Kari Onstad

{{Short description|Norwegian actress (1941–2020)}}

Kari Onstad (24 February 1941 – 24 March 2020){{cite news|last=Grønneberg|first=Anders|url=https://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/skuespiller-kari-onstad-er-dod/72293611|title=Skuespiller Kari Onstad er død|date=25 March 2020|work=Dagbladet|accessdate=25 March 2020|language=Norwegian}} was a Norwegian singer and actress.

She began her career in the choir of the Norwegian Opera and Ballet, but then took up acting in 1968. She was employed at Trøndelag Teater from 1968 to 1972 and at Den Nationale Scene from 1976 to 1980. She then worked as a freelancer. In 1991 she portrayed Gina Ekdal in Ibsen's The Wild Duck at the National Theatre.{{cite encyclopedia|year=2007|title=Kari Onstad|first=|last=|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|editor=Henriksen, Petter|url=http://www.snl.no/Kari_Onstad|language=Norwegian|accessdate=12 April 2009}}

She was the wife of Stein Winge, daughter-in-law of Sigurd Winge{{cite encyclopedia|year=2005|title=Stein Winge|encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Thoralf|last=Berg|volume=10|editor=Helle, Knut|editor-link=Knut Helle|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Stein_Winge/utdypning|language=Norwegian|accessdate=12 April 2009}} and mother of Viktoria Winge.{{cite news|url=http://www.kjendis.no/2009/01/23/kjendis/viktoria_winge/ekteskap/skuespillere/kjerlighet/4508198/|title=Kjendisdatter kaster klærne|last=Halvorsen|first=Anne Gunn|date=23 January 2009|work=Dagbladet|language=Norwegian|accessdate=12 April 2009}}