Petronella Barker (actress, born 1965)

For the British actress of the same name, see Petronella Barker (actress, born 1942).

Petronella Barker
Born	Petronella Barker (1965-10-29) 29 October 1965 (age 59) Colchester, England, UK
Occupation	Actress

Petronella Barker (born 29 October 1965) is a British-born Norwegian actress. She was born in Colchester, England, but grew up in Fredrikstad, Norway. While still studying at the Theatre Academy in Oslo (1985–1988), she had her debut in the Soviet-Norwegian co-production Dragens fange (Trees Grow on the Stones Too, 1985). Her breakthrough as a movie actress came with the dystopic Sweetwater (1988), followed by Havet stiger (The Ocean Rises, 1990).^[1]

In 1990 she made her stage debut as Perdita in Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale at Centralteatret. Since then she has acted in several plays, also for Oslo Nye Teater and The National Theatre.

Meanwhile she has continued doing roles both for TV and film, most prominently the movie Thranes metode (Thrane's Method, 1998), and the TV police series Fox Grønland (2001).^[2]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Victoria
2006	Codename Hunter	Christine Hoff	TV, 5 episodes
2006	The Bothersome Man	Anne Britt
2004	Hawaii, Oslo	Bobbie
2002	Music for Weddings and Funerals	Helen
2001	Fox Grønland	Lone Pedersen	TV
2000	The Seven Deadly Sins	—
1998	Thrane's Method	Mol
1996	Gåten Knut Hamsun	Dagny
1995	Dangerous Waters	Marlene
1994	Fatherland	Guide Helga	TV
1993	De Blå ulvene	Rita
1990	Havet stiger	Susanne
1988	Sweetwater	Lisa
1985	Dragens fange	Signy

External links

• Petronella Barker at IMDb

References

1. "Sju stjerner på lerretet". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). 24 October 1997. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
2. "CV Petronella Barker". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). 22 September 2007. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2010.