Julia Dufvenius

Elin Julia Dufvenius Wollter (née Dufvenius; born 8 October 1975) is a Swedish actress. She has appeared in television shows, films, and stage plays. Her breakthrough role was in the television miniseries Glappet. Dufvenius played a supporting role in Ingmar Bergman's last film, Saraband (2003).

Early life Dufvenius was born on 8 October 1975 in Gothenburg, Sweden. She was principally raised by her mother Lena, a television and theatre producer, in collective housing. Her father worked in the construction industry. Dufvenius has an older sister. As a child, she appeared in minor roles in her mother's theatre and television productions. This included appearing as a teenager in the SVT series Den andra våren (1989). The show was primarily filmed in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It never aired after several people involved in the production died in a fire during filming. After completing high school, she did an internship with Backa Theatre, At the Royal Dramatic Theatre, she has starred in several productions including playing Regan in King Lear (2003), Sofia in Uncle Vanya (2008), and the title role in Jane Eyre (2009).

In 2015, Dufvenius appeared in Den försvunna ringen at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin. The production involved actors and directors from several European nations. It was thematically inspired by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's play Nathan the Wise.

Her television roles also include (2008), (2011), Mammor! (2016), and a lead role as a lawyer in Heder (2019). In the wake of the 2017 Me Too movement, she was one of a number of actresses who shared stories of harassment in the entertainment industry. Dufvenius went on leave from the Royal Dramatic Theatre, after criticising their handling of alleged harassment by a male colleague. In 2019, she appeared on the reality television show Stjärnorna på slottet.

Filmography

1989 – Den andra våren (TV series) 1994 – År av drömmar (TV series) 1997 – Glappet (TV series) 2003 – Saraband 2005 – Den utvalde 2006 – Göta kanal 2 – kanalkampen 2007 – Arn – Tempelriddaren 2008 – Asterix at the Olympiad (Swedish voice) 2008 – Häxdansen (TV series) 2011 – Gynekologen i Askim (TV series) 2012 – Sune i Grekland 2013 – Molanders (TV series) 2013 – Sune på bilsemester 2015 – Modus (TV series) 2016 – Mammor (TV series) 2017 – Saknad 2017 – Sommaren med släkten (TV series) 2018 – Sommaren med släkten (TV series) 2018 – Sjölyckan (TV series) 2019 – Fartblinda (TV series) 2019 – Heder (TV series) 2019 – Stjärnorna på slottet (TV series) 2021 - En hederlig jul med Knyckertz (TV series)

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