Agnes Kittelsen
Agnes Elisabet Hilden Kittelsen (born 20 May 1980) is a Norwegian actress.
Also recorded as Agnes Elisabet Kittelsen
Agnes Kittelsen

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- Name
- Agnes Kittelsen
- Birth Name
- Agnes Elisabet Hilden Kittelsen
- Born
- 20 May 1980
- Birthplace
- Kristiansand, Norway
- Occupation
- Actress
- Awards
- Film: Happy, Happy.
- Full name
- Agnes Elisabet Hilden Kittelsen.
- Nationality
- Norway.
- Education
- Norwegian National Academy of Theatre.
- Honours
- Amanda Award for Best Supporting Actress and Kanon Award for Best Actress.
- Languages
- Norwegian.
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Agnes Elisabet Hilden Kittelsen (born 20 May 1980) is a Norwegian actress.
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Agnes Kittelsen (born 1980) is a Norwegian actor, actress and film actor, among other activities. The actor was born Agnes Elisabet Hilden Kittelsen in Vågsbygd. Agnes Kittelsen studied at Norwegian National Academy of Theatre.
Languages used include Norwegian. The actor received Amanda Award for Best Supporting Actress and Kanon Award for Best Actress.
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• Name — Agnes Kittelsen • Birth Name — Agnes Elisabet Hilden Kittelsen • Born — 20 May 1980 • Birthplace — Kristiansand, Norway • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 2004 – present • Website — Actorsagent • Awards — Film: Happy, Happy. Kittelsen’s performance is the linchpin of the film. Winner of the Sundance Grand Jury Prize for World Cinema and the Norwegian selection for the Foreign Language Film Oscar.
Biography
Biography
Agnes Kittelsen is known for her role as Anneli in the TV-series Skolen (2004), as the title character's wife Tikken in the 2008 film Max Manus and as Liv Heyerdahl, the wife of Thor Heyerdahl in the film Kon-Tiki. She also starred in the sitcom Dag from 2010 to 2015. After graduating from the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre in 2003, she worked at Den Nationale Scene from 2004 to 2006, before starting at the National Theatre in 2007.[1] She played the witch in the Norwegian 2012 movie Reisen til julestjernen and Vivian in then television adaption of the book The Half Brother that was broadcast on NRK in 2013.[2] From 2019 to 2023, Kittelsen played Hermine Vejle in Exit,[3] a series in 3 seasons that described the decadent lives of 4 men in Oslo's finance elites. It became the most streamed in the history of Norwegian national television.[4] Kittelsen's mother is Finnish.[5]
TV series
TV series
• 2004–2005: Skolen: Anneli • 2005: Brødrene Dal og mysteriet med Karl XIIs gamasjer: Mette-Mari Dal • 2008–2009: Honningfellen: Signe Maria Øye • 2010–2015: Dag: Malin Tramell • 2013: Halvbroren: Vivian • 2015: Hæsjtægg: Vivi • 2017: Neste Sommer: Gunnhild • 2019: Beforeigners: Marie • 2019: Exit: Hermine Veile • 2019: Mellem os: Merete • 2025: Åremorden: Marion
Cinema
Cinema
• 2008: Max Manus by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg: Tikken Lindebrække • 2009: Millénium 3 – Luftslottet som sprängdes by Daniel Alfredson • 2010: Happy Happy by Anne Sewitsky: Kaja • 2012: Kon-Tiki by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg: Liv Heyerdahl • 2012: Reisen til julestjernen by Nils Gaup: Heksa • 2015: Prästen i paradiset by Kjell Sundvall: Line • 2015: Staying Alive by Charlotte Blom: Marianne • 2016: Pyromaniac by Erik Skjoldbjærg: Elsa • 2018: En affære by Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken: Henriette • 2019: Skammerens datter II: Slangens gave by Ask Hasselbalch: Melussina • 2019: Hjelperytteren by Jannicke Systad Jacobsen: Grete Stein
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Identity
Agnes Kittelsen is recorded with the occupation television actor. Recorded as a citizen of Norway.

Medvirkende: Anders Tangen, Via Film, Kristopher Schau, Atle Antonsen, Øystein Karlsen, Agnes Kittelsen.
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Medvirkende: Anders Tangen, Via Film, Kristopher Schau, Atle Antonsen, Øystein Karlsen, Agnes Kittelsen.
Nordiske Mediedager · Dag - vi oppsummerer fem år med terapi
Short films
• 2006: Bagasje: Hilde • 2006: Road Movie: Celine • 2010: Neglect: Ellinor
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- 1.Actors Agent - Christina A. Ulrichsen. Agnes Kittelsen.
- 2.Pål Nordseth: Agnes Kittelsen tar en pause fra film og TV (in Norwegian) Dagbladet, 11 December 2012
- 3.Bäst i tv-världen just nu: Simon J Berger i norska finans-satiren Exit - TVdags.se. 2019-11-08.
- 4.Pettersen, Jørn. Nå er «Exit» den mest strømmede dramaserien i NRK noensinne. VG. 2019-10-08.
- 5.Flau juleøljury valgte Dahls.
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Agnes Kittelsen was recorded at birth as Agnes Elisabet Hilden Kittelsen. The authorities additionally record the heading Agnes Elisabet Kittelsen.
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