Ilmur Kristjánsdóttir

Ilmur Kristjánsdóttir (born 19 March 1978) is an Icelandic actress, screenwriter and politician. She is known for her role as Hinrika in the Icelandic TV-series Trapped.

Early life

Ilmur was born in Reykjavik, Iceland in 1978 to parents Margrét Sigurðardóttir and Kristján Guðmundsson, a high school teacher. She has two siblings. Lísa, born 1974, a filmmaker and Sverrir, born 1980, a film editor.^[1]

She graduated from Menntaskólinn við Hamrahlíð in 1998. She then graduated from the acting divison of the Icelandic Academy of the Arts in 2003.^[1]

Personal life

Ilmur is in a relationship with Magnús Viðar Sigurðsson, director of RVK Studios. The couple has one son together born on New Year's Day 2014. Ilmur also has a daughter from a previous relationship born in 2006.^[2]

In 2014 Ilmur represented the Bright Future party as a candidate for the Reykjavik City Mayor election. She was voted chairman of welfare committee 2015.^[3]

Ilmur is a supporter of UNICEF Iceland and once traveled to Mozambique with the organisation.^[4]

Filmography

• Dís (2004) as Blær
• Stelpurnar (TV-series) (2005) as various roles
• Áramótaskaupið 2006
• Áramótaskaupið 2007
• Brúðguminn (2008) as Matthildur
• Stóra Planið (2008) as Júlía
• Ástríður (TV-series) (2009) as Ástríður (also credited as writer and creator)
• Algjör Sveppi og leitin að Villa (2009) as Cute Girl
• Reyndu aftur (Short) (2010) as Tinna
• Ófeigur gengur aftur (2013) as Anna Sól
• Fúsi (2015) as Sjöfn
• Ófærð (2015) as Hinrika

External links

• Ilmur Kristjánsdóttir at the Internet Movie Database

References