Fortesa Hoti (born 6 December 1988 in Polac village

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) is an

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. She is best known for her role as Roxana Nilsson in the Swedish Television SVT's drama series ''

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'' (2007). She was one of the winners of SVT's broadcast competition for the teenagers' roles. She skipped the last year of school to take up the role, but hopes to go back to education later on. She was nominated as best female actor both for 2007 and 2008 by the newspaper ''

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''. She arrived in Sweden with her family in 1992 and now lives in

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. In June 2009 Fortesa began the filming of the movie ''Orion'' which was released in 2010.

Biography

Hoti was born in

, to Albanian parents of the Hoti tribe in 1988, which she was forced to leave due to the war. She came to

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when she was just three years old. She rose to fame thanks to her role as Roxana Nilsson in the TV series ''

''. She used emotional recall of her traumatic experiences, including the flight from Kosovo with her family, when acting as Roxana. In 2010 she acted as Anna in the movie ''Orion''.

Filmography

*2007 – ''

'' *2007 - '' Ciao Bella'' as an

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*2010 - ''Orion'' as Anna

Sources

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References

1988 births Living people Kosovan emigrants to Sweden People from Skenderaj Swedish television actresses Swedish soap opera actresses Swedish people of Albanian descent {{Sweden-screen-actor-stub