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Maria Bonnevie

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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 (1998–2005)
Fredrik Skavlan (2006–present)
Children3

Anna Maria Cecilia Bonnevie (born 26 September 1973 in Västerås, Sweden) is a Swedish-Norwegian actress. Bonnevie received both national and international acclaim for her performance in the Scandinavian epic I Am Dina and has since worked on a broad array of Scandinavian productions both in film, television and on stage.

Early life

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Born in Västerås, Sweden, Bonnevie grew up in Oslo, Norway, where she attended Hartvig Nissen School. Her parents are Norwegian actress Jannik Bonnevie and Swedish actor Per Waldvik. She graduated from the Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting in 1997.

Career

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Bonnevie debuted on screen in 1991 in Hrafn Gunnlaugsson's The White Viking at the age of sixteen. In 1995, she debuted on stage at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in the play Yvonne, Princess of Burgundy directed by Ingmar Bergman. Her breakthrough role was in Bille August's Jerusalem, an adaptation of the Selma Lagerlöf novel.

In 2002, Bonnevie starred in Ole Bornedal's I Am Dina. For her performance, she received numerous accolades including the Amanda Award for Best Actress and the award for Best Foreign Actress at the Montreal International Film Festival. She was also nominated for a Bodil Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role as well as for a Robert Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role at the 2003 ceremonies. In 2002, she was named one of European film's Shooting Stars by European Film Promotion.

In 2004, she appeared in the Swedish film Dag och natt directed by Simon Staho alongside her then fiancée Mikael Persbrandt.

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.[1]

In 2012, she played Countess Isolde in Belle du Seigneur alongside Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Natalia Vodianova and Ed Stoppard. The same year she starred in the Norwegian drama All That Matters Is Past which features the on-screen birth of her son.

Bonnevie won the award for Best Supporting Actress at the 2019 Amanda Awards for her performance in Phoenix and was nominated for a Guldbagge Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role at the 54th Guldbagge Awards for her role in Becoming Astrid as Astrid Lindgren's mother Hanna.

In 2020, Bonnevie appeared in the Academy Award-winning Danish feature Another Round, reuniting her with Mads Mikkelsen who she played opposite in I Am Dina. For her performance, she was nominated for a Robert Award for Best Supporting Actress.

She has been a part of the Royal Dramatic Theatre's ensemble cast since 1998.

Personal life

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Bonnevie is in a long-term relationship with Norwegian journalist and television host Fredrik Skavlan with whom she has 3 children, two daughters and a son. The couple split their time between Oslo and Stockholm. Between 1997 and 2005, she was in a relationship with Swedish actor Mikael Persbrandt.

Acting credits

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Bonnevie in August 2014

Film

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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 Amanda Award for Best Actress
Nominated—Bodil Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Nominated—Robert Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
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) Nominated—Amanda Award for Best Actress
2010 Maskeblomstfamilien Lillian Wang Nominated—Amanda Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
2012 All That Matters Is Past Janne Nominated—Amanda Award for Best Actress
2012 Belle du Seigneur Countess Isolde
2014 A Second Chance Anne
2015 The Shamer's Daughter Melussina Tonerre
2018 Becoming Astrid Hanna Nominated—Guldbagge Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
2018 Phoenix Astrid Amanda Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
2020 Another Round Anika Nominated—Robert Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2009 Harry & Charles Maud Mini-series
2021–2023 Exit Helene 5 episodes
2024 I kjærlighetens navn
2024 Hjerte til hjerte [no] herself 10 episodes

Theatre

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Year Title Role Director Location
1995 Yvonne, Princess of Burgundy Ingmar Bergman Royal Dramatic Theatre
1997 The Cherry Orchard Royal Dramatic Theatre
1999 Three Sisters Royal Dramatic Theatre
2002 Twelfth Night Royal Dramatic Theatre
2005-06 Miss Julie Miss Julie Thommy Berggren Royal Dramatic Theatre
2024–25 A Streetcar Named Desire Blanche DuBois Marit Moum Aune Christiania Theatre

References

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  1. ^ "Juries at the Karlovy Vary IFF". Archived from the original on 28 June 2009. Retrieved 14 July 2009.
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