Malin Vulcano Levanon (born 12 November 1977), also known as Malin Vulcano, is a
Swedish
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actress.
She grew up in
Gagnef in
Dalarna
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Dalarna adjoins Härjedalen, Hälsingland, Gästrikland, Västmanland and Värmland. It is also bordered by Norwa ...
, where she already at the age of eight made her acting debut in the annual summer plays that was made in her village. i She has studied
Jerzy Grotowskis drama pedagogic, and has worked with
Mike Leigh
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s methods for films.
Levanon was awarded a
Guldbaggen award in the category Best female lead role for 2016, for her lead role as the character Minna in the film ''Tjuvheder''.
The film won a total of five Guldbaggen awards.
The same year she also played the character Mamman in the film ''Flockan'', which she won the Filmpublicisternas award for "Film couple of the Year" along with colleague
Eva Melander.
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Retrieved 22 March 2016 Levanon has also acted in the film ''Återträffen'' with
Anna Odell, which won the Kritikerpristet and Best Debut film at the
Venice Film Festival
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in 2013.
The film also won a Guldbaggen award for "best film". Levanon in 2016 also won the Northern Lights "Lights Award" Casters Critiques Choice honour award in Berlin.
Levanon played the leading role as the singer in the Italian film ''Pornodrome - Una storia dal vivo''.
She has acted in the film ''I skuggan av värmen'', where she played the character Mia.
In 2011, Levanon acted in the
SVT TV series ''Anno'' 1970, and in the TV series ''
The Bridge'' she played the character Filippa.
In 2012 Levanon played the character Kia in the novel film ''Gläntan''.
She won the honour award at the
Stockholm International Film Festival.
In 2016, she acts in the TV series ''Black Widows'' opposite
Cissi Forss and
Peter Stormare.
The series is broadcast on
TV3.
Filmography
*2006 - ''
Frostbite
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*2009 - ''
I skuggan av värmen''
*2011 - ''Gläntan'' (short film)
*2011 - ''
Anno 1790''
*2011 - ''
The Bridge''
*2013 - ''
Återträffen''
*2015 - ''
Flocken''
*2015 - ''
Tjuvheder''
*2016 - ''
Black Widows''
*2016 - ''6A''
*2017 - ''Krig''
*2019 - Britt- Marie var här
*2020 - Off Radar
*2020 - Kärlek & Anarki
* - The Ark: An Iron Sky Story - Post production
References
External links
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Living people
1977 births
21st-century Swedish actresses
People from Gagnef Municipality