Anna Maria Cecilia Bonnevie (born 26 September 1973) is a Swedish- Norwegian

actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

. She was born in

Västerås Västerås ( , , ) is a city in central Sweden on the shore of Lake Mälaren in the province of Västmanland, west of Stockholm. The city had a population of 127,799 at the end of 2019, out of the municipal total of 154,049. Västerås is the se ...

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, but grew up in

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...

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. Her parents are Norwegian actress Jannik Bonnevie and Swedish actor Per Waldvik. Bonnevie was educated at Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting (1997) and had her first film role in

Hrafn Gunnlaugsson Hrafn Gunnlaugsson (born 17 June 1948) is an Icelandic film director. He is the brother of mathematician Þorvaldur Gunnlaugsson and the lawyer Snædís Gunnlaugsdóttir and the actress Tinna Gunnlaugsdóttir. He is mostly known for his series ...

's '' Hvíti víkingurinn'' (The White Viking), at the age of sixteen.

Career

In 1997, she had her debut at the Swedish theatre

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 ...

, in the play ''Yvonne'' by

Ingmar Bergman Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish film director, screenwriter, producer and playwright. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time, his films are known as "profoun ...

. Her screen debut was in 1991 in the movie ''Hviti vikingurinn'' (The White Viking), directed by

. Her big breakthrough came with the movie ''Jerusalem'' (directed by Bille August, 1997), and among her later movies are ''

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'' (1997), ''

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'' (2001) and ''Syndere i sommersol'' (2001). For the movie ''Jeg er Dina'' (

I Am Dina ''I Am Dina'' is a 2002 Norwegian- Swedish-Danish film directed by Ole Bornedal. It is based on the 1989 book ''Dinas bok'' (''Dina's Book'') by Herbjørg Wassmo. It was one of the most high-profile films in Norwegian movie history. Plot ...

, 2002) she received a prize for best foreign actress at the

Montreal International Film Festival The Montreal International Film Festival was an annual Canadian film festival, which took place in Montreal, Quebec from 1960 to 1967.

. In 2002 she was named one of European film's Shooting Stars by European Film Promotion. In 1999, she played ''Olga'' in The 13th Warrior. In 2004, she appeared in the Swedish film ''

Dag och natt ''Day and Night'' ( sv, Dag och natt) is a 2004 Swedish drama film directed by Simon Staho. Plot Thomas embarks on a journey to connect one final time with each of the meaningful people in his life. Hating the man he's become, he ends the tour ...

'' directed by Simon Staho. In 2007, she played the female lead in the Russian film ''

The Banishment ''The Banishment'' (russian: Изгнание, ''Izgnanie'') is a 2007 Russian psychological drama film directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev. The film is a loose adaptation of ''The Laughing Matter'', a 1953 novel by Armenian-American writer William Saro ...

'' directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev. The

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival ( cs, Mezinárodní filmový festival Karlovy Vary) is a film festival held annually in July in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. The Karlovy Vary Festival is one of the oldest in the world and has becom ...

(KVIFF) invited Bonnevie to join the Grand Jury of the Festival's 44th edition in 2009. In 2012, she played ''Countess Isolde'' in

Belle du Seigneur ''Belle du Seigneur'' is a 1968 novel by the Swiss writer Albert Cohen. Set in Geneva in the 1930s, the narrative revolves around a Mediterranean Jew employed by the League of Nations, and his romance with a married Swiss aristocrat. The novel is ...

alongside Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Natalia Vodianova and

Ed Stoppard Edmund Stoppard (born 16 September 1974) is an English actor. He is the son of playwright Tom Stoppard and doctor Miriam, Lady Hogg. Life Stoppard was born on 16 September 1974 in London, England, the son of playwright Tom Stoppard and Miriam ...

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bonnevie, Maria 1973 births Living people People from Västerås Norwegian stage actresses Norwegian film actresses 20th-century Norwegian actresses 21st-century Norwegian actresses Norwegian television actresses