Eva Melander

Eva Melander studied at the Theatre Academy in Malmö from 1998 to 2002.

On stage, Melander performed in Lars Norén’s War at Riksteatern, Malin Axelsson’s Monster Cabinet at Unga Klara and Laura Ruohonen's The Great Monkey at Stockholm City Theatre. She has also participated in Timmaren with Rita at Dalateatern, and several other productions. In autumn 2010 she played in the acclaimed performance Reports #1- Animals that die at Riksteatern, written and directed by Marcus Lindeen.

On television, Melander has acted in the SVT drama series Graven (The Grave; 2004){{cite web |title=Graven (TV Mini Series 2004–2005) |website=IMDb |date=4 December 2004 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441579/?ref_=ext_shr |access-date=22 February 2025}} and Lasermannen, both directed by Mikael Marcimain, and Mästerverket, directed by Linus Tunström.

She had one of the main roles in the 2010 feature film Sebbe, which won the Guldbagge Award for Best Film. She also featured in the film adaptation of The Hypnotist, directed by Lasse Hallström.{{cite web |url=http://www.dramaten.se/Medverkande/Skadespelare/Melander-Eva/|title=Eva Melander|website=Dramaten|access-date=January 16, 2016| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20181017093024/http://www.dramaten.se/Medverkande/Skadespelare/Melander-Eva |archive-date =17 October 2018}}

Melander gained significant attention for the starring role of Tina in the 2018 dark fantasy drama Border, which was selected as the Swedish entry for the Academy Awards competition for Best Foreign Film.{{cite web |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2018/10/border-eva-melander-interview-performance-of-the-year-1202016891/|title=‘Border’: Eva Melander Gives the Most Astonishing Performance of the Year By Completely Burying Herself|website=Indiewire|last=Kohn|first=Eric|date=October 31, 2018|access-date=April 30, 2019}}

Melander plays the lead role as officer Hannah Webster in the 2024 Swedish Nordic noir TV series Cry Wolf (Vargasommar),{{cite web |title=Cry Wolf (TV Series 2024– ) |website=IMDb |date=25 December 2024 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27627059/?ref_=ext_shr |access-date=22 February 2025}} co-written by Oskar Soderlund and Hans Rosenfeldt.{{cite web |last=Morris |first=Anthony |title=From the creator of ‘The Bridge’: crime thriller ‘Cry Wolf’ |website=SBS What's On |date=12 February 2025 |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/whats-on/article/from-the-creator-of-the-bridge-crime-thriller-cry-wolf/iny5zyanx |access-date=22 February 2025}}

• Flocking (2015)
• Border (2018)
• Charter (2020)
• Codename: Annika (2023)
• Cry Wolf (2024)

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Category:Living people

Category:Swedish actresses

Category:Best Actress Guldbagge Award winners

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Category:1974 births

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