Marie Richardson
Quick Facts
Biography
Marie Elisabet Richardson (born 6 June 1959) is a Swedish stage and film actress. She studied at the Teaterhögskolan i Stockholm from 1982 to 1985 and has been employed by The Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm ever since. Richardson has been very active in both films, television production as well as on stage for 30 years. She has two children with Jakob Eklund, also an actor.
In 2008 she played Linda Jacobsson, the psychologically tormented wife of an obsessive violent politician (played by Reine Brynolfsson), in the Swedish mini series The Regicide, based on a novel written by Danish author Hanne Vibeke Holst. December 2014 Richardson can be seen in the TV series Blue Eyes on Swedish television and on stage at The Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm in Mirja Unga's play Johanna, a modern take of the Joan of Arc theme.
Selected filmography
- 1991 - Önskas
- 1992 - Sunday's Children
- 1993 - The Telegraphist
- 1993 - Polis polis potatismos
- 1997 - In the Presence of a Clown
- 1999 - Eyes Wide Shut
- 1999 - Noll Tolerans
- 2000 - Faithless
- 2001 - Livvakterna
- 2002 - Den 5:e kvinnan (The Fifth Woman), Maya Thysell
- 2003 - Den Tredje Vågen
- 2003 - Wallander, Mannen som log (The Man Who Smiled) - Maja Thysell
- 2003 - Ondskan
- 2005 - Wallander, Steget efter (One Step Behind), Maja Thysell
- 2006 - Wallander, Brandvägg (Firewall), Maja Thysell
- 2007 - Wallander, Pyramiden - Maja Thysell
- 2013 - Shed No Tears