Beri Gerwise
Beri Gerwise is a Swedish actress and hip-hop artist. She began her career as a musician, winning the Nästa Nivå talent competition in 2014. She released an album in 2017 and then shifted to acting. She has since been featured in a number of stage performances. Gerwise played the lead roles of Malin in 's adaptation of Karin Boye's 1934 autobiographical novel Crisis and of Loella in in 2022 and 2025, respectively. She has also had supporting roles in Swedish-language Netflix originals: the series Young Royals and miniseries Deliver Me.
Biography
She was born in 1997 or 1998 to an Iranian father and a Kurdish mother. She came out as a lesbian when she was a teenager. She grew up in Upplands Väsby, outside Stockholm. Her mother died of cancer when she was ten years old. In 2014, she participated in the Nästa Nivå music competition, where she was coached by Syster Sol. Gerwise won the competition, and the following December she released 100, her first EP. She performed with Louise Hoffsten on TV4 and her debut album Rum was released in June 2017.In 2020, she appeared in Athena Farrokhzad's Krigerska, where she told the story of her mother's death.
She played the lead role of Malin Frost in 's adaptation of Karin Boye's 1934 novel. The play premiered at the Kulturhuset Stadsteatern in Vällingby on 26 February 2022. Gerwise's performance as a young woman struggling with her religious faith and feelings for a female classmate received praise from Sara Granath in Svenska Dagbladet.
In 2025, she had the main part of Loella in a production of at the Orion Theater.
In addition to music and stage acting, she has also been featured in two Swedish-language Netflix original programs. She played Rosh in all three seasons of Young Royals and police officer Lana in the miniseries Deliver Me.
She and her girlfriend Nicole Sandgren have two children.