Anna Bache-Wiig (born 19 September 1975) is a Norwegian actress and writer. She is best known for writing the screenplay for the film '' Utøya: July 22'' in collaboration with Siv Rajendram Eliassen.

Early career

Bache-Wiig was educated at the

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(). She published a novel in 2003 called ''Det aller fineste''. She then published ''Sommernattsdrømmen'' (2005) and ''Lasses hus'' (2009). In 2010, she published a picture book entitled ''Don Fridtjof''.

Acting

Bache-Wiig has acted in several Norwegian television series, such as ''

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'' and ''

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''. She also appeared in

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's acclaimed 2005 thriller '' Next Door''. In 2020, she starred in one episode of the

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series '' Bloodride''.

Screen writing

Together with Siv Rajendram Eliassen, Bache-Wiig created and wrote the first season of the television series ''

'' (''Acquitted'') in 2016. In the UK, it was screened on

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, a video on demand service provided by

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. Bache-Wiig and Eliassen then collaborated on the screenplay for the film '' Utøya: July 22''. They received an honourable mention at the

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2018. The two stayed teamed up with director

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to write a new screenplay, ''The Emigrants'', which will be released in 2020.

References

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