Kjersti Døvigen

Kjersti Døvigen (27 June 1943 – 26 January 2021) was a Norwegian actress. She was known, among other things, for her role in the popular Norwegian TV-drama Offshore.

At the age of seven, Kjersti started dancing, her career began as a ballet dancer. She worked in this area at the Norwegian Opera for eight years before her breakthrough in 1967 in Claudine's role in CanCan.

Døvigen, the widow of financier Halvor Astrup, was the mother of the actress Ulrikke Hansen Døvigen and lived in Bath, England.

Selected filmography 1963: Elskere as Guro 1969: Psychedelica Blues as Lissy 1970: Douglas as Kari 1974: The Last Fleksnes as Unni 1976: Lasse & Geir as Kjersti 1976: Bør Børson II as Ida Olsen 1980: Life and Death as Jennifer