Actress, born in Tokyo, Japan. She studied acting at the Webber-Douglas School in London before beginning her career with a repertory company in Stavanger. Her screen image was largely defined through a long association with the Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, in which she laid bare the inner turmoil of women experiencing various emotional crises. Their films together include Persona (1966), Viskningar och rop (1972, Cries and Whispers), Ansikte mot ansikte (1975, Face to Face), and Höstsonaten (1978, Autumn Sonata), and he wrote the script for her later film Private Confessions (1996). She made her Broadway debut in A Doll's House (1975), and makes regular theatre appearances. She has worked extensively for the charity UNICEF, and written two autobiographical works, Changing (1977) and Choices (1984). In 1999 she directed Faithless.
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Liv Ullmann at Cannes in 2000 |
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| Birth name | Liv Johanne Ullmann |
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December 16, 1938 (age 67) Tokyo, Japan |
Liv Johanne Ullmann (born December 16, 1938) is an Oscar-nominated Norwegian actress, author and film director. The consummate psychological actress, she was the object of critical acclaim the likes of which haven't been seen since the 1970s (awards include three Best Actress prizes from the prestigious National Society of Film Critics, two from the National Board of Review, a threesome from the New York Film Critics Circle, and one Golden Globe as well as a LAFCA honor).
Her work with Bergman, especially in the powerful Scenes from a Marriage, turned her into a 1970s feminist and cultural icon, as well as one of the most respected actresses of her time.
Lately, Ullmann has been making a name for herself as a film director (most notably with the acclaimed, Bergman-scripted drama Faithless) and could also be seen reprising her role from Scenes from a Marriage in 2003's Saraband (Bergman's final telemovie).
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