Saga Garðarsdóttir (born 6 August 1987) is an Icelandic stand-up comedian, actress and singer.
She graduated from the
Iceland Academy of the Arts
Iceland University of the Arts ( ) is an Icelandic institution of higher art education, located in Reykjavík, which offers the only university-level degrees in the arts in Iceland.Lisa Z. ValdimarsdottirIceland Academy of the Arts, Department of ...
in 2012. She is known for ''Hreinn Skjöldur'', ''Steypustöðin'' and ''
Stella Blómkvist
''Stella Blómkvist'' is an Icelandic crime television series which was first broadcast in 2017. It is produced by the Icelandic company Sagafilm. The show is loosely based on books of the same title by an anonymous Icelandic writer. The series wa ...
''.
Personal life
Saga started playing
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
at the age of six with
KR. In 2004, she appeared in one match with the
KR women's team in the top-tier
Landsbankadeild kvenna, substituting for
Hólmfríður Magnúsdóttir
Hólmfríður "Fríða" Magnúsdóttir (born 20 September 1984) is an Icelanders, Icelandic association football, footballer who plays as a winger (football), left winger or as an attacking midfielder. Hólmfríður was a part of Iceland women' ...
on the 87th minute in a 5-1 victory against
Stjarnan
Ungmennafélagið Stjarnan (, ), commonly known as Stjarnan (), is an Icelandic multi-sports club specialising in handball, football, basketball, volleyball and gymnastics located in Garðabær.
Basketball Men's basketball
As of the 2017–2 ...
.
In 2014, Saga started dating musician
Snorri Helgason. On 28 February 2018 Saga gave birth to their first baby.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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1987 births
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Living people
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