Solfrid Heier

{{Short description|Norwegian actress and singer (born 1945)}}

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Solfrid "Winnie" Heier (born September 20, 1945) is a Norwegian actress and singer. She has appeared in film and television roles.

Heier has appeared in the films Skjær i sjøen,{{cite book |last1=Bjørnsen |first1=Bjørn |title=Norge etter 1945 |date=1975 |publisher=Cappelen |location=Oslo |page=266}} Balladen om mestertyven Ole Høiland, Olsenbanden – Operasjon Egon, Krigerens hjerte, and Ute av drift!{{cite encyclopedia |last1=Svendsen |first1=Trond Olav |title=Knut Bohwim |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Knut_Bohwim |access-date=March 9, 2022 |year=2009 |language=no}} She made her stage debut at age 17 in Peder Wright Cappelen's play Dikter i ulvepels at the Oslo new Theater, and since then she has also played at the National Traveling Theater, Trøndelag Theater, Chateau Neuf, and Stockholm City Theatre, and she has also had guest roles in TV series such as Karl & Co, Hotel Cæsar, and Mot i brøstet.

She made her recording debut in the mid-1960s under the artist's name Winnie.{{cite book |last1=Breen |first1=Marta |authorlink=Marta Breen |title=Piker, vin og sang: 50 år med jenter i norsk rock og pop |date=2006 |publisher=Spartakus |location=Oslo |page=40}} In 1967 she won third place in the Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix together with Toril Støa with the song "Skitur."{{cite web |title=Melodi Grand Prix 1967: Torill Støa, Solfrid Heier "Skitur" |url=https://eurovisionworld.com/national/norway/melodi-grand-prix-1967/torill-stoa-solfrid-heier-skitur |website=Eurovisionworld |access-date=March 10, 2022}} Heier was also a recording artist in Sweden.

In 2007, she was the only actress in the play The Alchemist (Norwegian title: Alkymisten), based on the novel by Paulo Coelho,{{cite web |title=Alkymisten av Paulo Coelho |url=https://www.solfridheier.no/alkymisten.html |website=solfridheier.no |access-date=March 10, 2022}} among other plays at the Christiania Theater.