Görel Elisabeth Crona (born 23 August 1959) is a

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film director, actress and singer/songwriter. She had her first role in the

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series ''

Varuhuset ''Varuhuset'' (''The Department Store'') is a Swedish drama series that aired on SVT in 60 episodes between 19 March 1987 and 8 April 1989. Amongst the actors that appeared in the series were Görel Crona, Lena Endre, Sharon Dyall and Christi ...

''.

Life

Crona is the daughter of Swedish author and jazz musician Börje Crona and author Anniki Crona. She grew up in

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in the

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and moved back to

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to attend college and study at the Birkagårdens folkhögskolas theater-line.Görel Crona - Biography
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's drama ''

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'' at the Strindbergsmuseet. After this role Crona earned her living as a

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. In 1980, Görel Crona was admitted into the two-year theater education in

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. After that Crona continued her studies at HB (Herbert Berghof) Studio. In 1983, she returned to Sweden and

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where she worked at the Reginateaterns English-language works and at Pocketteatern and Parkteatern. Her big breakthrough was in the SVT television series ''

'' where she played the ex-prostitute "Ylva" between 1987 and 1988. Other roles include Birgitta Stenberg's alter-ego in the television-movie ''Apelsinmannen'' in 1983, the tough policewoman in the television series ''Anna Holt'' on

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in 1996 and also a role in the series ''

Nya tider ''Nya tider'' () is a Swedish soap opera which was broadcast on TV4. It began after ''Skilda världar'' became a one-episode-a-week show. The show premiered in 1999 and got good ratings the first season, but they soon dropped. Broadcast was moved ...

'' between 2002 and 2003. In 2013, Görel Crona made her film director's debut with the film ''Tysta leken''.

Family

Crona was in a relationship with actor

Rafael Edholm John Rafael Edholm (born 8 May 1966) is a Swedish actor, film director, screenwriter and model. In the SVT series ''The spiral'' which was broadcast in 2012, Edholm played the police Gunnarson, where one of his opponents was Tuva Novotny.Skå ...

whom she met in 1995; the couple split in 2006. The couple has one son together.

Selected filmography

* ''

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'' (Swedish: ''Varuhuset'', 1987–1989) TV series * ''

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'' (Swedish: ''Änglagård'', 1992) * ''

White Water Fury ''White Water Fury'' ( sv, Järngänget) is a 2000 Swedish thriller film directed by Jon Lindström and starring Emil Forselius, Rafael Edholm, and Alexander Skarsgård. Plot ''White Water Fury'' follows four men on a kayaking trip. Later on i ...

'' (Swedish: ''Järngänget'', 2000) * '' Göta Canal 2 – Canal Battle'' (Swedish: ''Göta kanal 2 – Kanalkampen'', 2006)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Crona, Görel 1959 births Living people Swedish actresses Actresses from Stockholm People from Las Palmas State University of New York at Purchase alumni Nightclub performers