Regina Lund

Regina Charlotta Theodora Lund (born 17 July 1967) is a Swedish actress, musical artist, singer-songwriter, poet, writer, model, comedian and painter. She is known for film, television, radio, and theatre, as well as musicals and dramas on stage. Soon after acting school, she played Ophelia in Shakespeare's Hamlet directed by the eldest son of Ingmar Bergman, Jan Bergman, which toured throughout Sweden.

Early life Born to director Christian Lund (1943–2007) and actress Sonja Lund (b. 1942) in Vaasa, Finland, while her parents were working there in theatre. Regina grew up in Gävle, Sweden with her grandparents. From the age of 10 to 18, Regina spent summers with family members in the United States and was an exchange student in Salt Lake City throughout her last year of high school. Her acting career began when she was 11.

Career Regina started her acting career in a non-speaking role in the television movie Den nya människan in 1979, directed by her father. In 1995 Lund was awarded the Guldmasken (in English: The Golden Mask) award for Best female lead in a musical for her role in I hetaste laget.

In 2004, she was one of the hosts of Sommar, talking about her life and her career up to that point. In 2007, she performed the song "Rainbow star" in Melodifestivalen 2007 but was eliminated in the first round in one of the semifinals. She voiced the role of Gloria the Hippopotamus in the Swedish dubbed version of DreamWorks film Madagascar.

Lund launched her acting career in the 1996 film Harry & Sonja, where she played a lifeguard at a swimming pool with Stellan Skarsgård. She had the leading role in the 1999 thriller film Sjön. After that she had more leading roles in Hassel – Förgöraren and had a part in Once in a Lifetime (Livet är en schlager), a comedy film about the Eurovision Song Contest. In 2004 she appeared in the controversial film Kärlekens språk and she also starred in the film Göta kanal 2 – Kanalkampen.

Music Lund made her musical debut on the 1997 Johan Norberg album 5 Hours 4 Months and a Day. Norberg later appeared on Lund's debut solo album Unique and also her second music album Year Zero, released in 1997 and 2000 respectively. She also had the part of Ophelia in Jan Bergman's Hamlet at Riksteatern in Stockholm in 1992. The year after that she played a part in the musical I hetaste laget (English: Too Hot to Handle) at Cirkus, Stockholm. In 2013, Lund revealed to Aftonbladet newspaper that she had been diagnosed and operated for cancer in her breasts and lymph nodes. In early 2014, Lund revealed that she was cancer free.

Theater work 1992 – Hamlet – Ofelia 1993 – Häxjakten – Abigal 1994 – I hetaste laget 1995 – Moder Svea – ett äkta svenskt självmord 2003 – GG – Greta Garbo 2003 – Victor/Victoria 2008 – Blodsbröder – Mrs Lyons 2010 – Liket som visste för mycket – Maria Nylén (Dröse & Norberg)

Filmography 1971 – Badjävlar (TV film) 1979 – Den nya människan (TV film) 1986 – Studierektorns sista strid (TV series) 1989 – Kronvittnet (TV series) 1991 – Midsommar (TV film) 1992 – Kvällspressen (TV series) 1994 – SWIP (TV series) 1994-95/ 2001 – Rederiet (TV series) 1993 – Det uppdämda hatets bottenlösa bassänger (TV film) 1993 – Pariserhjulet (TV series) 1994 – Fallet Paragon (TV series) 1995 – Rena Rama Rolf (TV series) 1996 – Anna Holt (TV series) 1996 – Euroboy 1997 – Sjukan (TV series) 1998 – Teater 1998 – Ivar Kreuger (TV series) 1998 – Aspiranterna (TV series) 1999 – Nya lögner (TV film) 1999 – The Longest Journey 1999 – Sjön 2000 – Livet är en schlager 2003 – Solisterna 2004 – Hollywood 2004 – Kärlekens språk 2005 – Wallander – Luftslottet 2005 – Göta kanal 2 – kanalkampen 2006 – Isabella (TV series) 2008 – Jenny ger igen 2010 – Mammas pojke

Discography

Albums 1997 – Unique 2000 – Year Zero 2004 – Everybody's Darling 2006 – Förlåt! Nej, jag menar aj. 2011 – Living in Airports

Singles 1997 – "Unique" / "One Day Jesus" 1998 – "Silent Green" (inh. Stonebridge Radio Version, Red Mecca Remix, StoneBridge Full Version, Album Version) 2000 – "Miss Colourful" (inh. Miss Colourful, Johnny's Having a Breakdown) 2003 – "Önska" (Carlsohn feat. Regina Lund) (inh. Radiomix, Orkestermix, Klubbmix, Musikvideo) 2004 – "Too Small" 2007 – "Rainbow Star" (inh. Radio Version, Oscar Holter Remix, Karaoke Version) 2009 – "On the Waterfront" (w/ Raymond Watts) 2010 – "All Over My Body" (w/ Conny Bloom) 2011 – "In the Atmosphere" 2011 – "Living in Airports" 2011 – "Starlight" (w/Mmadcatz)