Ann Petrén

Ann Petrén
Petrén in 2013
Born
Ann Louise Maria Petrén

(1954-05-25) 25 May 1954
Västerås, Sweden
OccupationActress
Years active1979–present
SpouseBengt Berger
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(m. 2002)​
AwardsGuldbagge Award for Best Actress

Ann Louise Maria Petrén (born 25 May 1954) is a Swedish actress. She is known for her performances in Daybreak (2003) and Happy End (2011); for each she received a Guldbagge Award for Best Actress. She has also starred in multiple stage productions, having been a member of the permanent ensemble at Stockholm City Theatre since 1988.

Early life and education

Ann Louise Maria Petrén was born 25 May 1954 in Västerås to Folke Petrén and Maud Jacobsson.[1][2] Her father was an executive at Svenska Metallverken.[3] She was educated at Malmö Theatre Academy from 1976–1979.[1]

Career

In 1988, she became a permanent member of the ensemble at Stockholm City Theatre.[4] Her first role was in a production of Staffan Göthe's A Stuffed Dog.[5]

She played a long-suffering wife of an alcoholic womanizer in the 1992 coming-of-age film Night of the Orangutan, also known as My Great Big Daddy.[6]

In 2003, she played Anita in Daybreak. Stephen Holden wrote of her performance for The New York Times, "Petrén's avenging demon, in particular, is as frightening a surrogate for every wife who has been dumped for a younger woman as the screen has produced."[7] For this role, she received a Guldbagge Award for Best Actress, the Jarl Kulle Scholarship, and the Swedish Theatre Critics Association Award.[8]

Petrén starred in Björn Runge's 2011 film Happy End. She played Jonna, a widowed driving instructor. The film premiered at the San Sebastián International Film Festival.[9] She received her second Guldbagge Award for Best Actress and the Dagens Nyheters Culture Prize for Happy End.[10]

She had a supporting role in Border, a 2018 fantasy-thriller film directed by Ali Abbasis.[11]

She starred opposite Frida Westerdahl in Björn Runge's play Jag är en annan nu (English: I am different now). Her performance received praise in Dagens Nyheter and Västerbottens-Kuriren.[12][13]

In 2022, she played a domineering drama teacher in a production of Staffan Valdemar Holm's Månen och de andra planeterna (English: The moon and other planets) at Stockholm City Theatre. Later that year she also acted in Lars Norén's Temps Morte.[3]

Personal life

In 2002, she married Bengt Berger.[14]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1986 The Mozart Brothers
In the Name of the Law
1989 Peter och Petra
1992 Night of the Orangutan
2000 A Summer Tale
2002 Outside Your Door
2003 Daybreak Anita [7]
2004 Dalecarlians
2005 Mouth to Mouth
2011 Åsa-Nisse – wälkom to Knohult
Happy End Jonna [9]
2018 A Serious Game
2018 Border Agneta [11]
2020 Inland

Television

References

  1. ^ a b Ullberg, Sara (2011-09-21). "Ann har valt att ta plats" [Ann has chosen to take her place]. Norrköpings Tidningar (in Swedish). Retrieved 2025-06-19.
  2. ^ "777 (Vem är det : Svensk biografisk handbok / 1957)". runeberg.org (in Swedish). Retrieved 2025-06-19.
  3. ^ a b Ring, Lars (2022-09-26). "En hyllning till skådespelaren som bejakar det besvärliga" [A tribute to the actor who embraces the difficult]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish) – via PressReader.
  4. ^ "Ann Petrén om livet som skådis" [Ann Petrén about life as an actress]. Bohusläningen (in Swedish). 2018-02-10. Retrieved 2025-06-18 – via PressReader.
  5. ^ "Ann Petrén fyller 65 år" [Ann Petrén turns 65]. Aftonbladet. 2019-05-24. Retrieved 2025-06-18 – via PressReader.
  6. ^ James, Caryn (1994-03-26). "Review/Film Festival; A Boy and His Dad (With Bergman in the Background)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-06-28.
  7. ^ a b Holden, Stephen (2005-02-02). "Until Deception Do Us Part: Scenes From 3 Chilly Marriages". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-06-19.
  8. ^ Höök, Arne (2010-08-24). "'Jag tror alltid allt ska gå åt helvete'". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2025-06-28.
  9. ^ a b van Hoeij, Boyd (2011-10-18). "Happy End". Variety. Retrieved 2025-06-28.
  10. ^ "Dagens Nyheters kulturpris". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 2011-03-02. ISSN 1101-2447. Retrieved 2025-06-28.
  11. ^ a b Hellsten, Anna (2018-08-31). "Gräns. Vältänkt, välspelad och vacker – "Gräns" är ljuvlig. Den sommaren. Fördjupad bild av överklassmisär". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish) – via PressReader.
  12. ^ "Scenrecension: "Jag är en annan nu" rör om i maggropen". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 2018-01-28. ISSN 1101-2447. Retrieved 2025-06-28.
  13. ^ Böhlin, Lars (2019-03-02). "Manegen krattad för Ann Petrén". Västerbottens-Kuriren (in Swedish) – via PressReader.
  14. ^ ""Jag vill se ut som jag gör"" [“I want to look like I do”]. Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 2024-05-25. Retrieved 2025-06-18 – via PressReader.
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