Anne Marie Ottersen

Anne Marie Ottersen
Born	29 April 1945
Other names	Anne Marie Ottersen Lindtner
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1969 – present
Spouse(s)	Lasse Lindtner (1990–)
Awards	Amanda (1986) for Hustruer - ti år etter

Anne Marie Ottersen Lindtner (born 29 April 1945) is a Norwegian actress. She has been working at Nationaltheatret (the National Theatre) since 1970, and acted in roles such as "Polly Peachum" in Bertolt Brecht's The Threepenny Opera, and "Martha" in Edward Albees Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.^[1]

Ottersen is well known from various roles on film and television. Among her roles is "Mie" from the Hustruer-trilogy, and she won an Amanda – the main Norwegian film award – for best actress for her role in Hustruer - ti år etter in 1986.^[2] She has also acted in TV-series, such as "Fredrikssons fabrikk", "Bot og bedring" and "Holms".^[3]

Ottesen lives in Oslo, and has been married to the actor Lasse Lindtner since 1990. Together they have one daughter, and Ottersen also has two sons from a previous relationship.^[4] She is also an eager, and lifelong fan of speed skating.^[5]

Select filmography

• Psychedelica Blues (1969)
• Hustruer (1975)
• On the Threshold (1984)
• Deilig er fjorden! (1985)
• Hustruer - ti år etter (1985)
• Drømmeslottet (1986)
• Plastposen (1986)
• Bryllupsfesten (1989)
• "Fredrikssons fabrikk" (TV, 1990)
• Hustruer III (1996)
• "Bot og bedring" (TV, 1998)
• "Holms" (TV, 2002)
• Import-eksport (2005)

References

1. "Anne Marie Ottersen" (in Norwegian). Nationaltheatret. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
2. "AMANDA-VINNERE 1985-2006" (PDF). Filmweb.no. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
3. "Anne Marie Ottersen". IMDb. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
4. Sissel Fantoft (1997-11-27). "Otters" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
5. "-Ja, jeg er sportsgær'n! Anne Marie Ottesen skuespiller" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. 2002-02-08. Retrieved 2008-06-13.

External links

• Anne Marie Ottersen at the Internet Movie Database
• Biography from Nationaltheateret.
• Interview from Dagbladet.