Mona Hofland

Mona Hofland Skjønberg (* June 24, 1929 in Oslo, † 11 February 2010) was a Norwegian actress.

Mona Hofland made ​​her stage debut in 1949 and was initially bound to the Studioteatret in Oslo, which had been founded shortly after the war by artists from the former Norwegian resistance movement. 1953 she moved to the Oslo Nye Teatret, where she managed the artistic breakthrough. She played among others in a dramatization of the novel by Alexandre Dumas, the Lady of the Camellias, and the role of the historical tradition of Bishop Anne Pedersdotter that had been burned after a sensational trial late 16th century as a witch. As the first Norwegian they also embodied the flower girl Eliza Doolittle in the musical My Fair Lady.

From 1967 until her retirement in 1999 she was engaged at the Oslo Nationaltheatret. Here she appeared in more than fifty different productions, including as Pernille frühauf clarify Ludvig Holberg's comedy -driven in the Vielgeschäftigte, as Mother Courage in Brecht's eponymous piece and as Alice in August Strindberg's marriage drama The Dance of Death.

First experiences with the film made ​​Mona Hofland in 1948, when she took over a background performer in the Swedish production Dit vindarna bear ( bear Where the winds ). In 1957 she played in the Norwegian Berlinale entry Stevnemøte med Glemte år (Rendezvous with forgotten years ), which originated from a novel by Sigurd Hoel, her first leading role. Other roles followed in domestic and occasionally international productions. In 2002, she came with the Wassmo adaptation Dina - My Story in the German cinemas. In the nineties she performed in several Norwegian television series with.

Mona Hofland was married to actor Espen Skjønberg. She has received numerous awards, among them the St. Olav Medal.