Tina Ella Katarina Leijonberg, (born 11 February 1962) is a

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singer, television presenter and actress.

Early life

Leijonborg was born in

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and moved to

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with her family at the age of nine. She started dancing ballet at the age of four and educated herself at the Balettakademien in

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and after that studied music in

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, USA in 1988 and continued her education within the field of Theater in Gothenburg.Artists som är redo att kämpa vidare
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Career

Leijonberg has worked as an actress and singer at Stockholms stadsteater between 1991 and 1992 and again in 2002. She has also worked as a television presenter at SVT presenting

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in 1996, replacing Alice Bah. Before that she acted in the drama series '' Tre Kronor'' which was broadcast on

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as the character "Pilla". Leijonberg has toured around the world with the Singer

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, sung

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, and with a

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, she has participated in bar shows so called Krogshower with

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and

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. Leijonberg has also been part of several musicals such as '' Grease'', ''

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'', '' Fame'' and ''Sol'', vind och vatten at Chinateatern. She has also played in farce shows in Linköping and as a maid in the play Söderkåkar at Boulevardteatern in 2003, she played Liza Minnelli in a Christmas show at

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the same year. Tina Leijonberg has participated in

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two times, first in

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, and then in

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where she was unplaced both times. She has acted in a commercial for Vanish. In 2004, Leijonberg auditioned for one of the roles in the Swedish version of the hit musical '' Mamma Mia'', she lost the role to

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however. In 2010, Leijonberg was chosen by the members of the rock group

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to star as the female lead in the Swedish adaptation of the musical ''

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'' at

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Melodifestivalen

*''Närmare dig'' (unplaced in

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) *''Himmel på vår jord'' (performed along with Monica Silverstrand, unplaced in

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)

Filmography

*1993 - ''Härifrån till Kim'' *1994 - ''Pillertrillaren'' *1994-1997 - '' Tre kronor'' *1997 - ''Hemvärn och påssjuka'' *1999 - ''Bäddat för sex'' *2006 - ''Di Leva's Free Life''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Leijonberg, Tina Living people 1962 births Swedish actresses Swedish television hosts Balettakademien 20th-century Swedish women singers 21st-century Swedish women singers Swedish women television presenters