Kajsa Ernst
{{short description|Swedish actress}}
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| birthname = Anna-Karin Linnéa Ernst
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| birth_place = Gothenburg, Sweden
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| occupation = Actress
| yearsactive = 1982–present
| spouse = Göran Stangertz {{marriage||2009|2012|reason=his death}}
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Kajsa Anna-Karin Linnéa Ernst{{cite web | last=Fremin | first=Linus | title=Kajsa Ernst: ”Livet går vidare trots sorgen” | website=Dagens Nyheter | date=12 May 2013 | url=https://www.dn.se/arkiv/sondag/kajsa-ernst-livet-gar-vidare-trots-sorgen/ | language=sv | access-date=29 March 2025}} (born Anna-Karin Linnéa Ernst, 4 August 1962) is a Swedish actress.
Early life and education
Anna-Karin Linnéa Ernst was born on 4 August 1962 in Kortedala, Gothenburg, Sweden. She started acting at the age of 16 at Nöjesteatern in Malmö and studied at Malmö Theatre Academy.{{cite web|url=http://www.stadsteatern.stockholm.se/medverkande/medverkande.asp?id=4118| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810083447/http://www.stadsteatern.stockholm.se/medverkande/medverkande.asp?id=4118| archive-date= 10 August 2016|title=Stockholms Stadsteater}}
Career
After graduating, Ernst worked for ten years at the Helsingborg City Theatre.{{cite web|url=https://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/sv/Item/?type=person&itemid=270992|title=Kajsa Ernst|website=Svensk Filmdatabas|accessdate=12 May 2024|archive-date=1 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201164402/https://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/sv/Item/?type=person&itemid=270992|url-status=live}} There she acted in several plays such as Byggmästare Solness, Spindelkvinnans kyss, Knäckebröd och hovmästarsås, and The Merchant of Venice.
In 1982 she danced ballet at plays for Nils Poppe at Fredriksdalsteatern, and in 1990 she played a role in the play Två man och en änka at the same theater. She later appeared in the film adaptation of the play in 2013.{{cite web|url=http://howoldwas.info/kajsa-ernst-in-tva-man-och-en-anka-47071-372998|title=Can you believe Kajsa Ernst was 50 when Två man och en änka was released?|accessdate=10 June 2016|archive-date=8 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008141346/http://howoldwas.info/kajsa-ernst-in-tva-man-och-en-anka-47071-372998|url-status=dead}}
In 1998, Ernst moved to Stockholm. In 1999 she made her film debut in In Bed with Santa, directed by Kjell Sundvall. She appeared in Miffo (2003), Dalecarlians (2004), for which she won the Guldbagge Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, and also in the film Järnets änglar.{{cite web|url=http://www.sfi.se/sfi/smpage.fwx?page=6669&PRESS=13648|title=Home - The Swedish Film Institute|accessdate=10 June 2016|archive-date=13 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213001010/http://www.sfi.se/sfi/smpage.fwx?page=6669&PRESS=13648|url-status=dead}}
In 2016, Ernst played a lead role as Anna Linder in the comedy series Finaste Familjen (My perfect family) on TV4.{{imdb title|5354112|Finaste Familjen}}
In 2023 she played Kerstin in the TV crime drama series Fallen.{{imdb name|19818812|Sanningen}} In 2024 she played Lena Nymark in season 4 of the TV crime drama series Those Who Kill''.{{imdb title|9466596|Darkness: Those Who Kill}}
Personal life
Kajsa Ernst was married to actor and director Göran Stangertz from 2009 and until his death in 2012.
References
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External links
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