Liv Mjönes

Liv Anna Mjönes (born 18 September 1979) 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 (2018–2020).

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 . 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 (2011) and Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation (2012).

In 2018, Mjönes played the lead role of Fredrika Bergman in , a crime series adapted from novels by Kristina Ohlsson. She also appeared in (2018–2020).

She had a minor part in the American-Swedish horror film Midsommar (2019). 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 (2020).

In 2022, she had her first role in an international television series, The Holiday.

In 2023, she was featured in the Swedish-Spanish series This Is Not Sweden.

For (2024), she received another Guldbagge nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.

Personal life She has two sons.

Filmography Film

Television

Theatre

Year Title Role Venue 2001 Mad Claire Teater Tribunalen 2003 Demoner Katarina Teaterhögskolan Tre Systrar Masja Teaterhögskolan 2005 Stormen Miranda Stockholm City Theatre En Midsommarnattsdröm Helena Teaterhögskolan 2006 Grodorna Moren Barndomsprojektet Miss Kollo Line, monolog Stockholm City Theatre Grüß Gott Grete Teaterhögskolan 2007 Ingenstans Klara Sörmlands Musik Teater Alexander och påfågeln lærerinnen / redselen Royal Dramatic Theatre Kväljningsreflexen Unn Dramalabbet 2008 The Serious Game Dagmar Stockholm City Theatre