Synnøve Macody Lund (born 24 May 1976) is a Norwegian journalist, film critic, model, and actress. , she appears in the 2020 Netflix series '' Ragnarok'' and the 2020 Sky TV series ''

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''.

Early life

Lund was born on 24 May 1976 in

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, Norway. She has a degree in television production and film studies.

Career

Lund has worked as a film critic for '' NATT&DAG'' (Norwegian; translation, ''Night&Day''), and as a journalist, after earlier work as a

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. She has been working as an actress since 2011, appearing first as the character Diana Brown in

Morten Tyldum Morten Tyldum (; born 19 May 1967) is a Norwegian film director. He is best known in his native Norway for directing the thriller film '' Headhunters'' (2011), based on the novel by Jo Nesbø, and internationally for directing the historical drama ...

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film '' Headhunters'' (Norwegian, ''Hodejegerne''), an action thriller based on the 2008

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novel of the same name. The

nomination was for Best Foreign Language Film. Lund's entry into acting is described, thus, by '' Headhunters'' co-star

Aksel Hennie Aksel Hennie (born 29 October 1975) is a Norwegian actor, director, and screenwriter. He is best known for his roles in the films '' Headhunters'' (2011), ''Hercules'' (2014), and '' The Martian'' (2015). Early life Hennie was born in the Lambert ...

: "When I first read the script I pictured Synnove because I knew her from before and she had reviewed every single film I've done and Morten (the director) asked me, 'Is she a film critic? Yeah. Has she reviewed any of my films? Yeah. Was the review good? Yeah. OK then we can try her', So we tried her and she came so prepared — more prepared than any actress." Her subsequent roles have included the role of Sara in the short ''Sandslottet'' (2014), and as the character Tonje Sandvik in the drama series ''Frikjent'' (2015) alongside

Nicolai Cleve Broch Nicolai Cleve Broch (born 14 November 1975) is a Norwegian theatre and film actor. He rose to national fame playing one of the leading roles in the 2002 drama series ''Lekestue'', which aired on NRK in 2002. He is also known for playing the prota ...

. She appears as the murderous Johanne Rønningen in '' Black Widows'' (2016), a remake of the Finnish series '' Mustat Lesket'', currently in distribution by

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and is mentioned with regard to future roles in the

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movie franchise. She holds the role of Gabriella Grane in the 2018 film ''

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'', based on the novel of the same name by

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, which in turn is based on characters in the book series by

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. , there was a report that Lund had contracted with the publisher

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to produce a novel, on subjects that were at the time undisclosed. Her novel "Personar du kanskje kjenner" (translation "''People you may know''") was published in 2016. In December 2022, Lund was confirmed by ''

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'' to have signed on to appear in ''

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'', the upcoming tenth installment of the ''

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'' film series, set for release in October 2023.

Filmography

Feature films

* '' Headhunters'' (2011), Diana Brown * ''

Askeladden - I Dovregubbens Hall ''The Ash Lad: In the Hall of the Mountain King'' ( no, Askeladden - I Dovregubbens Hall) is a 2017 Norwegian fantasy adventure film directed by Mikkel Brænne Sandemose and starring Vebjørn Enger. It was released on 29 September 2017. It was co ...

'' (2017), Queen Victoria * ''

'' (2018), Gabriella Grane * ''

'' (2023)

Short films

* ''Sandslottet'' (2014), Sara

Television

* ''

Frikjent ''Frikjent'' ("Acquitted") is a 2015 Norwegian TV series. In the UK, the series is shown on Walter Presents. Content In season one, Aksel Nilsen ( Nicolai Cleve Broch) was tried 20 years ago for the murder of 18-year-old ex-girlfriend Karine Han ...

'' (2015-2016), Tonje Sandvik * '' Black Widows'' (2016-2017), Johanne Rønningen * '' Illegals'' (2018), Linda Boman * '' Bloodride'' (Episode 3) (2020), author * ''

'' (2020) * '' Ragnarok'' (2020-Present), Ran

Video games

* ''

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'' (2018), Astrid Bjørnstad

References

External links

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