Kristbjörg Kjeld
Acting
Biography
Kristbjörg Kjeld (born June 18, 1935) is an Icelandic actress. She has appeared in more than thirty films since 1962. She won the 2010 Edda Award for Best Leading Actress for her performance as Mamma Gógó in Mamma Gógó.
Born: June 18, 1935
Known For
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A young trans person travels to the city in search of the freedom to be themselves
Áramótaskaup: 2013
Áramótaskaup: 2013 is an annual Icelandic TV movie satirizing the events of the past year.
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Determined to ensure Superman's ultimate sacrifice was not in vain, Bruce Wayne aligns forces with Diana Prince with plans to recruit a team of metahumans to protect the world from an approaching threat of catastrophic proportions.
Of Horses and Men
A country romance about the human streak in the horse and the horse in the human. Love and death become interlaced and with terrible consequences. The fortunes of the people in the country through the horses' perception.
The Girl Gogo
Ragnar has left his family farm and works as a taxi driver in Reykjavík in the early sixties. He's drawn to the beautiful but unhappy girl Gogo and hopes to build a better life with her. But she's a lost soul and their brief romance results in tragedy.
Country Wedding
A couple decide to get married in a church out in the country. It is 1 hour drive from Reykjavik but things do not go as planed.
Driving Mum
The death of Jon's mother forces him to take on a journey with her corpse in the backseat to fulfill her last wish. Bresnef the dog comes along and this trip will be the gamechanger Jon never dreamt of.
Sparrows
The story follows a 16-year-old Icelandic boy, Ari, who lives with his mother in Reykjavík. She has to leave the country for a new job, sending him back to the small town of his youth. There he finds his old friend, suddenly a young woman with a tricky romantic relationship; and his father has become a victim of the financial crisis.
Under the Glacier
Our hero is Umbi (an acronym for emissary of the bishop), sent by him to undertake an important investigation at Snæfell-glacier. In particular he is to look into the conduct and behavior of Jón Prímus, the old pastor at Snæfell. Fantastic rumors are rife: amongst other things it is said that a corpse is lodged in the glacier! Armed with his tape recorder and notebook, Umbi embarks upon his mission. He tries to question the weird locals, a weird lot, but gets evasive answers. Slowly he is dragged into a quagmire of strange happenings and his efforts to understand only make him confused. If at the beginning he is a chipper, a mere device, by the end of the story he is inextricably involved, a committed participant in the bizarre events.
The Sea
Wealthy, aging patriarch Thordur assembles his scattered heirs in his remote Icelandic fishing village to discuss the future of the family fishery. But bringing everyone together unleashes a storm of long-repressed dark family secrets.
Filmography
as Hildur
as Mamma
as Hildur
as Old Icelandic Woman
as Regína
as Herdís
as Auður, la vieille dame islandaise
as Grandmother
as Alrún Grímsdótt
as Mary
as Hildur
as María
as Mamma Gógó
as Brynhildur
as Katrín
as Kolbrún
as Álfrún
as Kristín
as Nurse Joan
as Grandmother
as Helga
as Hólmlaug
as Lisbet
as Hnallþóra
as Sigrid
as Móðir Elsu
as Ásta
as Gógó