Eva Malin Maria Gjörup (28 April 1964 – 20 May 2020) was a Swedish
actress
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...
,
mezzo-soprano
A mezzo-soprano (, ), or mezzo ( ), is a type of classical music, classical female singing human voice, voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types. The mezzo-soprano's vocal range usually extends from the A bel ...
, and arts administrator. She was sister to the actress,
Fanny Gjörup (1961–2001), and stepdaughter to actor
Håkan Serner.
Early life and education
Gjörup was born in
Luleå
Luleå ( , , locally ; ; ) is a Cities in Sweden, city on the coast of northern Sweden, and the County Administrative Boards of Sweden, capital of Norrbotten County, the northernmost county in Sweden. Luleå has 48,728 inhabitants in its urban ...
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the daughter of Annette Bogeland and Henning Gjörup. Her mother married actor
Håkan Serner in 1970. She studied at
Malmö Academy of Music,
where she earned a diploma in 1992.
Career
Gjörup performed at the
Gothenburg City Theatre,
National Swedish Touring Theatre, and
Folkoperan.
She had small roles in several films, including
Ingmar Bergman
Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish film and theatre director and screenwriter. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential film directors of all time, his films have been described as "profoun ...
's ''
Cries and Whispers'' (1972). She worked at
Svenska konsertbyrån, and as a producer at
Gävle Symphony Orchestra. Later, she worked at the
Norrlandsoperan in
Umeå
Umeå ( , , , locally ; ; ; ; ) is a city in northeast Sweden. It is the seat of Umeå Municipality and the capital of Västerbotten County.
Situated on the Ume River, Umeå is the largest Urban areas in Sweden, locality in Norrland and the t ...
, Sweden, where she became opera manager and program manager for its symphony orchestra.
Gjörup made several recordings.
Personal life
Gjörup married fellow performer in 1999. She died in May 2020, aged 56, from a sudden cerebral haemorrhage.
[Swedish Mezzo & Manager Malin Gjörup Dies, Aged 56](_blank)
OperaWire, May 27, 2020.
Filmography
References
External links
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People from Luleå
Swedish actresses
1964 births
2020 deaths
Swedish women singers
Swedish mezzo-sopranos
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