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Afturelding (TV Series)
Afturelding () is an Icelandic TV series written by Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson og Dóri DNA. It stars Ingvar E. Sigurðsson as a burnt-out former handball star from the 1980s who takes over the coaching of Afturelding's women's team after years of drunkenness. The series also features Svandís Dóra Einarsdóttir and Saga Garðarsdóttir. Cast * Ingvar E. Sigurðsson as Skarphéðinn, a burnt-out former handball star * Svandís Dóra Einarsdóttir as Brynja, a former professional player who has returned to Iceland to play for the team * Saga Garðarsdóttir as Hekla, a player for Afturelding/Skarphéðins biological daughter. * Þorsteinn Bachmann as Eysteinn, CEO of Afturelding and former handball player. Skarphéðin's old teammate. * Sverrir Þór Sverrisson as Björgvin, Afturelding's assistant coach * Steinunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir as Rún, Hekla's mother/Skarphéðins former girlfriend * Jóhann Sigurðarson as Rúrík, the chairman of Afturelding * Halldóra Gei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama (film And Television)
In film and television show, television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or docudrama, semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humour, humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-genre, macro-genre, or micro-genre, such as soap opera, police procedural, police crime drama, political drama, legal drama, historical drama, domestic drama, Drama (film and television)#Teen drama, teen drama, and comedy drama (dramedy). These terms tend to indicate a particular Setting (narrative), setting or subject matter, or they combine a drama's otherwise serious tone with elements that encourage a broader range of Mood (literature), moods. To these ends, a primary element in a drama is the occurrence of Conflict (process), conflict—emotional, social, or otherwise—and its resolution in the course of the storyline. All forms of Film industry, cinema or television that involve Fiction, fiction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steinunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir
Steinunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir (born 2 July 1969) is an Icelandic actress, TV show host, producer and writer. Biography Early life Ólína grew up in Reykjavík with her mother, actress Bríet Héðinsdóttir, and her father Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson, a writer and translator of dramatic literature. She first found fame with a starring stage role at the age of fifteen. At seventeen, she moved to London, England to study drama at the Drama Centre London, from which she graduated in 1990. She subsequently moved back to Iceland to re-launch a career on the stage and television as a mature artist, making her debut at the National Theatre of Iceland in the role of Solveig in Henrik Ibsen's ''Peer Gynt''. National Theatre and elsewhere Eventually, Ólína was hired as a contracted star player at the National Theatre of Iceland, where she spent the next fourteen years appearing in over 50 productions and portraying a range of leading characters in contemporary and classical plays. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020s Icelandic Television Series
S, or s, is the nineteenth Letter (alphabet), letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, the alphabets of other western Languages of Europe, European languages and other latin alphabets worldwide. Its name in English is English alphabet#Letter names, ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Northwest Semitic abjad, Northwest Semitic Shin (letter), šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a "sh" phoneme, so the derived Greek letter Sigma (letter), Sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter ''Samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the ''Ξ, xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its associatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jörundur Ragnarsson
Jörundur Ragnarsson (born 9 July 1979) is an Icelandic actor. He is best known for his role as Daníel Sævarsson in ''Næturvaktin'' and its sequels, ''Dagvaktin'' and ''Fangavaktin''. In 2007, he appeared in '' Veðramót'', for which he won an award for best supporting actor at the 2007 Edda Awards. In 2021, he played the role of ''Zack Mossbergsson'', a parody of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, in a commercial by Íslandstofa (English: Business Iceland), a public-private organization responsible for the branding and marketing of Iceland and Icelandic export industries. Early life Jörundur was born in Hvammstangi, Iceland. At the age of 7, his family moved to Suðureyri, in the Westfjords, where his father became mayor. The family later moved to Súðavík and Ólafsvík before he settled in Reykjavík Reykjavík is the Capital city, capital and largest city in Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland on the southern shore of Faxaflói, the Faxaflói Bay. With a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilhelm Neto
Vilhelm Þór Da Silva Neto (born 25 June 1993) is an Icelandic-Portuguese actor and comedian. He is known for his appearances in Áramótaskaupið and Hver Drap Friðrik Dór? He graduated from Copenhagen International School of Performing Arts in 2019. Early life Vilhelm was born in Reykjavík, Iceland, to an Icelandic mother and a Portuguese father. He moved at a young age with his family to Figueira da Foz in Portugal. He moved back to Iceland in 2007 and in 2010 he appeared in the Icelandic drama film Órói. In 2018, he became known for his comedy sketches on Twitter. In 2019, he appeared in the Áramótaskaupið, an annual Icelandic television comedy special that is broadcast on RÚV Ríkisútvarpið (, ; abbr. RÚV ) is Iceland's national public broadcasting, public-service broadcasting organization. Founded in 1930, it operates from studios in the country's capital, Reykjavík, as well as regional centres around the count ... on 31 December. In 2021, he played the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vala Kristín Eiríksdóttir
