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# Steinunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir

Actor. Born 2 July 1969 in Reykjavík.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 2 July 1969, Reykjavík
- **Also known as:** Steinunn Olina, Steinunn Ólína Thorsteinsdóttir 
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steinunn_%C3%93l%C3%ADna_%C3%9Eorsteinsd%C3%B3ttir, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7606934, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0960388/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/582285

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Trapped*](https://film.one/tv/trapped-2015.md) (81)

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## Biography

Steinunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir is an Icelandic actress. She was born on 2 July 1969 in Reykjavík and trained at the Drama Centre London, graduating in 1990. She began her career with a stage role at the National Theatre of Iceland as Solveig in Henrik Ibsen's *Peer Gynt*.

She is known for her television roles, including Aldís in the series *Trapped* (2015) and Gabríela in *Case* (2015), for which she received a FIPA d'Or award for best actress and an Edda award. Film credits include Wealtheow in *Beowulf & Grendel* (2005) and Þorgerður in *Cop Secret* (2021). She has also worked as a television host, producer and writer.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Trapped* (2015), Fi1m 81, as Aldís — [page](https://film.one/tv/trapped-2015.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

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

- *Balls* (2023), series, as Rún
- *Cop Secret* (2022), as Þorgerður
- *Fractures* (2022), series, as Inga
- *Blackport* (2021), series, as Jóna Margrét
- *Black Sands* (2021), series, as Elín
- *From Iceland to EDEN* (2019), as Móðir Viggu
- *Trapped* (2015), series, as Aldís — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/trapped-2015.md)
- *Case* (2015), series, as Gabríela
- *Beowulf & Grendel* (2005), as Wealtheow
- *The Lost Little Caterpillar* (2002), as The Spider (voice)
- *The Beatle* (2000), Acting
- *Pearls and Swine* (1997), as Eygló
- *Hvar er Völundur?* (1996), series, as Salvör
- *Sail Boats of Heaven* (1994), series, as Malín
- *the Colours of the earth* (1991), as Sigrún
- *Polyorama*, as Eva

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Edda Award for Best Leading Actor or Actress 2016: Edda Award for Best Leading Actor or Actress (won), for *Réttur*

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

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