Marit Adeleide Andreassen (born 29 March 1966 in

Svolvær Svolvær () is the administrative centre of Vågan Municipality in Nordland County, Norway. It is located on the island of Austvågøya in the Lofoten archipelago, along the Vestfjorden. The town has a population (2018) of 4,720 which gives the ...

Nordland Nordland (; smj, Nordlánnda, sma, Nordlaante, sme, Nordlánda, en, Northland) is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, the least populous of all 11 counties, bordering Troms og Finnmark in the north, Trøndelag in the south, N ...

) is a

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actress, born in

. She graduated from the

Norwegian National Academy of Theatre The Oslo National Academy of the Arts ( no, Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo, ''KHiO'') is a university college in Oslo, Norway, that provides education in visual arts, design and performing arts. It is one of two public institutes of higher learning in N ...

in 1993, and has since worked both at

Oslo Nye Teater Oslo Nye Teater is a theater located in Oslo, Norway. The theater has its main stage in its own theater house at Rosenkrantz' gate 10. It is one of Norway's most visited theatres. Oslo Nye Teater AS is wholly owned by Oslo Municipality. Histor ...

and at

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(the National Theatre), where she has acted in such plays as

Henrik Ibsen Henrik Johan Ibsen (; ; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright and theatre director. As one of the founders of modernism in theatre, Ibsen is often referred to as "the father of realism" and one of the most influential playw ...

's ''

Hedda Gabler ''Hedda Gabler'' () is a play written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. The world premiere was staged on 31 January 1891 at the Residenztheater in Munich. Ibsen himself was in attendance, although he remained back-stage. The play has been can ...

'' and ''

Peer Gynt ''Peer Gynt'' (, ) is a five- act play in verse by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen published in 1876. Written in Norwegian, it is one of the most widely performed Norwegian plays. Ibsen believed ''Per Gynt'', the Norwegian fairy tale on wh ...

''. Andreassen is also known from radio, TV and movies. On radio she takes part in the weekly satire show "''Hallo i uken''". She had a role in the TV-comedy "''Nr. 13''" (1998), and in the movies ''

Jonny Vang ''Jonny Vang'' is a Norwegian film from 2003. It was directed by Jens Lien after a script by Ståle Stein Berg. The music was composed by the band Calexico. The plot is a drama-comedy from the Norwegian countryside, where the protagonist Jonny Van ...

'' (2003) and ''37 og et halvt'' (2005).

Select filmography

* ''Evas øye'' (1999) * ''Pan'' (1995) * "''Pelle politibil''" (TV, 1993) * "''Nr. 13''" (TV, 1998) * ''

'' (2003) * ''37 og et halvt'' (2005) * ''

Andreaskorset ''Andreaskorset'' (literally Andrew's Cross, released in English as ''The Crossing'') is a Norwegian erotic thriller film that premiered in 2004. The film received lukewarm reviews, and it is perhaps best remembered as one of 2004's least viewed f ...

'' (2004) * ''Kalde føtter'' (2006) * ''De 7 dødssyndene'' (2000) * "''Slangebæreren''" (TV, 2005) * alle sammen sammen nrk tv * Oljefondet (the oil fund) serie

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Andreassen, Marit 1966 births Living people People from Vågan Norwegian film actresses Norwegian stage actresses Norwegian television actresses Oslo National Academy of the Arts alumni