Henny Moan

Career

Moan acted both at Det Norske Teatret (the Norwegian Theater), Oslo Nye Teater and at Nationaltheatret (the National Theatre), in roles such as "Marguerite" in Dumas's The Lady of the Camellias, and "Miss Julie" in Strindberg's play by that name. She played her last part before retirement early in 2007. This film was in 2005 named the best movie in the history of Norwegian film, by a jury of movie critics. After this she received offers from Hollywood, but decided to stay in Norway. More recently she had a brief part in Bent Hamer's O' Horten. She played the part of "Edvarda" in a 1975 TV series based on Knut Hamsun's novels Benoni and Rosa.