Kjersti Holmen
Encyclopedia
Kjersti Holmen is a Norwegian
actress.
She was born on Nøtterøy
, and later moved to Alnabru
, where she grew up with her parents and two sisters. She graduated from the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre
in 1980, and has been employed at the National Theatre
since 1981 – permanently since 1992. There she has had roles such as "Eliza Doolittle" in George Bernard Shaw
's Pygmalion
, the title role in Henrik Ibsen
s Hedda Gabler
and "Blanche" in Tennessee Williams
' A Streetcar Named Desire
.
Holmen is also a well-known television and movie actress, and had her break-through on the big screen in the 1985 film Orions belte. 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. 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.
Holmen cohabits
with actor Sverre Anker Ousdal
, and has two sons from a former relationship with Reidar Sørensen – also an actor.
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 was born on Nøtterøy
Nøtterøy
Nøtterøy is a municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Borgheim.The parish of Nøtterø was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838...
, and later moved to Alnabru
Alnabru
Alnabru is a neighbourhood of Oslo. It is located in the middle of the southern part of Groruddalen. The name Alnabru comes from the area around Alnaelva and the old Alna Gård. This has also given its name to the suburb of Alna where the neighbourhood of Alnabru is located.The neighbourhood is an...
, where she grew up with her parents and two sisters. She graduated from the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre
Norwegian National Academy of Theatre
The Norwegian National Academy of Theatre was established as a three-year theater-education in 1953, under the name of Statens teaterskole.The school was given collegiate status in 1982...
in 1980, and has been employed 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...
since 1981 – permanently since 1992. There she has had roles such as "Eliza Doolittle" in George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics. Although his first profitable writing was music and literary criticism, in which capacity he wrote many highly articulate pieces of journalism, his main talent was for drama, and he wrote more than 60...
's Pygmalion
Pygmalion (play)
Pygmalion: A Romance in Five Acts is a play by Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw. Professor of phonetics Henry Higgins makes a bet that he can train a bedraggled Cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, to pass for a duchess at an ambassador's garden party by teaching her to assume a veneer of...
, the title role in Henrik 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 Hedda Gabler
Hedda Gabler
Hedda Gabler is a play first published in 1890 by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. The play premiered in 1891 in Germany to negative reviews, but has subsequently gained recognition as a classic of realism, nineteenth century theatre, and world drama...
and "Blanche" in Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams
Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams III was an American writer who worked principally as a playwright in the American theater. He also wrote short stories, novels, poetry, essays, screenplays and a volume of memoirs...
' A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire (play)
A Streetcar Named Desire is a 1947 play written by American playwright Tennessee Williams for which he received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948. The play opened on Broadway on December 3, 1947, and closed on December 17, 1949, in the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. The Broadway production was...
.
Holmen is also a well-known television and movie actress, and had her break-through on the big screen in the 1985 film Orions belte. She has won the 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...
– 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. In television she is known from the Norwegian/Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
collaboration "Röd snö
Rød snø
Rød Snø is a Norwegian/Swedish thriller television series made in 1985, directed by Bo Hermansson and written by Tony Williamson. It stars Tomas von Brömssen, Kjersti Holmen and Sven Nordin.-Synopsis:...
" – aired the same year as Orions belte came out – as well as several other roles.
Holmen cohabits
Cohabitation
Cohabitation usually refers to an arrangement whereby two people decide to live together on a long-term or permanent basis in an emotionally and/or sexually intimate relationship. The term is most frequently applied to couples who are not married...
with actor Sverre Anker Ousdal
Sverre Anker Ousdal
Sverre Anker Ousdal is a Norwegian actor born in Flekkefjord, Norway.-Biography:Ousdal made his debut in 1965 at Den Nationale Scene in Bergen...
, and has two sons from a former relationship with Reidar Sørensen – also an actor.
Select filmography
- Orions belte (1985)
- Röd snöRød snøRød Snø is a Norwegian/Swedish thriller television series made in 1985, directed by Bo Hermansson and written by Tony Williamson. It stars Tomas von Brömssen, Kjersti Holmen and Sven Nordin.-Synopsis:...
(TV, 1985) - Den Spanske flue (TV, 1990)
- Herman (1990)
- TelegrafistenThe TelegraphistThe Telegraphist is a 1993 Norwegian film directed by Erik Gustavson. It is based on the novel "The Dreamers" by Knut Hamsun. It stars Bjørn Floberg and Marie Richardson, as well as Kjersti Holmen, who won an Amanda for her role...
(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)
- A Somewhat Gentle ManA Somewhat Gentle ManA Somewhat Gentle Man is a 2010 Norwegian comedy film directed by Hans Petter Moland. It was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Stellan Skarsgård - Ulrik* Bjørn Floberg - Rune Jensen* Gard B...
(2010)
External links
- Biography from Nationaltheateret, and list of roles.
- Biography from NRK.
- Interview with DagbladetDagbladetDagbladet is Norway's second largest tabloid newspaper, and the third largest newspaper overall with a circulation of 105,255 copies in 2009, 18,128 papers less than in 2008. The editor in chief is Lars Helle....
.