Pia Tjelta

Pia Merete Tjelta (born 12th September 1977) is a Norwegian actress.

Tjelta graduated from Teaterhøgskolen in 2006, but she had already appeared in many films. She made her film debut in 2001 in the film "Mongoland". She entered Teaterhøgskolen in 2000, but after taking a 2 year maternity leave, she didn't manage to graduate until 2006. In 2005, she also worked on the jury of the TV series "Filmstjerne" on TV2. In 2006 she appeared at the Amanda awards, where she gave out the prize for best manuscript.

She made her stage debut in 2006 with the play "Fyrverkerimakarens dotter" at Det Norske Teatret. In 2007 she stared in the play "Få meg på, for faen" (based on the Norwegian book by the same name) at Det Norske Teatret, where she played Maria.

In February 2007 she received much media coverage for her lead role in the Norwegian romantic comedy "Mars og Venus". The film was described as the year's big feelgood film.

Filmography

*2008 Varg Veum - Falne Engler ... Rebecca
*2008 Lønsj ... Heidi
*2007 Mars & Venus ... Ida
*2007 5 løgner
*2005 37 og et halvt ... Michelle
*2005 An Enemy of the People ... Petra
*2004 Monstertorsdag ...Russian potato seller
*2003 Kvinnen i mitt liv ... Maria
*2003 Buddy ... Henriette
*2001 Mongoland ... Pia

TV appearances

*2008 Grosvold (guest)
*2007 Først & sist (guest)
*2007 Nytt på nytt (guest)
*2003 Først & sist (guest)
*2003 Beat for Beat (guest)
*2003 Store studio (guest)

External links

* [http://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/2006/04/26/464562.html Millionstøtte til vågal Pia Tjelta-film] (Dagbladet, 2006)
* [http://www.seher.no/cm/SeHer/Kjendisnytt/Norske/1.270032 Spiller ungjente] (SeHer.no, 2006)
* [http://www.universitas.no/index.php?sak=48386 Privilegerte Pia] (Universitas, 2006)
* [http://www.dagbladet.no/magasinet/2003/08/23/376614.html Venner for livet] (Dagbladet, intervju, 2003)----