Rakel Amalia Wärmländer, née ''Zacharias'', (born 3 October 1980) is a Swedish actress. She started with theater work at the age of nine in the play ''Kalas i Lönneberga'' at the

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in Stockholm. When she was nineteen she moved to

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and studied theater at the

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for one year. After she returned home to Sweden, she started working at Teater Galeasen in

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with the company Darling Desperados, founded by Ulrika Malmgren. She graduated from Teaterhögskolan i Malmö in 2006. Wärmländer has worked mostly in television and film. She played in the television mini-series ''Skuggornas hus'' (1996) where she played the character Tina. She has also played in shows such as '' Cleo'', ''

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'' and ''Spung''. She acted in the

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film '' Se upp för dårarna'', and also ''

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'', ''Itzhaks julevangelium'' and the

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film '' Okänd avsändare''. In late 2007, Wärmländer played

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in the Jonna Nordenskiöld play ''Pippi Långstrump - världens starkaste'', and also the character Tessa in the play ''Juloratoriet'' at the

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. She performed the voice acting for the character Fio in the animated film ''

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''. She played the lead role in the Swedish feature film '' Love and Lemons'' (Swedish: ''Små citroner gula''), which premiered on 20 February 2013. Her real-life friend actress

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played her friend in the film. In 2012, she played a role in the

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feminist drama ''Top Girls'' at the Stockholm City Theatre. She acted again in a Helena Bergström-directed film in the comedy '' En underbar jävla jul'', where she plays a surrogate mother for her two best friends who are gay and want a child. The film premiered on 13 November 2015.

Personal life

Wärmländer is the daughter of Tom Zacharias and Dorotea Wärmländer. She has two daughters with actor Lars Bringås.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wärmlander, Rakel 1980 births Actresses from Stockholm Living people Swedish film actresses Swedish stage actresses Swedish television actresses