published pictures from the ceremony without permission, the two sued the magazine for invasion of privacy. They lost the lawsuit, but Sæther and Lillo-Stenberg have declared their intentions to pursue the case in the European Court of Human Rights

European Court of Human Rights

The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg is a supra-national court established by the European Convention on Human Rights and hears complaints that a contracting state has violated the human rights enshrined in the Convention and its protocols. Complaints can be brought by individuals or...

 in Strasbourg

Strasbourg

Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in eastern France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located close to the border with Germany, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin département. The city and the region of Alsace are historically German-speaking,...

.

Select filmography

Year	Film	Role	Other notes
1997	Budbringeren	Line Groberg
1997	Blind gudinne	Cecilie Vibe	TV
1997	Salige er de som tørster	Cecilie Vibe	TV
1998	Only Clouds Move the Stars Only Clouds Move the Stars Only Clouds Move the Stars is a 1998 Norwegian drama film written and directed by Torun Lian. Based on her novel of the same name, the film was Lian's directorial debut. The film was a critical and commercial success. It won the Amanda Award in 1999 in the category Best film, and has received more...	Melinda
1999	Sofies verden	Sofie's mother	TV
2001	Amatørene	Helle
2004	Hawaii, Oslo Hawaii, Oslo Hawaii, Oslo is a Norwegian film from 2004. It was directed by Erik Poppe after a script by Harald Rosenløw Eeg. The music was composed by John Erik Kaada and Bugge Wesseltoft. The film was well received by critics, and was awarded two Amanda Awards in 2005....	Social Worker
2007	Kodenavn Hunter	Vibeke Rønningen	TV
2007	Berlinerpoplene	Torunn Neshov	TV

External links

Biography from Nationaltheateret. List of roles at Nationaltheateret.