May Ingrid Janbell is a Swedish actress, director and lecturer. Janbell was born in

Borås Borås ( , , ) is a city (officially, a locality) and the seat of Borås Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 114,556 inhabitants in 2024. It is widely known for being a textile city, home to worldwide brands and companie ...

, Sweden. She has worked as a professional actress since 1977. Together with Louise Raeder she wrote a play called ''Matdemonen'' (The food demon), about

anorexia Anorexia nervosa (AN), often referred to simply as anorexia, is an eating disorder characterized by Calorie restriction, food restriction, body image disturbance, fear of gaining weight, and an overpowering desire to be thin. Individuals wit ...

and

bulimia Bulimia nervosa, also known simply as bulimia, is an eating disorder characterized by binge eating (eating large quantities of food in a short period of time, often feeling out of control) followed by compensatory behaviors, such as self-induc ...

, in 1992. Her first film debut was in 1979, in Jackie Söderman's ''

Charlotte Löwensköld ''Charlotte Löwensköld'' is a 1925 novel by the Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf. It is the second installment in Lagerlöf's Ring trilogy, or ''The Ring of the Löwenskölds''. Thus it follows ''The Löwensköld Ring'' and is followed by '' Anna ...

''. She has had a recurring role as Virena in the Swedish detective film series ''Hassel''.

Selection of filmography

*2000 – ''Hassel – Förgörarna'' (Hassel – the destroyers) *1999 – ''

Nya tider ''Nya tider'' () is a Swedish soap opera which was broadcast on TV4. It began after ''Skilda världar'' became a one-episode-a-week show. The show premiered in 1999 and got good ratings the first season, but they soon dropped. Broadcast was moved ...

'' (New times; TV) *1992 – ''Hassel – Svarta banken'' (The black bank; TV) *1989 – ''Hassel – Terrorns finger'' (The finger of terror; TV) *1988 – ''Träpatronerna'' (The wooden cartridge; TV) *1988 – ''Nya dagbladet'' (The new daily paper; TV)

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* * Swedish film directors Swedish women film directors Swedish television actresses Swedish soap opera actresses Living people 1955 births Actors from Borås {{Sweden-tv-actor-stub