Nanna Blondell

Nanna Terese Blondell (6 August 1986) is a Swedish actress. She has acted on stage, on television and movies. She will soon be seen in Marvel Studios's Black Widow.

Nanna Blondell in 2014

Education

She has a degree from Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts[1]

TV and Film Career

Blondell made her on screen debut in the SVT drama series Livet enligt Rosa in 2005. After working for a while as a VJ with MTV Sweden she landed a role in an episode of police procedural Beck the following year, and a recurring role in soap opera Andra avenyn.[2]

She raised her profile when she joined the cast of popular sci-fi drama Real Humans, a TV series that was exported around the world including the United Kingdom and France. [3] She made her English language debut with Ø, an English-Language French TV series filmed in Denmark.

In 2018, she landed one of the roles in French feature film Soeurs d'armes (Sisters in arms), inspired by a real military unit with female Kurdish, Yezidi and resistance fighters fighters taking on ISIS,[4] and was the only actress who did not speak any French. She portrayed an African-American sniper. [5]

She can also be seen in Immortal as Sha Dishi - the leader of nation of immortals. This was also an English language French production, and could be seen via the French streaming app Blackpills.[6]

Blondell had the female co-lead in gritty crime drama Hassel alongside James Bond: Skyfall actor Ola Rapace, and TWIN starring Game of Throne's Kristofer Hivju.[7]

In 2019, she announced on social media that she had a secret role in Marvel's Black Widow.[8]

Her latest project is Red Dot, the first Netflix feature film coming out of Sweden, co-starring with Anastasios Soulis.[9]

Theatre

Since 2013, Nanna Blondell is working at the Royal Dramatic Theatre, but has been on unpaid leave to work on film and television projects. [10]

Other

Blondell runs the podcast Fenomenala kvinnor (Phenomenal Women), where she interviews successful Swedish women of color. As a child she wanted to be an actress, but since there were hardly any Swedish actresses of color at the time, she did not think this was a possibility.[5]

In 2016, she did her directorial debut with the short film Noni & Elizabeth. This film was in official selection at LA Film Festival, Palm Springs ShortFest and Giffoni Film Festival. [11]

Her agent is Finnish-Swedish talent manager Laura Munsterhjelm, the same agent as Swedish actresses Rebecca Ferguson and Academy Award winner Alicia Vikander. [12]

Filmography

  • 2005 - Livet enligt Rosa
  • 2006 - Beck – Det tysta skriket
  • 2007 - Andra avenyn
  • 2010 - Negerboll
  • 2011 - Irene Huss – I skydd av skuggorna
  • 2012 - Sommarstället
  • 2012 - Bokcirkeln
  • 2012 - Player
  • 2014 - Äkta människor
  • 2014 - Stockholm Stories
  • 2014 - Viva Hate
  • 2015 - Boys
  • 2019 - Sisters In Arms
  • 2021 - Red Dot

References

Media related to Nanna Blondell at Wikimedia Commons

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