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Maria Bonnevie
Born
Anna Maria Cecilia Bonnevie

(1973-09-26) 26 September 1973 (age 51)
Västerås, Sweden
OccupationActress
Years active1991–present
Partner(s)Mikael Persbrandt (1998–2003)
Fredrik Skavlan (2006–present)

Anna Maria Cecilia Bonnevie (born 26 September 1973) is a Swedish-Norwegian actress. She was born in Västerås, Sweden, but grew up in Oslo, Norway. Her parents are Norwegian actress Jannik Bonnevie and Swedish actor Per Waldvik. Bonnevie was educated at Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting (1997) and had her first film role in Hrafn Gunnlaugsson's Hvíti víkingurinn (The White Viking), at the age of sixteen.

Career

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In 1997, she had her debut at the Royal Dramatic Theatre, in the play Yvonne by Ingmar Bergman. Her screen debut was in 1991 in the movie Hviti vikingurinn (The White Viking), directed by Hrafn Gunnlaugsson. Her big breakthrough came with the movie Jerusalem (directed by Bille August, 1997), and among her later movies are Insomnia (1997), Dragonfly (2001) and Syndere i sommersol (2001). For the movie Jeg er Dina (I Am Dina, 2002) she received a prize for best foreign actress at the Montreal International Film Festival. In 2002 she was named one of European film's Shooting Stars by European Film Promotion.

In 1999, she played Olga in The 13th Warrior.[1] In 2004, she appeared in the Swedish film Dag och natt directed by Simon Staho.

In 2007, she played the female lead in the Russian film The Banishment directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev.

The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) invited Bonnevie to join the Grand Jury of the Festival's 44th edition in 2009.[2]

In 2012, she played Countess Isolde in Belle du Seigneur alongside Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Natalia Vodianova and Ed Stoppard.

Filmography

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Bonnevie in August 2014
Year Title Role Notes
1991 The White Viking Embla
1991 The Polar Bear King Princess
1993 The Telegraphist Pernille
1996 Jerusalem Gertrud
1997 Insomnia Ane
1999 The 13th Warrior Olga
1999 Tsatsiki, morsan och polisen Elin
2001 Dragonfly Maria
2002 I Am Dina Dina
2002 Falling Sky Juni
2003 I Am David David's mother
2003 Reconstruction Simone/Aimee two roles
2004 Three Suns Emma
2004 Day and Night Sarah
2007 The Banishment Vera
2008 What No One Knows Ursula
2009 Engelen Lea (Adult)
2009 Harry & Charles Maud TV mini-series
2010 Maskeblomstfamilien
2012 All That Matters Is Past Janne
2012 Belle du Seigneur Countess Isolde
2014 A Second Chance Anne
2015 The Shamer's Daughter Melussina Tonerre
2018 Becoming Astrid Hanna
2018 Phoenix Astrid
2020 Another Round Anika
2021-2023 Exit Helene TV series, 5 episodes

References

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  1. ^ Maria Bonnevie at website Movies Unlimited
  2. ^ "Juries at the Karlovy Vary IFF". Archived from the original on 28 June 2009. Retrieved 14 July 2009.
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