---
name: "Hera Hilmar"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/hera-hilmar"
fi1m_id: "hera-hilmar"
imdb_id: "nm2623492"
tmdb_id: 586286
wikidata_id: "Q5894640"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "27 December 1988"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T04:01:32.512316+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Hera Hilmar

## Identity

Hera Hilmar

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/hera-hilmar
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** hera-hilmar
- **IMDb ID:** nm2623492
- **TMDB ID:** 586286
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5894640
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hera_Hilmar, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5894640, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2623492/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/586286

Actor. Born 27 December 1988 in Reykjavík, Iceland.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 27 December 1988, Reykjavík, Iceland
- **Active:** 2012–2014
- **Also known as:** Hera Hilmarsdóttir
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hera_Hilmar, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5894640, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2623492/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/586286

## Biography

Hera Hilmar, also credited as Hera Hilmarsdóttir, is an Icelandic actress. Born in Reykjavík on 27 December 1988, she began acting as a child and has worked in film and television since 1995. She is the daughter of film director Hilmar Oddsson and actress Þórey Sigþórsdóttir, and graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 2011.

Her credits include the role of WPC Boyle in the 2014 film *Get Santa* and Paulina in the 2012 series *Leaving*. She is known for playing Vanessa Moschella in *Da Vinci's Demons* (2013–2015), Hester Shaw in *Mortal Engines* (2018), and Maghra in *See* (2019–2022). Hilmar has won two Edda Awards for leading roles in Icelandic films: for *Life in a Fishbowl* (2014) in 2015 and for *The Oath* (2016) in 2017.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Get Santa* (2014), Fi1m 66, as WPC Boyle — [page](https://film.one/film/get-santa.md)

## Complete filmography (34)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Turbulence* (2025), as Emmy
- *Reykjavík Fusion* (2025), series, as Marý
- *Hangashore* (2025), as Vera
- *House for Sale* (2024), as Sæunn
- *Driving Mum* (2022), as Kona á strönd / Leikari 4
- *A Letter from Helga* (2022), as Helga
- *The Last Dance* (2020), Actor
- *The Wish* (2020), as Halla
- *See* (2019), series, as Maghra
- *Interdependence* (2019), as The Woman (segment "Last Dance")
- *Mortal Engines* (2018), as Hester Shaw
- *The Romanoffs* (2018), series, as Ondine
- *The Ashram* (2018), as Sophie
- *An Ordinary Man* (2017), as Tanja
- *The Ottoman Lieutenant* (2017), as Lillie Rowe
- *The Oath* (2016), as Anna
- *Harley and the Davidsons* (2016), series, as Emma
- *Alleycats* (2016), as Trix
- *Get Santa* (2014), as WPC Boyle — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/get-santa.md)
- *Life in a Fishbowl* (2014), as Eik
- *The Fifth Estate* (2013), as Wikileaks Staffer #2
- *We Are the Freaks* (2013), as Iona
- *Da Vinci's Demons* (2013), series, as Vanessa Moschella
- *Leaving* (2012), series, as Paulina
- *Anna Karenina* (2012), as Varya
- *World Without End* (2012), series, as Margery
- *Undercurrent* (2010), Actor
- *The Cliff* (2009), series, as Una
- *Two Birds* (2008), as Lára
- *The Quiet Storm* (2007), Actor
- *An Ordinary Day* (2006), Actor
- *No Trace* (1998), as Barn
- *Tears of Stone* (1995), Actor
- *At the End of the Road*, as Ásdís

## Gallery

- ![Hera Hilmar](https://film.one/media/person/95153/gallery-2a45097e9f1f.jpg) Hera Hilmar — MTV International, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Hera_Hilmar_%282018%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Mortal Engines Cast Go Speed Dating | MTV Movies We date Robert Sheehan, Leila George, Jihae, and Hera Hilmar as they reveal deleted scenes and funniest moments (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/95153/gallery-a242ae7082aa.jpg) Mortal Engines Cast Go Speed Dating | MTV Movies We date Robert Sheehan, Leila George, Jihae, and Hera Hilmar as they reveal deleted scenes and funniest moments (2018) — MTV UK, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Hera_Hilmar_on_MTV_Movies.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Hera Hilmar](https://film.one/media/person/95153/gallery-df925b156df4.jpg) Hera Hilmar — Image via TMDB
- ![Hera Hilmar](https://film.one/media/person/95153/gallery-61076e137dfb.jpg) Hera Hilmar — Image via TMDB
- ![Hera Hilmar](https://film.one/media/person/95153/gallery-d073bebf3535.jpg) Hera Hilmar — Image via TMDB
- ![Hera Hilmar](https://film.one/media/person/95153/gallery-4774cceb3f3e.jpg) Hera Hilmar — Image via TMDB
- ![Hera Hilmar](https://film.one/media/person/95153/gallery-2d4be7a32095.jpg) Hera Hilmar — Image via TMDB
- ![Hera Hilmar](https://film.one/media/person/95153/gallery-0f4620e7dbf2.jpg) Hera Hilmar — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- Edda Award for Best Leading Actor or Actress 2017: Edda Award for Best Leading Actor or Actress (won)
- Edda Award for Best Leading Actor or Actress 2015: Edda Award for Best Leading Actor or Actress (won), for *Life in a Fishbowl*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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