Liv Mjönes


Liv Anna Mjönes is a Swedish actress. She is best known for her role in the 2011 lesbian romance With Every Heartbeat. For this film, she received critical praise and was nominated for a Guldbagge Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. She has also had roles in television series such as ' and '.

Early life and education

Liv Anna Mjönes was born on 18 September 1979 in Kista, a district of Stockholm, Sweden.
In 1995, at the age of 16, she started studying dancing and acting. She graduated from the Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts in 2006.

Career

Mjönes had her breakthrough in Alexandra-Therese Keining's 2011 lesbian romance film With Every Heartbeat. For her role as Frida, she was nominated for a Guldbagge Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. She and her co-star Ruth Vega Fernandez both received praise for their performances by Mats Johnson in Göteborgs-Posten.
In 2008, she played Dagmar in a Daniel Lind Lagerlöf-directed stage production of The Serious Game at Stockholm City Theatre. She then had roles in Stockholm East and Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation.
In 2018, Mjönes played the lead role of Fredrika Bergman in ', a crime series adapted from novels by Kristina Ohlsson. She also appeared in '.
She had a minor part in the American-Swedish horror film Midsommar. She played Carro, a single woman considering having children with her gay friend, in the 2020 comedy series '. She had a supporting role in the comedy film '.
In 2022, she had her first role in an international television series, The Holiday. That same year, she was featured in ', for which she was a Guldbagge nomination.
In 2023, she was featured in the Swedish-Spanish series This Is Not Sweden.
For '
, she received another Guldbagge nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.

Personal life

She has two sons.

Theatre

YearTitleRoleVenue
2001MadClaireTeater Tribunalen
2003DemonerKatarinaTeaterhögskolan
2003Tre SystrarMasjaTeaterhögskolan
2005StormenMirandaStockholm City Theatre
2005En MidsommarnattsdrömHelenaTeaterhögskolan
2006GrodornaMorenBarndomsprojektet
2006Miss KolloLine, monologStockholm City Theatre
2006Grüß GottGreteTeaterhögskolan
2007IngenstansKlaraSörmlands Musik Teater
2007Alexander och påfågelnlærerinnen / redselenRoyal Dramatic Theatre
2007KväljningsreflexenUnnDramalabbet
2008The Serious GameDagmarStockholm City Theatre