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

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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

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in Stockholm with the company Darling Desperados, founded by

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. 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'', '' Skilda världar'' and ''Spung''. She acted in the Helena Bergström film ''

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'', 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

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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 ''

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'' (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 Stockholms Stadsteater. 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