Norwegian actress, and daughter of the conductor and violinist Øivin Fjeldstad. A graduate of the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre in 1963, she started working at Det Norske Teatret immediately afterward. In 1975 she was hired by the National Theatre, where she has acted in roles such as "Blanche Dubois" in Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire, and "Agnes" in Henrik Ibsens Brand. She won the Amanda – the main Norwegian film award – for best actress for her role in Dødsdansen in 1991. She has two children with her partner, actor Per Sunderland

Filmography

• So Long, Marianne — Old Marianne
• Exit — Ellinor
• 2018Operation Shadowman — Anna
• Ibsens dramatiske kvinner
• Who Do You Think You Are?
• 2010Friendly People
• Maria — Liv Hansen
• Størst av alt — Beate Røst
• An immortal man — Farmor Ibsen Paus
• 2006Miracle
• 2006Svevn — Den eldre kvinna
• 1985Burning Flowers — Rosa
• 1985Galskap! — Marianne
• 1981Little Ida — Ida's mother
• 1977Dagny — Dagny Juel
• 1973A Doll's House — Nora Helmer
• 1969We Are All Demons — Inger
• 1968Hilsen fra Bertha
• 1966Hunger — Little girl
• 1966The African
• 1964Marenco — Bitten
• 1964Oslofilm: Hallo vikings — Hun

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2006Aud go'hjerta — Self
• The Guldbagge Awards — Self - Best Actress winner