Susanne Maria "Sussie" Eriksson (born 2 January 1963) is a
Swedish singer and actress. Eriksson has worked in a number of musicals and had the lead role in the comedy series, ''
c/o Segemyhr'' for five seasons, and also participated in the singing show ''Sing-A-Long''.
Career
Eriksson was born in
Ekerö but now resides in
Ludvika
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Overview
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. She had her first role at a young age in the ''Ludvika Revue'' where her father Lennart Eriksson worked as producer.
Eriksson also worked as a child actress in the television show ''
Från A till Ö''. As an adult, she worked in theater with ''
Les Misérables
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Cabaret
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'' and ''
Little Shop of Horrors
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''.
Eriksson has also acted in variety shows with
Bosse Parnevik at Oscarsteatern and has done bar shows along with
Siw Malmkvist
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and
Lasse Berghagen in the group Creme Fraiche.
Eriksson has also participated in the
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show ''Sing-A-Long''.
As a comedian, she was noticed for her role as a flight attendant in the revue ''Alla var där'' at Folkan in Stockholm.
She also acted in the
TV4 comedy series ''
c/o Segemyhr'' as Cilla, in the role of long-suffering wife of unemployed former executive Fredrik Segemyhr.
Eriksson starred in the films ''
Lilla Jönssonligan och cornflakeskuppen,'' and ''Adam och Eva''. She is also part of the dark comedy group R.E.A.
She has also played the role of Karin in the
ABBA
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musical ''
Mamma Mia!'', which was performed in both Gothenburg and Stockholm from 2005 to 2007. In 2009, Eriksson, along with
Gunilla Backman
Gunilla Katarina Backman (born 18 June 1965) is a Swedish singer, actress, and musical artist.
Early life and career
Backman comes from a musical family and studied classical ballet from 1972 until 1982 at Kungliga Teaterns balettskola and at ...
and
Charlott Strandberg, did the show ''PrimaDonnor'' at Hamburger Börs.
Eriksson participated as a celebrity dancer in the fifteenth season of ''
Let’s Dance'' and made it to the final.
Filmography
*1996 – ''Lilla Jönssonligan och cornflakeskuppen''
*1997 – ''Adam & Eva''
*1997 – ''Herkules'' (voice)
*2003 – ''
C/o Segemyhr'' (TV series)
*2000 – ''Jönssonligan spelar högt''
*2008 – ''Bolt'' (voice)
*2011 – ''Någon annanstans i Sverige''
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Eriksson, Sussie
Living people
Swedish actresses
Swedish women singers
1963 births
People from Ekerö Municipality
Actresses from Stockholm County
Musicians from Stockholm County