Ingrid Bolsø Berdal

Ingrid Bolsø Berdal
Born	2 March 1980 Utøy, Inderøy, Norway
Occupation	Actress singer film producer
Website	IngridBB.com

Ingrid Bolsø Berdal (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈɪŋrɪ ˈbʊlsøː ˈbæɖɑl]; born 2 March 1980) is a Norwegian actress, singer, and film producer. She started her career at age 25 in the 2005 short film Limbo. Her first leading role was in the Norwegian slasher film Cold Prey, released in October 2006. She has since appeared in fourteen films, including Chernobyl Diaries, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, and Hercules.

Early life

Ingrid Bolsø Berdal was born in Utøy, Inderøy. She started studying music and singing in high school; after graduating, she continued her music education at the University of Trondheim (NTNU), studying jazz singing and improvisation for two years. She moved to Oslo and was accepted at Oslo National Academy of the Arts (KHiO), where she studied acting for three years. In her second year there, she played Sofia in Platonov and the title character in Antigone. In her final year, she played The Girl in The Name and the title character in Hedda Gabler.

Career

Since graduating, Berdal has been employed at The Norwegian Theatre in Oslo. After her first year at the theatre, she was awarded the Hedda Award (the Norwegian Theatre Award) for Best Debut of the Year. During her years at the theatre, she has played both classical and contemporary plays, such as Sasha in Ivanov, Shura in Black Milk, and the title character in Yvonne, Princess of Burgundy.

Berdal has also worked in film, television, and radio. She has won the Amanda Award (The Norwegian Film Award) for Best Actress for the film Cold Prey. She was also nominated for Best Actress for Cold Prey 2 two years later. She hosted the Norwegian Film Awards (The Amanda Awards) in 2010 and 2012. In January 2011, she opened her monologue Frøken Else at The Norwegian Theatre, receiving positive reviews.

In 2014, she played the only female warrior, Atalanta, in the film Hercules.^[1]

Berdal has been working at The National Theatre in Oslo since her graduation in 2004.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Limbo	Carmen	short film
2006	Cold Prey[2]	Jannicke
2006	Sons	Norunn
2006	Comrade Pedersen	District Representative
2006	A Man There Was	Ida Vigen	short film
2007	False Start	Receptionist	short film
2008	House of Fools	Aina
2008	Cold Prey 2	Jannicke
2009	Betrayal	Kristin
2010	Resolve	Her	short film
2010	Terry Pratchett's Going Postal	Sergeant Angua	TV film
2010	Wide Blue Yonder	Nina
2011	I Travel Alone	Herdis Snartemo
2012	Chernobyl Diaries[2]	Zoe
2012	Escape (Flukt)	Dagmar
2013	Kill Buljo 2	Anniken Skaiwalker
2013	Grandmother and the eight kids	Mother
2013	Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters[2]	Horned Witch
2014	Hercules[2]	Atalanta
2015	Women for Large Men's Shirts	Wanda Ås	Post-production
2015	The Absence of Eddy Table	Kari (voice)	Short film, filming

Television

• Codename Hunter (2006)
• Thomas P (2007)
• Eve and Adam (2007)
• Codename Hunter 2 (2008)
• Heart to Heart 2 (2010)
• Hellfjord (2012)
• Westworld (2016)^[2]

Stage

• Kristin-spelet at Sel (2004)
• Ned til Sol at Det Norske Teatret (2005)
• Trollprisen at Det Norske Teatret (2005)
• The Caucasian Chalc Circle at Det Norske Teatret (2006)
• Bikubesong at Det Norske Teatret (2006)
• Frank at Det Norske Teatret (2006)
• Hair at Det Norske Teatret (2007)
• Black Milk at Det Norske Teatret (2007)
• Ivanov at Det Norske Teatret (2007)
• Yvonne, Princess of Burgundy at Det Norske Teatret (2008)
• The Experiment Jo Strømgren Kompani (2010)
• Frøken Else at Det Norske Teatret (2011)
• Baby at The Norwegian Theatre (2013)

References

1. Gallagher, Brian (4 November 2014). "‘Hercules’ Interview with Ingrid Bolso Berdal | EXCLUSIVE". MovieWeb. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
2. "Ingrid Bolso Berdal: Filmography". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 July 2015.

External links

• Official website
• Ingrid Bolsø Berdal at the Internet Movie Database