Malin Crépin (born 22 August 1978, in

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), is a Swedish theater, film, and television

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. She has starred in several movies and is best known for starring as the titular character in the Swedish film series ''A Case for

Annika Bengtzon Annika Bengtzon is a fictional character in a Scandinavian noir book and film series created by the Swedish journalist, publisher and crime writer Liza Marklund. With the Annika Bengtzon series, Marklund introduced a female tabloid journalist as ...

''.

Life and career

Malin Crépin was born in Stockholm in 1978. From 1998 to 2002, she received her training at the

Malmö Theatre Academy Malmö Theatre Academy () is a theatre academy at Lund University in Malmö, Sweden. The theater college educates actors, playwrights and performance artists. Over the years the school has trained over 500 actors. The academy offers Bachelor's de ...

. Since then, she has been active in the

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and at the Swedish National Theater, in Stockholm.. Crépin has also played in films and television series. Crépin embodied in 2012, the main role of the journalist Annika Bengtzon from the books by the Swedish novelist

Liza Marklund Eva Elisabeth "Liza" Marklund (born 9 September 1962) is a Swedish journalist and crime writer. Her novels, of which most feature the fictional newspaper journalist Annika Bengtzon, have been published in forty languages. Marklund is the co-own ...

Awards

*2008: Rising Star Award for Best Newcomer of the Year at the

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*2010: Nominated for the

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for Best Actress in the film '' In Your Veins''

Filmography

* 2003: Assistanten (short movie) * 2003: Miffo, as Anna * 2005: Lasermannen, as Annika * 2007: Upp till kamp (TV miniseries), as Nina * 2009: In Your Veins as Eva (I skuggan av värmen) together with

Joel Kinnaman Charles Joel Nordström Kinnaman (; born 25 November 1979) is a Swedish-American actor. He first gained recognition for his roles in the 2010 Swedish film '' Easy Money'' and the ''Johan Falk'' crime series. Kinnaman is known internationally fo ...

* 2010:

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, as Ingalill Rehnberg * 2010: Kommissarie Winter - Den sista vinter (TV movie), as Gerda Hoffner * 2011:

Oslo, August 31st ''Oslo, August 31st'' () is a 2011 Norwegian drama film directed by Joachim Trier. It is the second film, along with ''Reprise'' (2006) and '' The Worst Person in the World'' (2021), in Trier's Oslo trilogy. The film is a homage to, and loosely b ...

(Oslo, 31. august), as Malin * 2011: Människor helt utan betydelse (short movie) * 2012: Kiruna-Kigali (short movie), as Nina https://vimeo.com/44194676 Teaser on Vimeo * 2012: Annika Bengtzon –

Nobel's Last Will ''Nobel's Last Will'' () is a 2012 Swedish drama film directed by Peter Flinth. Cast * Malin Crépin as Annika Bengtzon * Björn Kjellman as Anders Schyman * Leif Andrée as Spiken * Kajsa Ernst as Berit Hamrin * Erik Johansson as Patrik Nil ...

* 2012: Annika Bengtzon – Prime Time (TV movie) * 2012: Annika Bengtzon - Studio Sex (TV movie) * 2012: Annika Bengtzon - Den röda vargen (TV movie) * 2012: Annika Bengtzon – Livstid (TV movie) * 2012: Annika Bengtzon - En plats i solen (TV movie) * 2014: Lulu (short movie, ) as Lulu * 2015: Nylon (short movie), as Isabel * 2016: The Medium, as Martha * 2016: Sameblod (Sami Blood) * 2020:

Morden i Sandhamn ''Morden i Sandhamn'' (English: ''Sandhamn Murders'') is a Swedish television crime drama series. It is based on the book series of the same name by writer, Viveca Sten, with later seasons set in Sten's fictional universe. The series is broadcast ...

, as Vicky * 2022:

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, as Martha * 2022: ''

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'', as Sanna

Theater

* 2000:

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's ''Popcorn'' * 2002:

Arthur Miller Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright, essayist and screenwriter in the 20th-century American theater. Among his most popular plays are '' All My Sons'' (1947), '' Death of a Salesman'' (1 ...

's ''Utiskt Från En Bro'' (A View From A Bridge) * 2002: Petra Berg-Holbeck's ''Starck'' * 2004:

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's ''A Midsummer´s Night Dream '' * 2005:

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's ''En Helskön Ny Värld'' (''A Brave New World'') * 2006:

Lars Norén Lars Göran Ingemar Norén (9 April 1944 – 26 January 2021) was a Swedish playwright, novelist and poet. He was a director at the Royal Dramatic Theatre, artistic director of Riksteatern 1999–2007, and artistic director of Folkteatern in Go ...

's ''Terminal'' * 2006:

Henrik Ibsen Henrik Johan Ibsen (; ; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright, poet and actor. Ibsen is considered the world's pre-eminent dramatist of the 19th century and is often referred to as "the father of modern drama." He pioneered ...

's ''Little Eyolf'' * 2008:

Jean Genet Jean Genet (; ; – ) was a French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and political activist. In his early life he was a vagabond and petty criminal, but he later became a writer and playwright. His major works include the novels '' The Th ...

's Jungfruleken (''The Maids'') * 2008:

's ''A La Mémoire Dánna Politkovskaia'' * 2008:

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's ''Överwintrare'' (The Winterling) * 2016:

Rona Munro Rona Munro (born 7 September 1959) is a Scottish writer. She has written plays for theatre, radio, and television. Her film work includes Ken Loach's '' Ladybird, Ladybird'' (1994), '' Oranges and Sunshine'' (2010) for Jim Loach and '' Aimée ...

's ''The James Plays''

References

External links

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Interview mit Malin Crépin in: SBSFilmography in The New York Times
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