Siw Anita Andersen (born 27 April 1966) is a

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actress and comedian, from

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. She is probably best known to Norwegian viewers through her role as "Målfrid" in the TV

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"''

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''". In addition to this she has also acted in other TV-shows such as "''Nissene på låven''" (2001), as well as movie roles. She had her big screen debut in 1989 with the movie ''Showbiz'', and later also had a role in ''

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'' (1991). Andersen has also done

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and

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s, and in 2002 won the Leif Juster honorary award, named after legendary Norwegian comedian

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. In 2002 she was also awarded ''Komiprisen'' ("The Comedy Prize") as best female comedian. She has had several roles in plays at

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