Sara Dögg Ásgeirsdóttir

Sara Dögg Ásgeirsdóttir (born December 1976) She attended Fjölbrautaskólinn í Breiðholti from the age of 16, in the media track, After her first film role, she returned to France, living in Paris, and then studied acting in Iceland at the Iceland University of the Arts, graduating in 2005.

While studying acting, she had supporting roles in two further films, Kaldaljós and the short Hver er Barði? (Who is Bardi?) (both 2004). On graduation, she was offered a place in a theatre company in Akureyri, but took time off to have her first child. She resumed work with an independent theatre company, and in following years worked in a variety of acting jobs, including for the Reykjavík City Theatre, while also working as a flight attendant for Flugfélag Íslands. her breakthrough role was as the journalist Lára in the TV series Pressa, beginning in December the same year. Pressa was very successful, and in 2013 she won the Edda Award for Best Leading Actress for the third season.

Caring for her children during her daughter's illness caused a three-year hiatus in her career. the 2019 Swedish-Icelandic co-production Pity the Lovers, and 's Þorpið í bakgarðinum (Backyard Village, 2021), and a supporting role in Hvítur, hvítur dagur (2019). On TV, she appeared in the 2016 comedy series (The Mayor) and had a supporting role in the 2017 series Stella Blómkvist, which became a major role in the 2021 season.

In 2024 Sara produced her first short documentary, Turninn, about the tower which her father built on his land. The documentary premiered at the Skjaldborg Documentary Festival

Personal life Sara has a daughter and a son. She did not attend the Edda Awards ceremony when she won because her son was a newborn.

Filmography

Awards 2000: Best Actress Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival 2013: Edda Award for Best Leading Actress, Pressa