Regina Lund

Regina Lund

Regina Lund (2013)
Born Regina Charlotta Theodora Lund
(1967-07-17) 17 July 1967
Vaasa, Finland
Occupation Actress, singer
Years active 1979–present

Regina Charlotta Theodora Lund (born 17 July 1967) is a Swedish actress and singer. She is the daughter of actress Sonja Lund.[1]

Early life

Born to director Christian Lund (1943–2007) and actress Sonja Lund (f. 1942) in Vaasa, Finland, Regina grew up in Gävle with her grandparents.[2]

Career

She started her acting career in a non-speaking role in the television movie Den nya människan in 1979, directed by her father.[2] She made her big breakthrough as Laila Klang, a housewife in Tierp in the radio show Klang & Co in 1993 and as the secretary Mona in the television series Rederiet, a role she played between 1994–1995 and again in 2001.[3] In 1995 Lund was awarded the Guldmasken (in English: The Golden Mask) award for Best female lead in a musical for her role in I hetaste laget.[4]

In 2004 she was one of the hosts of Sommar, talking about her life and her career up to that point.[1] In 2007 she performed the song "Rainbow star" in Melodifestivalen 2007 but was eliminated in the first round in one of the semifinals.[5] She voiced the role of Gloria the Hippopotamus in the Swedish dubbed version of Disney film Madagascar.[6]

Lund launched her acting career in the 1996 film Harry & Sonja, where she played a lifeguard at a swimming pool with Stellan Skarsgård.[7] She had the leading role in the 1999 thriller film Sjön.[8] After that she had more leading roles in Hassel – Förgöraren and had a part in Once in a Lifetime (Livet är en schlager), a comedy film about the Eurovision Song Contest.[9] In 2004 she appeared in the controversial film Kärlekens språk and she also starred in the film Göta kanal 2 – Kanalkampen.[10]

Music

Lund made her musical debut on the 1997 Johan Norberg album 5 Hours 4 Months and a Day.[11] Norberg later appeared on Lund's debut solo album Unique and also her second music album Year Zero, released in 1997 and 2000 respectively.[11]

Theater and musical work

Lund made her stage debut in 1991 in Malmö as Curley's wife in John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men.[12] She also had the part of Ophelia in Jan Bergman's Hamlet at Riksteatern in Stockholm in 1992.[12] The same year she acted as Beth in Sam Shepard's Den innersta lögnen (English: The Innermost Lie).[12][13] The year after that she played a part in the musical I hetaste laget (English: Too Hot to Handle) at Cirkus, Stockholm.[12][13]

In 1996 she acted as the character Lola in the play Blå Ängeln, and also had a role in Censorn in Gothenburg.[12]

Personal life

Lund has a son, born in 1999. She was married to actor Jonas Malmsjö between 2000 and 2002. Between 2006 and 2008 she lived in Copenhagen.[14] In 2013 Lund revealed to Aftonbladet newspaper that she had been diagnosed and operated for cancer in her breasts and lymph nodes.[15] The illness has left Lund without hair.[16] In early 2014 Lund revealed that she was cancer free.[17][18]

Theater work

Filmography

Discography

Albums

Singles

Bibliography

References

  1. 1 2 "Regina Lund i sommarintervju – Sisu på svenska". Sveriges Radio. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Regina Lund". Lionheart Music Group. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  3. "”Det känns kultigt att vara tillbaka”". Aftonbladet. 11 January 2001. Retrieved 10 November 2013. C1 control character in |title= at position 1 (help)
  4. "De kan vinna Guldmasken". Aftonbladet. 10 February 2004. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  5. "Regina Lund har specialskriven låt till Melodifestivalen". Expressen. 10 October 2006. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  6. "Svenska röster & credits – Madagaskar" (in Swedish). Dubbningshemsidan.se. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  7. "Harry och Sonja – Stellan Skarsgard". Stellanonline.com. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  8. "Sjön (1999)". Sfi.se. 29 January 1999. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  9. Lindstedt, Karin (29 March 2000). "Aftonbladet nöje: Gardells nya primadonnor". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  10. "Regina Lund visar sina bilder ur sexfilmen". Expressen. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  11. 1 2 Welander, Fredrik (27 September 2000). "Regina Lund på turné". dagensskiva.com. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 Borglund, Kristian (14 April 2000). "Aftonbladet puls: Regina Lund – stor intervju". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  13. 1 2 "I hetaste laget, 1993". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 26 November 2007. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  14. Haeberlein, Paul (16 March 2008). "Köpenhamn via Lund". Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  15. Selåker, Johannes (28 October 2013). "Regina Lund hyllades efter cancerbeskedet". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  16. "Här visar Regina Lund upp sig utan hår". Expressen. 27 October 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  17. "Regina Lund fri från cancern: "Eufori"". Expressen. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  18. "Regina Lund är fri från cancern". SvD.se. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  19. Cooney, Ray. "Liket som visste för mycket - en livs levande skrattfars". Drosenorberg.se. Archived from the original on 12 August 2010. Retrieved 10 November 2013.

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