Ólafía Hrönn Jónsdóttir

Icelandic actress (born 1962)

Ólafía Hrönn Jónsdóttir
Born	(1962-12-07) 7 December 1962 (age 61) Reykjavík, Iceland
Occupation(s)	Actress, voice actress
Years active	1989–present

Ólafía Hrönn Jónsdóttir (born 7 December 1962) is an Icelandic actress. She is known for her role as Freyja in Trapped.

Early life

Ólafía was born in Reykjavík, Iceland in 1962. She grew up in Reykjavík, and in Hornafjörður where her father managed a bank. She was a scout when she was young and would play sketches for them whenever she got a chance. She graduated from Fjölbrautaskólinn í Ármúla in 1983 and went straight to Theater School (now a division under the Iceland Academy of the Arts)^[1]

Career

Ólafía graduated from the Icelandic Theater School in 1987. She has acted in several stage productions for the National Theater of Iceland and other theaters. She received an Edda Award for her role in Brúðguminn.^[2]

Personal life

In 2011 Ólafía worked with the Red Cross and professional chefs to produce a 12 episode cooking show showing cheap meal options for four-person families. All the meals cost under 2000 ISK (approx. 15 US Dollars).^[3]

Filmography

Áramótaskaup 1989 (1989) various roles
SSL-25 (Short) (1990)
Skýjahöllin (1994) as Inga
Áramótaskaup 1996 (1996) various roles
Perlur og Svín (1997) as Lísa
Áramótaskaup 1997 (1997) various roles
Áramótaskaup 2000 (2000) various roles
Áramótaskaup 2001 (2001) various roles
Litla lirfan ljóta (animated short) (2002) as the bee
Stella í framboði (2002) as Ágústa kvennremba
Stormviðri (2003) Guðrún
Síðasti bærinn (Short) (2004) as the daughter
Allir litir hafsins eru kaldir (TV-series) as Margrét
Mýrin (2006) as Elínborg
Brúðguminn (2008) as Sísí
Skrapp út (2008)
Dagvaktin (TV-series) (2008) as Gugga
Forsthaus Falkenau (TV-series) (2009) as Bürgermeisterin
Bjarnfreðarson (2009) as Guðbjörg Jónsdóttir
Mamma Gógó (2010) as the director's sister
Sumarlandið (2010) as Lára
Fiskar á þurru landi (TV-movie) (2010) as Efemía
Grafir & Bein (2016) as Hulda
Ófærð (TV-series) (2015-2016) as Freyja, Hjörtur's mother
Black Mirror (Episode: "Crocodile") (2017) as Felicity Carmichael
True Detective (TV-series) (2024) as Stacy Chalmers

References

^ "Það er áhætta að taka þátt í gríni Ólafía Hrönn Jónsdóttir hefur vakið athygli á liðnum árum fyrir frábæra túlkun á ýmsum". www.mbl.is. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
^ "Þjóðleikhúsið - Leikarar". www.leikhusid.is. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
^ "Wants diversity in cooking". The Red Cross. Retrieved 1 March 2016.