Angela Kovács
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Angela Anna Margareta Kovács (born 23 May 1964 in Vaksala,
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) is a
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actress of Hungarian descent. She studied at the
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from 1987 until 1990. She then began her career as a stage actress, working at the
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, the Helsingborg City Theater, and the
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. She began her film career in 2001 in '' Hans och hennes'' by
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. From 2005 to 2007 she played Ann-Britt Höglund in the ''Wallander'' series of television films based on the eponymous novels. More recently she has been seen as Irene Huss in a television series by that name based on the novels of
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* * Swedish stage actresses Swedish television actresses Swedish people of Hungarian descent Actresses from Uppsala 1964 births Living people 20th-century Swedish actresses 21st-century Swedish actresses {{Sweden-screen-actor-stub