Nora Rios

Nora Rios (born 29 September 1999) is a Swedish actress. Her breakout role was in Caliphate. She had main roles in (2022–2023) and An Honest Life (2025). She also starred in the series (2025).

Life and career She was born on 29 September 1999. She is of Peruvian and Swedish descent; her parents met while working as cultural guides in Cusco and moved to Sweden before her birth. She has two younger siblings. She grew up in , Uppsala and initially considered pursuing a career in journalism. She moved to Stockholm after being accepted to a theatre programme at Södra Latin. As of December 2025, she was studying directing at HDK-Valand.

She appeared in Bankrånet (2013), (2015), (2016), and Arkeologens dotter (2018). Her breakout role was in Caliphate (2020) as Sulle, as a 15-year-old high school student whose previously normal life transforms under the influence of Islamic State propaganda. She was nominated for the Rising Star Award at the Stockholm International Film Festival the same year.

Rios played a young radical named Max in An Honest Life (2025). She starred as Malin Melkersson in the SVT production , which was released on 31 October 2025. The series was a remake of a series of the same name, which was written by Astrid Lindgren and premiered in 1964.

Acting credits

Film

Television