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Halla Vilhjálmsdóttir (born 30 January 1982) is an Icelandic television, film actress, and singer.


Biography

Halla graduated in 2004 from the
Guildford School of Acting Guildford School of Acting (GSA) is a drama school in Guildford, Surrey, England. It is an academic school in the University of Surrey. It is a member of the Federation of Drama Schools The Federation of Drama Schools functions to facilitate ...
in
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,
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, she worked in this time for
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and the
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.


Movie career

In 2002, Halla earned a role in the Icelandic drama film ''Gemsar'', and starred in her first lead role in the 2006 comedy film ''Áramótaskaup''. One year later, she portrayed Beta in Icelandic fantasy comedy film '' Astrópía''. In 2009 she earned her first international role, playing a prisoner in the British mystery thriller film '' Ghost Machine'' under the pseudonym Hatla Williams.


Television career

Halla hosted the 2006 Icelandic version of ''
The X Factor ''The X Factor'' is a television music competition franchise created by British producer Simon Cowell and his company Syco Entertainment. It originated in the United Kingdom, where it was devised as a replacement for ''Pop Idol'' (2001–2003 ...
''. In 2008, she played one of the lead roles in the Icelandic Crime television series ''Mannaveiðar''. She has played various roles in TV comedies and sitcoms.


Stage career

She played the lead role in the Threepenny Opera at the Icelandic National Theatre, and the lead role of Arial in Footloose, among others.


Mountaineering career

Halla has summited four of the
Seven Summits The Seven Summits are the highest mountains of each of the seven traditional continents. Climbing to the summit of all of them is regarded as a mountaineering challenge, first achieved on 30 April 1985 by Richard Bass. Climbing the Seven Summits a ...
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Aconcagua Aconcagua () is a mountain in the Principal Cordillera of the Andes mountain range, in Mendoza Province, Argentina. It is the List of highest mountains on Earth, highest mountain in the Americas, the highest outside Asia, and the highest in the ...
6,960m,
Mount Elbrus Mount Elbrus ( rus, links=no, Эльбрус, r=Elbrus, p=ɪlʲˈbrus; kbd, Ӏуащхьэмахуэ, 'uaşhəmaxuə; krc, Минги тау, Mingi Taw) is the highest and most prominent peak in Russia and Europe. It is situated in the we ...
5,642m,
Kilimanjaro Mount Kilimanjaro () is a dormant volcano in Tanzania. It has three volcanic cones: Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira. It is the highest mountain in Africa and the highest free-standing mountain above sea level in the world: above sea level and ab ...
5,895m and
Mount Vinson Vinson Massif () is a large mountain massif in Antarctica that is long and wide and lies within the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains. It overlooks the Ronne Ice Shelf near the base of the Antarctic Peninsula. The massif is located a ...
4,892m.


Music career

The
Soprano A soprano () is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261  Hz to "high A" (A5) = 880&n ...
singer performed the song Roses in the fourth Semi-Final of the Iceland preliminaries for the
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. Halla is the female lead singer of the Icelandic Pop band Villimadur.


Personal life

In 2007, she was briefly in a relationship with
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star
Jude Law David Jude Heyworth Law (born 29 December 1972) is an English actor. He received a British Academy Film Award, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, two Tony Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards. In 2007, he received an Honorary Césa ...
. In 2014, she married Colombian banker Harry Koppel in Bogota; they have one daughter (Louisa Koppel) born on 23 September 2015. In 2015, she started an MBA at the
University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...
with a GMAT score above 700.


Dubbing

* '' 101 dalmatians'' – Rolly * ''Cinderella'' – Suzy * '' The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride'' – Vitani * ''Pinocchio'' – Dutch Puppet, French Puppet, and Russian Puppet * ''The Jungle Book'' – Shanti * '' The Little Mermaid 2: Return to the Sea'' – Melody


Filmography


References


External links

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