Ellen Nyman (born 21 December 1971) is a

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actress, performance artist and theatre director. Nyman was born in

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and grew up in

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. She attended the Århus Theatre School in Denmark 1993-1997. Since her graduation, she has worked within theater,

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, performance art, and television in both Denmark and

. Nyman has performed with The Royal Danish Theatre, The Betty Nansen Theatre, Malmö City Theatre and in Henning Mankell’s play ''Lampedus'' and many more. Parallel to her acting, Nyman runs a political art project called ''SPACECAMPAIGN'', which includes posters and t-shirts, plus activities such as talks, fictitious articles and performance art. The aim is to nuance the mass medial conceptions of, ethnic minorities. Nyman has been a regular cast member of several TV-shows such as the Danish dramas ''At the Faber'' (season 4) and the 1st season of ''Forsvar'', the Swedish mini-series ''Om ett hjärta'' plus minor roles in crime dramas ''Wallander'' and ''The Bridge''. Today she lives in

, but resided in Copenhagen for many years. Through her art, she commented on the right-wing populist Danish People's Party in various ways, including singing the

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on election night, while wrapped in a tablecloth from

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(to look more like the stereotypical Eritrean woman) to the partys leader Pia Kjaersgaard. The party holds that Denmark is not naturally a country of immigration, and that it has never been so. The party also does not accept a multi-ethnic transformation of Denmark, and rejects multiculturalism". In 2012, Nyman directed ''A Performance of Swedish Arms Exports'' (En föreställning om svensk vapenexport) at Teater Tribunalen. The goal is to initiate a

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on Swedish arms export.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nyman, Ellen Living people Swedish television actresses Eritrean emigrants to Sweden Swedish theatre directors Swedish women theatre directors 1971 births Political artists