María Thelma Smáradóttir

María Thelma Smáradóttir
Born	(1993-01-22) 22 January 1993 (age 32) Iceland
Education	Iceland Academy of the Arts
Occupation	Actress

María Thelma Smáradóttir (born 22 January 1993) is an Icelandic stage and film actress. She is known for her roles in the TV-series Prisoners and Trapped and in the 2018 survival drama film Arctic alongside Mads Mikkelsen.^[1][2]

Career

María graduated from the Iceland Academy of the Arts in 2016.^[3] Shortly later, she appeared in the TV Mini-Series Prisoners.^[4] In 2018, she appeared alongside Mads Mikkelsen in the film Arctic directed by Joe Penna.^[5]

In 2019, she premiered her theater play named Welcome home in the National Theatre of Iceland, telling her story and the story of her mother, who moved from Thailand to Iceland.^[6][7] In 2023, she appeared as Snæfríður Íslandssól in the stage adaption of Iceland's Bell.^[8]

Filmography

• Svartur á leik (2012)
• Arctic (2018)^[7]

Television

• Prisoners (2017)
• Who killed Friðrik Dór (2021)
• Trapped (2021)
• Afturelding (2023)

Theater

• Ég get (2017)
• Risaeðlurnar (2017)^[9]
• Welcome home (2019)^[10]
• Iceland's Bell (2023)

References

1. Ásdís Ásgeirsdóttir (9 June 2018). "Nú get ég hvað sem er". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 3 May 2019.
2. Svava Marín Óskarsdóttir (2 May 2023). "Komst af leigumarkaðnum á Verkalýðsdaginn". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2 May 2023.
3. Kristjana Björg Guðbrandsdóttir (20 August 2016). "Sterkari vegna upprunans". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 3 May 2019.
4. Tryggvi Ólafsson (15 May 2018). "Rosaleg á rauða dreglinum". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 3 May 2019.
5. Helga Margrét Höskuldsdóttir (18 May 2018). "Í kapphlaupi við móður náttúru". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 3 May 2019.
6. Davíð Kjartan Gestsson (4 February 2019). "Kristallinn er sá að við erum öll mennsk". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 3 May 2019.
7. "Volontarisme islandais et bouddhisme thaï". Le Temps (in French). 2019-07-06. ISSN 1423-3967.
8. "Mannlegi þátturinn". RÚV (in Icelandic). 14 March 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
9. Elín Albertsdóttir (2 November 2017). "Finnur fyrir andlegri heilun á hlaupum". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 3 May 2019.
10. Valgerður Þ. Jónsdóttir (3 February 2019). "Snýst um að vera maður sjálfur". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). p. 34. Retrieved 2 May 2023 – via Tímarit.is.

External links

María Thelma Smáradóttir at IMDb