Kjersti Holmen

Kjersti Holmen (b. 8 February, 1956) is a Norwegian actress. She was born on Nøtterøy, and later moved to Alnabru, where she grew up with her parents and two sisters.no icon cite web|url=http://www.nrk.no/programmer/radio/stjerneklart/1.3813720|title=Kjersti Holmen|publisher=NRK|author=Per Kristian Johansen|date=2007-10-22|accessdate=2008-03-10] She graduated from "Teaterhøyskolen" (the Theater Academy) in 1980, and has been employed at Nationaltheatret (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 Ibsens "Hedda Gabler" and "Blanche" in Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire".no icon cite web|url=http://www.nationaltheatret.no/wip4/?module=Articles;action=Article.publicShow;id=315;templatefolderid=231|title=Kjersti Holmen|publisher=Nationaltheatret|author=|date=|accessdate=2008-03-10]

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"'.cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0391722/|title=Kjersti Holmen|publisher=IMDb|author=|date=|accessdate=2008-03-03] 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".cite web|url=http://www.filmweb.no/filmfestivalen2007/multimedia/archive/00115/Amandavinnere_1985__115375a.pdf|title=AMANDA-VINNERE 1985-2006|publisher=Filmweb.no|author=|date=|accessdate=2008-03-03] 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.

elect filmography

* "Orions belte" (1985)
* "Röd snö" (TV, 1985)
* "Den Spanske flue" (TV, 1990)
* "Herman" (1990)
* "Telegrafisten" (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)

References

External links

*imdb|0391722
* [http://www.nationaltheatret.no/Nationaltheateret/Om_oss/Ensemble/hTL99TVVp2Z--231D7A_xENi9zoxlVPL28nMhPLZB9MtlY05hRjMXR.ips Biography] from Nationaltheateret, and [http://ntstage.xmodus.no/Forestillingsdatabasen/S%c3%b8ketteroppsetninger/tabid/57/ctl/ViewPerson/mid/374/personId/83766d38-1be3-401f-82a8-bd290370f08c/Default.aspx list of roles.]
* [http://www.nrk.no/programmer/radio/stjerneklart/1.3813720 Biography] from NRK.