Thea Sofie Loch Næss (born 26 November 1996,

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) is a Norwegian actress.

Career

She started acting at the age of 8. She played a leading role in Eirik Svensson’s coming-of-age film 'One Night in Oslo' in 2013, which premiered in April 2014. In 2014 Næss was studying drama at the Hartvig Nissens school in Oslo. She played the role of Thea in ''Dryads'' in 2015. She played the role of the

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's daughter

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in '' The Last King'' which premiered in 2016. In 2016 she was cast in a pilot for a new

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series (''Mogadishu, Minnesota'') that ultimately wasn't picked up. In 2018 she took the role of villain Skade in the third series of ''The Last Kingdom'' on

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, and played Bergliot in Episode Six of ''Saving the Human Race'' on

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.End credits of ''Saving the Human Race'' Episode Six
/ref> In 2024 she had the lead role in the eight part biographical mini series ''

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'', portraying the title character Marianne Ihlen, Canadian poet

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's big love through the 1960's.

Filmography

References

External links

* 1996 births Living people Actors from Kristiansand Actresses from Oslo Norwegian film actresses Pages with unreviewed translations {{Norway-actor-stub