- Johanna Sällström
Infobox actor
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birthdate = birth date|1974|12|30|mf=y
location =Stockholm ,Sweden
deathdate = death date and age|2007|02|13|1974|12|30
deathplace =Malmö ,Sweden
yearsactive = 1993-2006Johanna Maria Ellinor Sällström (
December 30 ,1974 –February 13 ,2007 ) was a Swedishactress . She worked as an actress for more than 15 years before succumbing to a psychiatric illness, partly due to her experience of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.Biography
Born in
Stockholm ,Sweden , Sällström made her first stage appearance in the town ofHudiksvall at the age of 15, in "A Midsummer Night's Dream " byWilliam Shakespeare . She became famous in Sweden in the 1990s, after portraying the teenage girl Victoria Bärnsten in thesoap opera "Tre kronor". She soon appeared in many films and received aGuldbagge Award for best female actress in 1997. Later that same year, Sällström took a break from filming and moved toDenmark .In 2000 she returned to Sweden to continue her acting career. Sällström became internationally known for her role as police agent Linda Wallander in the filming of Henning Mankell’s books about police inspector
Kurt Wallander . Her last role was in aYstad theatre production of Anton Chekhov's play "The Seagull ", which she left prematurely due to illness. [cite news |url=http://www.expressen.se/index.jsp?a=882798 |title=Jag mår så himla dåligt |publisher=Expressen |language=Swedish |date=2007-02-17 ]Johanna Sällström was found dead shortly before midnight on
February 13 ,2007 , in her home in Malmö. [cite news |url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/nyheter/story/0,2789,1000242,00.html |title=Johanna Sällström är död: Skådespelerskan avled i sitt hem |publisher=Aftonbladet |language=Swedish |date=2007-02-14 ] The cause of her death was suicide. [cite news |url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/nyheter/story/0,2789,1046055,00.html |title=Hon kände aldrig riktigt att hon dög |publisher=Aftonbladet |language=Swedish |date=2007-04-15 ] [ [http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/nyheter/story/0,2789,1100086,00.html De förstod inte att hon ville dö] "Aftonbladet", June 20, 2007.]References
External links
*imdb name|name=Johanna Sällström|id=0845281
*Find A Grave|id=17930018Persondata
NAME= Sällström, Johanna
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SHORT DESCRIPTION= Actress
DATE OF BIRTH=December 30 ,1974
PLACE OF BIRTH=Stockholm ,Sweden
DATE OF DEATH=February 13 ,2007
PLACE OF DEATH=Malmö ,Sweden
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