Lina Leandersson

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Lina Leandersson (November 2009)

Lina Leandersson (born September 27, 1995 in Falun , Dalarna County ) is a Swedish actress. She became known to a wide audience through her first leading role in the feature film So sinster die Nacht (2008).

biography

Lina Leandersson is of Swedish and Iranian descent and was born in Falun, where she grew up and attended school. Although her family is very fond of sports, she began to be interested in dance and acting at an early age. Among other things, she played in an amateur theater and took acting classes. She also devoted herself to street and jazz dance . In 2006, the 11-year-old appeared as a juror at Lilla Melodifestivalen , the Swedish preliminary decision for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest . That same year Leandersson and five other children were selected from 500 applicants to participate in the Swedish children's program Nickelodeon's programledarskola , which was televised in October 2006.

Leandersson's breakthrough as an actress came with her first leading role in Tomas Alfredson's feature film So dark the night (2008). The dark horror drama, a film adaptation of the novel of the same name by John Ajvide Lindqvist , is set in a Swedish satellite town in the early 1980s and tells the story of a 12-year-old student (played by Kåre Hedebrant ) who was terrorized by his classmates and who became acquainted with a new neighbor child. A close relationship develops between the girl of the same age, who turns out to be a vampire, and the outsider, which gives the boy protection and connection. Although she did not know the script of the film, Leandersson had gone to an internet casting and auditioned for the role three times before she got the part of Eli. In order to be able to portray the character androgynous , director Tomas Alfredson had the voice of his leading actress dubbed. Leandersson and co-actor Kåre Hedebrant were also not allowed to read the script. In order to pass on information about the respective scenes to be played, Alfredson read the two children their text aloud before each scene. After filming, the director praised his leading actress as an “unusual girl” and often compared Leandersson to “an 80-year-old woman” because of her radiant wisdom and calm .

So dark the night celebrated its premiere at the end of January 2008 at the Göteborg International Film Festival , where Tomas Alfredson's directorial work was immediately awarded the main prize of the film festival. The film was in the favor of cinema audiences and critics and was awarded, among other things, five Guldbagge awards, Sweden's most important film award. The still relatively unknown Lina Leandersson in the role of Eli was also praised for her acting performance. Die Welt emphasized the seriousness of the child actors of the "highly original vampire and growing-up film (s)" , while American critics described Leandersson as "extremely good" , "mysterious and captivating" and spoke to Kirsten Dunst in an interview with compared to a vampire (1994). She won the Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Young Actress , where she prevailed against Dev Patel ( Slumdog Millionaire ) and her film colleague Kåre Hedebrant and became famous film actresses like Kristin Scott Thomas ( So many years I love you ) and Michelle Williams ( Wendy and Lucy ) nominated for the Chlotrudis Award for Best Actress .

Leandersson lives in Falun with her mother, stepfather and two younger sisters. After the success of her first film role, the student, who counts American History X , The Sixth Sense and Atonement among her favorite films, plans to continue her acting career. However, she did not make the next films until 2012 with the productions The Arbiter and Tenderness .

Filmography

Awards

Chicago Film Critics Association Award

  • 2008: nominated as best young actress for So dark the night

Chlotrudis Awards

  • 2009: nominated as best leading actress for So dark the night

Fangoria Chainsaw Award

  • 2009: Best leading actress for So dark the night

Online Film Critics Society Award

  • 2009: Best young actress for So dark the night

Saturn Award

  • 2009: nominated as best young actress for So dark the night

Young Artist Award

  • 2009: Nominated in the category Best Representation in an International Feature Film (together with Kåre Hedebrant ) for So dark the night

Web links

Commons : Lina Leandersson  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. Keller, Florian: You shouldn't miss this vampire girl! . In: Tages-Anzeiger , April 1, 2009, p. 45ges
  2. ↑ Sundqvist, Bertil: Vampyren Linas första filmfestival ( Memento of the original from April 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at pitea-tidningen.se, February 23, 2009 (Swedish; accessed June 6, 2009) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.pitea-tidningen.se
  3. ↑ a b c Östborg, Johan: "Nyfiken på Lina Leandersson - skådespelare" at stagepool.se, January 12, 2009 (Swedish; accessed June 6, 2009)
  4. ↑ Wennö, Nicholas: "Blodet smakade sött" at dn.se, October 24, 2008 (Swedish; accessed June 6, 2009)
  5. ↑ a b c Lina, 11, hemma framför kameran. In: dt.se. October 14, 2006, archived from the original on March 22, 2009 ; Retrieved June 6, 2009 (Swedish).
  6. ↑ Moriarty Sits Down With Tomas Alfredson, Director Of LET THE RIGHT ONE IN! at aintitcool.com, October 26, 2008 (accessed June 6, 2009)
  7. ↑ Anders Gustafsson: Dödar för att hon måste. In: dt.se. September 19, 2008, archived from the original on April 25, 2009 ; Retrieved June 6, 2009 (Swedish).
  8. ↑ a b King, Susan: Tomas Alfredson goes for the right look in 'Let the Right One In' at latimes.com, October 19, 2008 (English; accessed June 6, 2008)
  9. ↑ Lismoen, Kjetil: Svensk vampyr-sensasjon at rushprint.no, October 24, 2008 (Norwegian; accessed June 6, 2009)
  10. ↑ Lutz, Cosima: As white as snow, as red as blood . In: Die Welt , December 24, 2008, edition 302/2008, p. 25
  11. ↑ Berardinelli, James : Let the Right One In at reelviews.net (English; accessed June 6, 2009)
  12. ^ Movie Reviews . In: LA Weekly, Oct 23, 2008, LA Weekly Film Critics
  13. ↑ Brander, Maria: Sveriges yngsta stjärnor ( Memento of the original from March 22, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at expressen.se, October 24, 2008 (Swedish; accessed June 6, 2009) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.expressen.se
  14. ↑ Bochenski, Matt: Lina Leandersson and Kare Hedebrant ( memento of the original from January 14, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at littlewhitelies.co.uk, April 9, 2009 (accessed June 6, 2009) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.littlewhitelies.co.uk
  15. ↑ cf. Award ceremony 2009 ( Memento of the original from June 29, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at fangoria.com (accessed November 1, 2009) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fangoria.com
  16. ↑ Winners and nominees 2009 ( memento from July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) at youngartistawards.org (English; accessed June 7, 2009)
personal data
SURNAME Leandersson, Lina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish actress
DATE OF BIRTH September 27, 1995
PLACE OF BIRTH Falun , Dalarna County