Mia Gundersen (born 27 October 1961) is a Norwegian singer and actress.
She was born in
Stavanger
Stavanger, officially the Stavanger Municipality, is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the third largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the ...
. Gundersen made her album debut in 1982 along with the group ''Asfalt'', and as solo artist in 1987 with the album ''Temptation''. She made her stage debut at
Rogaland Teater
Rogaland Teater is a theatre in Stavanger, Norway.
Background
The theatre building was built in 1883 on a parcel of '' Kannik prestegård''. It was designed by architect Hartvig Sverdrup Eckhoff, and initially held close to 500 seats. The buil ...
in 1987, in the cabaret ''Johanna og Broremann''. Her breakthrough was as the character "
Eliza Doolittle
Eliza Doolittle is a fictional character and the protagonist in George Bernard Shaw's play '' Pygmalion'' (1913) and its 1956 musical adaptation, ''My Fair Lady''.
Eliza (from Lisson Grove, London) is a Cockney flower seller, who comes to Prof ...
" in the musical ''
My Fair Lady
''My Fair Lady'' is a musical theatre, musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story, based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play ''Pygmalion (play), Pygmalion'' and on the Pygmalion (1938 film), 1938 film ...
'' in 1990. Gundersen has participated in the song contest
Melodi Grand Prix
Melodi Grand Prix (), commonly known as Grand Prix and MGP, sometimes as Norsk Melodi Grand Prix, is an annual music competition organised by Norwegian public broadcaster (NRK). It determines for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been sta ...
several times. She played a leading role in the television soap series ' (1996–1999).
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References
1961 births
Living people
Actresses from Stavanger
20th-century Norwegian women singers
20th-century Norwegian singers
20th-century Norwegian actresses
Norwegian stage actresses
Norwegian soap opera actresses
Musicians from Stavanger
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