Hege Schøyen (born 22 May 1957, in

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) is a Norwegian singer, actor and comedian. She has played at the Oslo revue theatre

Chat Noir (French language, French for 'black cat') is a cabaret and revue theatre in Oslo, Norway. It was established in 1912 by Bokken Lasson. The current director is Tom Sterri. Establishment Chat Noir was established as a cabaret in 1912 by singer B ...

and at

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. She was television presenter for the youth program series ''Midt i smørøyet'' at the

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, and has participated in several Swedish and Norwegian films. She was awarded the

Leonard Statuette ''Leonardstatuetten'' (Leonard Statuette) is a prize awarded by the Norwegian Comedy Writers' Association. The award is named after revue instructor, composer and director Einar Schanke, Einar Leonard Schanke (1927–1992), who was one of Norway's ...

for 1998. Schøyen is the niece of Norwegian actor Jon Skolmen. They were both in the 1991 Swedish comedy '' Den ofrivillige golfaren'', where they were supposed to play lovers. The characters' on-screen relationship was toned down to a near friendship to make the two actors less uncomfortable.

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