Maria Bonnevie

Anna Maria Cecilia Bonnevie (born 1973) is a Swedish-Norwegian actress. Bonnevie received both national and international acclaim for her performance in the Scandinavian epic I Am Dina and has since worked on a broad array of Scandinavian productions both in film, television and on stage.

Early life Anna Maria Cecilia Bonnevie was born in 1973 in Västerås to Swedish actor and Norwegian actress .

She grew up in Oslo, Norway, where she attended Hartvig Nissen School. She graduated from the Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting in 1997.

Career Bonnevie debuted on screen in 1991 in Hrafn Gunnlaugsson's The White Viking at the age of sixteen.

In 2012, she played Countess Isolde in Belle du Seigneur alongside Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Natalia Vodianova and Ed Stoppard. The same year she starred in the Norwegian drama All That Matters Is Past which features the on-screen birth of her son.

Bonnevie won the award for Best Supporting Actress at the 2019 Amanda Awards for her performance in Phoenix and was nominated for a Guldbagge Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role at the 54th Guldbagge Awards for her role in Becoming Astrid as Astrid Lindgren's mother Hanna.

In 2020, Bonnevie appeared in the Academy Award-winning Danish feature Another Round, reuniting her with Mads Mikkelsen who she played opposite in I Am Dina. For her performance, she was nominated for a Robert Award for Best Supporting Actress.

She has been a part of the Royal Dramatic Theatre's ensemble cast since 1998.

Personal life Bonnevie is in a long-term relationship with Norwegian journalist and television host Fredrik Skavlan with whom she has 3 children, two daughters and a son. The couple split their time between Oslo and Stockholm. Between 1997 and 2005, she was in a relationship with Swedish actor Mikael Persbrandt.

Acting credits

Film

Television

Theatre Year Title Role Director Location 1995 Yvonne, Princess of Burgundy Ingmar Bergman Royal Dramatic Theatre 1997 Allra käraste syster Ylvali Royal Dramatic Theatre 1997 The Cherry Orchard Anja ‌Peter Langdal Royal Dramatic Theatre 1998 An Enemy of the People Petra Stein Winge Royal Dramatic Theatre 1999 Miss Eva Eva Dahlman Royal Dramatic Theatre 1999 Three Sisters Irina Royal Dramatic Theatre 2000 A Midsummer Night's Dream Helena Royal Dramatic Theatre 2002 Twelfth Night Royal Dramatic Theatre 2005-06 Miss Julie Miss Julie Thommy Berggren Royal Dramatic Theatre 2009 Autumn Sonata Eva Stefan Larsson Royal Dramatic Theatre 2011 Hedda Gabler Hedda Eva Dahlman Royal Dramatic Theatre 2024–25 A Streetcar Named Desire Blanche DuBois Marit Moum Aune Christiania Theatre