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Jennifer Johanna Åkerman (born 10 July 1989) is a Swedish
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, songwriter and singer. She is the younger half-sister of actress
Malin Åkerman Malin Maria Åkerman (born 12 May 1978), often anglicised to Malin Akerman, is a Swedish actress. She first appeared in smaller parts in both Canadian and American productions, including '' The Utopian Society'' (2003) and '' Harold & Kumar Go ...
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Biography

Åkerman grew up in
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and Skåne. At the age of 18, Jennifer Åkerman moved to Los Angeles and attended college. In the US, she tried acting but was discovered as a model and appeared in magazines and advertising campaigns for various brands. Modeling brought her to New York and increasingly larger modeling jobs. Alongside modeling, her interest in music took more time and she started singing in the band Bella Tech. Since then, music has played an increasingly important role and she now spends much of her time with her band Bloke & Bird. At the age of eighteen Jennifer Åkerman moved to
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and studied at college. She tried acting but was discovered by a modeling agency and has modelled for several brands and commercials. The modeling brought her to
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and more modeling work. At the same time, she started singing for the band Bella Tech, before forming the duo Bloke & Bird with Lorenzo Jansson Kilman. In 2022, she released her solo album ''Monster'' under the name Final Child. Åkerman participated as a celebrity dancer in the celebrity dancing show '' Let's Dance 2013'' which was broadcast on TV4. She has blogged for Veckorevyn, Chic and now Metro Mode.


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Living people 1989 births Swedish emigrants to the United States Swedish female models Swedish women singer-songwriters Female models from Los Angeles Musicians from Stockholm 21st-century Swedish songwriters 21st-century Swedish women singers {{Sweden-bio-stub