Malin Ek (born 18 April 1945) is a Swedish stage and film actress. She won the

Eugene O'Neill Award The Eugene O'Neill Award (Swedish: ''O'Neill-stipendiet'') is one of Sweden's finest awards for stage actors. It is a scholarship for actors at the Swedish theater. It has been awarded annually by the Royal Dramatic Theatre since 1956. Histor ...

in 2010. She is the daughter of actor

Anders Ek Anders Ek (7 April 1916 – 17 November 1979) was a Swedish film actor. He was born in Gothenburg, Sweden and died in Stockholm. He was married to Birgit Cullberg and is the father of dancer Niklas Ek (born 1943), dancer Mats Ek and actres ...

(the 1971 O'Neill Award laureate) and choreographer

Birgit Cullberg Birgit Ragnhild Cullberg (3 August 1908 – 8 September 1999) was a Swedish choreographer. Her father Carl Cullberg was a bank director and her mother was Elna Westerström. Cullberg was born in Nyköping and was married from 1942 to 1949 to act ...

. She won the award for

Best Actress Best Actress is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organisations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actresses in a film, television series, television film or play. The first Best Actress aw ...

at the

19th Guldbagge Awards The 19th Guldbagge Awards ceremony, presented by the Swedish Film Institute, honored the best Swedish films of 1982 and 1983, and took place on 31 October 1983. '' Fanny and Alexander'' directed by Ingmar Bergman was presented with the award for ...

for her role in '' Mamma''. She won again in 1985 for her role in ''

False as Water ''False as Water'' ( sv, Falsk som vatten) is a 1985 Swedish drama film directed by Hans Alfredson. Alfredson won the award for Best Director and Malin Ek won the award for Best Actress at the 21st Guldbagge Awards. Cast * Malin Ek as Clara * ...

''. She won it for a third time at the 26th Guldbagge Awards for her role in '' The Guardian Angel''.

Selected filmography

* '' Mamma'' (1982) * ''

'' (1985) * '' The Guardian Angel'' (1990)

References

External links

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Malin Ek

Dramaten The Royal Dramatic Theatre ( sv, Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern, colloquially ''Dramaten'') is Sweden's national stage for "spoken drama", founded in 1788. Around one thousand shows are put on annually on the theatre's five running stages. The the ...

Swedish stage actresses Swedish film actresses People from Malmö 1945 births Living people European Film Awards winners (people) Eugene O'Neill Award winners Litteris et Artibus recipients Best Actress Guldbagge Award winners Ek family {{Sweden-actor-stub