Thea Sofie Loch Næss (born 26 November 1996,
Kristiansand
Kristiansand is a seaside resort city and municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 112,000 as of January 2020, following the incorporation ...
) is a Norwegian actress.
Biography
She started acting at the age of 8. She played a leading role in Eirik Svensson’s coming-of-age film 'One Night in Oslo' in 2013,
which premiered in April 2014.
In 2014 Næss was studying drama at the
Hartvig Nissens school in Oslo.
She played the role of Thea in ''Dryads'' in 2015. She played the role of the king's daughter
Christina of Norway
Christina Sverresdatter (Norwegian: ''Kristin Sverresdatter''; died 1213) was a medieval Norwegian princess and titular queen consort, spouse of co-regent Philip Simonsson, the Bagler party pretender to the throne of Norway.
Biography
Christi ...
in ''
The Last King
''The Last King'' ( no, Birkebeinerne) is a 2016 Norwegian historical drama, directed by Nils Gaup. The story, inspired by true events, centers on the efforts of the Birkebeiner loyalists to protect the infant, Haakon Haakonsson, the heir to t ...
'' which premiered in 2016.
In 2016 she was cast in a pilot for a new
HBO
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series (''Mogadishu, Minnesota'') that ultimately wasn't picked up.
In 2018 she took the role of villain Skade in the third series of
''The Last Kingdom'' on
Netflix
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,
and played Bergliot in Episode Six of ''Saving the Human Race'' on
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.
End credits of ''Saving the Human Race'' Episode Six
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Filmography
References
External links
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1996 births
Living people
People from Kristiansand
Actresses from Oslo
Norwegian film actresses
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