Sigri Mitra Gaïni

Sigri Mitra Gaïni ( Persian سیگری میترا قائنی[ siːgʲˈriː miːtˈrɔː ɢɔːeˈniː ]; * 1975 in Oslo ) is a Faroese film actress and poet.

Sigri Mitra Gaïni is the daughter of a Faroese and an Iranian . Born in Norway , she grew up both there and in the Faroe Islands . In 1995/1996 she trained as an actress at the film school in Ebeltoft ( Denmark ). This was followed by studies at the Academy of Live and Recording Arts in London . From 1997 she studied philosophy at the University of Copenhagen .

Sigri Mitra Gaïni has published three volumes of poetry in Faroese so far .

In 1998, she played one of the leading roles as Barba in the first Faroese road movie Bye Bye Bluebird by filmmaker Katrin Ottarsdóttir . She also played the Shawarma in Polle fra Snave 2002.

Works

Orð and andlit . Forlagið Fannir, Tórshavn 1997, ISBN 99918-49-13-0 .
Soflúgv - og øvugt . Forlagið Fannir, Tórshavn 1998, ISBN 99918-49-21-1 .
2002 nætur . Mentunargrunnur Studentafelagsins, Tórshavn 2004, ISBN 99918-43-46-9 ("2002 Nights", based on 1001 Nights , received the Faroe Islands Literature Prize 2004 for fiction).
2010 - Vaknandi , Tórshavn: Mentunargrunnur Studentafelagsins MS.fo, Mentunargrunnur Studentafelagsins, Yrkingar

personal data
SURNAME	Gaïni, Sigri Mitra
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Faroese film actress and poet
DATE OF BIRTH	1975
PLACE OF BIRTH	Oslo