Heidi Gjermundsen Broch (born 1 March 1975 in

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

) is a Norwegian actress, singer and musical artist. Gjermundsen went to

Paul McCartney Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. One ...

's famous

Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) is a performing arts higher education institution in Liverpool, founded by Paul McCartney and Mark Featherstone-Witty and opened in 1996. LIPA offers 11 full-time BA (Hons) degrees in a range ...

(LIPA) in 1995-1997. In Norway, she went to the Norwegian school

Teaterhøgskolen 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 1997-2000. She is most known for playing Donna, in the original Norway production of Mamma Mia! and for playing the original Diana in the Norwegian production of

Next to Normal ''Next to Normal'' (stylized in all lowercase) is a 2008 American rock musical with book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey and music by Tom Kitt. The story centers on a mother who struggles with worsening bipolar disorder and the effects that managing ...

Theatre Work

*Diana - Next to Normal (2010) *Donna - Mamma Mia! (2009) *Polly Peachum - Tolvskillingsoperaen (The Threepenny Opera) (2008) *Maria Vittoria Farnese - Which Witch (2008) *An-Magritt - An-Magritt (2007) *Edith Piaf - Piaf (2004) *Eliza - My Fair Lady (2003)

Personal life

Heidi has two kids with her husband, the Norwegian actor

Nicolai Cleve Broch Nicolai Cleve Broch (born 14 November 1975) is a Norwegian theatre and film actor. He rose to national fame playing one of the leading roles in the 2002 drama series ''Lekestue'', which aired on NRK in 2002. He is also known for playing the prota ...

External links

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(Norwegian) (Dagbladet, 2000) {{DEFAULTSORT:Broch, Heidi Gjermundsen Living people Norwegian stage actresses 1975 births English-language singers from Norway Norwegian women singers Norwegian musical theatre actresses Alumni of the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts