Irene Lindh
Quick Facts
Biography
Lena Irene Lindh (born 13 October 1945) is a Swedish stage and film actress and singer.
Lindh was born in Stockholm, and studied at the acting school at the Royal Dramatic Theatre from 1964-67. She is best known to international audiences for her role as Jenny Hultin in Arne Dahl: Misterioso, a Swedish television crime series.
Since her acting school days, Lindh has worked at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm; her first performance was as an extra in Troilus and Cressida in 1967. She has played a range of roles at the Dramatic Theatre, including Albine in Britannicus in 1976, Œnone in Phèdre in 2006, Mistress Page in The Merry Wives of Windsor in 2009, and the Duchess of York in Richard III in 2014.
Lindh has also worked as a voice actor, and provided the voice of Petunia Dursley when the Harry Potter films were dubbed into Swedish. She is also a singer, and has released a record with Carl Jonas Love Almqvist's Songes.
Awards
- 2004 The Eugene O'Neill Award
- 2005 Litteris et Artibus
- "Irene Lindh fick O'Neill-priset" (in Swedish). Svenska Dagbladet. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- "Medaljförläningar den 6 juni 2005" (in Swedish). 7 June 2005. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
Links
- Irene Lindh at the Internet Movie Database
- Irene Lindh profile, Dramaten.se; accessed 29 September 2016.(Swedish)