Vala or VALA may refer to: Religion and mythology * Vala (Vedic), a demon or a stone cavern in the Hindu scriptures * Völva, also spelled Vala, a priestess in Norse mythology and Norse paganism Fiction * Vala (Middle-earth), an angelic being in J. R. R. Tolkien's fiction * Vala Mal Doran, a fictional character in the Canadian-American television series ''Stargate SG-1'' * Vala (Blake), a character in the mythological writings of William Blake * ''Vala, or The Four Zoas'', a poem by Blake People * Vala (clan), a Rajput clan found in Gujarat in India Surname * Aleš Vála (born 1973), a Czech ice hockey player * Asad Vala (born 1987), a Papua New Guinean cricketer * Jessie Rose Vala (born 1977), an American artist * Jorge Vala (born 1984), a Portuguese academic * Katri Vala (1901–1944), a Finnish poet * Lobat Vala (born 1930), an Iranian poet and activist * Numonius Vala, a Roman family name, or any of the men of that name * Vajubhai Vala, an Indian politician Given name * Val ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Thelma Smáradóttir
María Thelma Smáradóttir (born 22 January 1993) is an Icelandic stage and film actress. She is known for her roles in the TV-series ''Prisoners'' and '' Trapped'' and in the 2018 survival drama film ''Arctic'' alongside Mads Mikkelsen. Career María graduated from the Iceland Academy of the Arts in 2016. Shortly later, she appeared in the TV Mini-Series ''Prisoners''. In 2018, she appeared alongside Mads Mikkelsen in the film Arctic directed by Joe Penna. In 2019, María premiered her theater play named ''Welcome home'' in the National Theatre of Iceland, telling her story and the story of her mother, who moved from Thailand to Iceland. In 2023, she appeared as ''Snæfríður Íslandssól'' in the stage adaption of Iceland's Bell. Filmography * ''Svartur á leik'' (2012) * ''Arctic The Arctic (; . ) is the polar regions of Earth, polar region of Earth that surrounds the North Pole, lying within the Arctic Circle. The Arctic region, from the IERS Reference Meridia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir
Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir (born 25 February 1974) is an Icelandic actress and producer. She is known for ''Children'' (2006), '' Trapped'' (2015), '' Undercurrent'' (2010), ''The Valhalla Murders'' (2020) and ''Blackport'' (2021). Early life Nína was born in Reykjavík. Her parents, Bylgja Scheving and Filippus Gunnar Árnason, were very young and split up when she was two years old. She grew up in the Breiðholt district of Reykjavík. When she was 19 years old, she worked as an au pair for one year in Denmark. She had plans to go to acting school there when she was not working, but found she was too busy. "I became the mom of the household. It was a 5 person family. In the mornings I made breakfast for everybody and then cooked, did the laundry, cleaned, did the grocery shopping, and dropped the kids off, and picked them up later. If I spent more time with the kids than on the chores the lady of the house got upset. After six months I asked myself what I was still doing t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Icelandic Handball Association
The Icelandic Handball Association ( or ''HSÍ'') is the national governing body for handball in Iceland. It is based in Reykjavík. Club handball The federation organizes the national handball leagues for both men and women club teams and the Icelandic cup for men and women. International handball Iceland was the host of the 1995 World Men's Handball Championship. The men's team The men's team has appeared frequently in large tournaments in recent decades. Their best overall result is the silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Their best result in the world championship is 5th place in 1997. They have made it to the semi-finals of the European Men's Handball Championship twice, winning the bronze medal in 2010. Head coach for the men's national team is Guðmundur Guðmundsson. The women's team The women's team has just recently started to appear in large tournaments. They have made it to the world championship once, finishing in 12th place in 2011. They have appeare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir
Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir (born 12 October 1968) is an Icelandic actress and musician. In the 1990s, she was also a saxophonist and vocalist of the group Reptile. Biography Halldóra graduated from the Iceland University of the Arts in 1995. From 1984 to 1990, she was part of the group Reptile where she was a saxophonist and vocalist. She is also known for portraying the clown Barbara. In 2018, Halldóra starred in Woman at War, which has been recognized especially internationally with various awards. She portrayed the double role of Halla and her twin sister Ása. Woman at War is a film in which feminism, parenting and environmental activism intersect through the story of her character, that of a 50-year-old single and independent singing teacher who declares war on the local aluminum industry that is polluting her country. The film won awards such as the Lux Prize and the Grand Audience Award at the 2018 Seville Film Festival. Personal life Halldóra has five children, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jóhann Sigurðarson
Jóhann Sigurðarson (born 21 April 1956) is an Icelandic actor, voice actor and singer. He is known for his role as Leifur in '' Trapped'' and ''The Minister''. Career Jóhann graduated from the Icelandic Drama School in 1981. He has been involved in numerous productions with the National Theatre of Iceland and Reykjavik City Theatre as well as starring in many Icelandic films. From 2000-2001 he studied singing in Italy. In 2008 he was awarded "Town Artist" from the town of Garðabær, Iceland. He has from time to time performed with the Icelandic Opera. Selected filmography * ''101 Reykjavík'' (2000) as Páll * '' Kaldaljós'' (2004) as Stranger * '' Brúðguminn'' (2008) as Lárus * ''Mamma Gógó ''Mamma Gógó'' is a 2010 Icelandic drama film directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson. The film was selected as the Icelandic entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards, but did not make the final shortlist. Cast * ...'' (2010) as Bank Manag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
