| Kjersti Holmen | |
| Birth Date: | 8 February 1956 |
| Birth Place: | Nøtterøy, Norway |
| Nationality: | Norwegian |
| Occupation: | Actress |
Kjersti Holmen (8 February 1956 – 26 September 2021) was a Norwegian actress.
She was born on Nøtterøy, and later moved to Alnabru, where she grew up with her parents and two sisters.[1] She graduated from the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre in 1980, and was employed at the National Theatre since 1981 - permanently since 1992.[1] There she had roles such as "Eliza Doolittle" in George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, the title role in Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler and "Blanche" in Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire.[2]
Holmen was also a well-known television and film actress, and had her break-through on the big screen in the 1985 film Orions belte.[3] She won the Amanda - the main Norwegian film award - twice: in 1993 for her role in Telegrafisten, and in 2000 for the two films S.O.S. and Sophie's World.[4] In television she was known from the Norwegian/Swedish collaboration "Röd snö" - aired the same year as Orions belte came out - as well as several other roles.[3]
Holmen lived with actor Sverre Anker Ousdal, and had two sons from a previous relationship with actor Reidar Sørensen.[1]
Holmen died at Økernhjemmet on 26 September 2021, after a long illness.[5]