Cleo is a Swedish

Sweden

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 drama

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/comedy

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 TV series in two seasons, each consisting of nine episodes. The series was broadcast on SVT

Sveriges Television

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, the first season in 2002 and the second in 2003. Directed

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 by Svante Kettner and screenplay

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 by Michael Hjorth, Tomas Tivemark and Johan Kindblom.

The name of the series comes from the main character Cleopatra "Cleo" Andersson, played by Suzanne Reuter. When the first episode aired on March 24, 2002 it was watched by 2,2 million people. At the 2004 Monte-Carlo TV Festival Cleo won three awards in the comedy category, Outstanding Actor, Outstanding Actress and Outstanding European Producer.

Cast

• Suzanne Reuter as Cleopatra Andersson
• Loa Falkman
  Loa Falkman
  Carl-Johan Falkman is a Swedish baritone singer and actor.After studying music, Falkman made his first major performance on the Royal Swedish Opera in 1973....
  
   as Claes Lindwall
• Johan Rheborg
  Johan Rheborg
  Carl Johan Rheborg is a Swedish comedian, actor and script writer, born on June 5, 1963, in Täby, Sweden. He is a member of the Swedish comedy group Killinggänget....
  
   as Åke Lindén
• Magdalena Johannesson as Kajsa Palm
• Rakel Wärmländer as Jessika Thulin (only 2002)
• Gustaf Hammarsten
  Gustaf Hammarsten
  Gustaf Hammarsten is a Swedish film, television and theatre actor.-Film:He has appeared in more than ten films starting with his first appearance in a small role in The Best Intentions directed by Bille August...
  
   as Frank Berger
• Karin Huldt as Jill (only 2003)
• Christian Hollbrink as Teddy (only 2003)

Plot

48-year old Cleopatra Andersson works at JTM, a company delivering networking solutions

Computer network

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. She has raised her, now 20-year-old, by herself. He decides to move out to a flat of his own, and Cleo's life becomes full of new opportunities. At JTM she gets both help and counterthrust when she willingly and perhaps sometimes unwillingly becomes involved in the dreams and schemes of her colleagues. At the same time, her own personal life is far from carefree.

External links

• Cleo at SVT Sales
• Episode guide at Svenska TV-serieguiden (in Swedish)