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name: "Marian Saastad Ottesen"
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fi1m_id: "marian-saastad-ottesen"
imdb_id: "nm1099818"
tmdb_id: 73551
wikidata_id: "Q4971498"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "24 November 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-06T04:37:22.929025+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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# Marian Saastad Ottesen

## Identity

Marian Saastad Ottesen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/marian-saastad-ottesen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** marian-saastad-ottesen
- **IMDb ID:** nm1099818
- **TMDB ID:** 73551
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4971498
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_Saastad_Ottesen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4971498, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1099818/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/73551

Actor. Born 24 November 1975 in Bergen.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 24 November 1975, Bergen
- **Also known as:** Marian Ottesen, Mariann Saastad Ottesen, Mariann Saastad-Ottesen, Marian Saastad-Ottesen
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_Saastad_Ottesen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4971498, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1099818/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/73551

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Lilyhammer*](https://film.one/tv/lilyhammer.md) (63)

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## Biography

Marian Saastad Ottesen is a Norwegian actress. She graduated from the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre in 1999 and has been a permanent member of the National Theatre in Oslo since 2001, appearing in numerous stage productions.

She is known for her television roles as Sigrid Haugli in *Lilyhammer* (2012–2014) and Hildur in *Norsemen* (2016–2020). Her film credits include *The Art of Negative Thinking* (2006) and *Gone with the Woman* (2007), for which she won Best Actress at the Kosmorama Trondheim International Film Festival in 2008. She is married to actor Nils Jørgen Kaalstad.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, snl.no.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Lilyhammer* (2012), Fi1m 63, as Sigrid Haugli — [page](https://film.one/tv/lilyhammer.md)

## Complete filmography (30)

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

- *Blind Tracks* (2025), series, as Kari
- *Love* (2024), as Solveig
- *Stayer* (2024), series, as Monica
- *Dear Compatriots* (2021), series, as Heidi
- *2002 (Year of the Horse)* (2021), Actor
- *Kø* (2020), series, Actor
- *It could have been worse* (2018), series, as Bibbi
- *Home Ground* (2018), series, as Petronella Nagelsmidt
- *Norsemen* (2016), series, as Hildur
- *Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder* (2014), as Kommandantens kone
- *Lilyhammer* (2012), series, as Sigrid Haugli — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/lilyhammer.md)
- *Nissene over skog og hei* (2011), series, as Anne-Gro Lamo
- *Helt perfekt* (2011), series, as Marian Saastad Ottesen
- *East End Angels* (2010), as Gøril
- *Moving On* (2009), series, as Liv
- *Torsdag kveld fra Nydalen* (2009), series, as Marian Saastad Ottesen
- *Gone with the Woman* (2007), as Marianne
- *Second Half* (2007), as Kaja
- *Alene menn sammen* (2006), as Lena
- *The Art of Negative Thinking* (2006), as Marte
- *Svevn* (2006), as Den andre unge kvinna
- *Love Me Tomorrow* (2005), as Lone
- *Drømmen om Norge* (2005), series, Actor
- *Fia og klovnene* (2003), as Ekspeditrise
- *Tonight Med Timothy Dahle* (2003), series, as Tonje Lian
- *Franks prolaps* (2003), as Trine
- *Anolit* (2002), as Vibeke
- *Lekestue* (2002), series, as Anja
- *Nissene på låven* (2001), series, as Anne-Gro
- *Detector* (2000), as Laila

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Kanon Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role 2007: Kanon Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role (won), for *Gone with the Woman*

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

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