Laila Elin Goody (born 22 March 1971) is a Norwegian actress.Goody was
born to an English father who worked in the oil industry and a
Norwegian mother. She was born in Stavanger and grew up in Rosendal,
Hordaland between the ages of two to ten, before returning to
Stavanger. Here she attended Stavanger Katedralskole. After graduating
from the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre in 1994, she began
working at the National Theatre. After nine years at this theatre she
decided to take a break, and in 2003 she moved on to do guest
performances at Trøndelag Teater and Centralteatret.Among her theatre
roles are the title role in Friedrich Schiller's Mary Stuart, "Hilde"
in Henrik Ibsen's The Lady from the Sea, and "Catherine" in David
Auburn's Proof. 2003 was also the year when her film and television
career started taking off, and in the following years she had leading
roles in the movies Jonny Vang (2003) and Den som frykter ulven
(2004). Her effort at Centralteatret in the double role as "Shen Te"
and "Shui Ta" in Bertolt Brecht's The Good Person of Sezuan (2006) was
called "excellent" and "the most important reason" to watch the play.
She has been called "Norway's most awarded young actress", and among
the awards she has received are NRK Radioteatrets pris, Gösta Ekmans
Nordiske Minnefond, Per Aabels ærespris and Narvesen-prisen. In 2002
she was awarded the television award Gullruten for her role in the
Ibsen-drama "Rosmersholm". In the same year she was also nominated for
an Amanda Award for the same role, but lost to Hildegun Riise.In 2013
Goody won the Amanda Award for Best Actress, for I Belong.
born to an English father who worked in the oil industry and a
Norwegian mother. She was born in Stavanger and grew up in Rosendal,
Hordaland between the ages of two to ten, before returning to
Stavanger. Here she attended Stavanger Katedralskole. After graduating
from the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre in 1994, she began
working at the National Theatre. After nine years at this theatre she
decided to take a break, and in 2003 she moved on to do guest
performances at Trøndelag Teater and Centralteatret.Among her theatre
roles are the title role in Friedrich Schiller's Mary Stuart, "Hilde"
in Henrik Ibsen's The Lady from the Sea, and "Catherine" in David
Auburn's Proof. 2003 was also the year when her film and television
career started taking off, and in the following years she had leading
roles in the movies Jonny Vang (2003) and Den som frykter ulven
(2004). Her effort at Centralteatret in the double role as "Shen Te"
and "Shui Ta" in Bertolt Brecht's The Good Person of Sezuan (2006) was
called "excellent" and "the most important reason" to watch the play.
She has been called "Norway's most awarded young actress", and among
the awards she has received are NRK Radioteatrets pris, Gösta Ekmans
Nordiske Minnefond, Per Aabels ærespris and Narvesen-prisen. In 2002
she was awarded the television award Gullruten for her role in the
Ibsen-drama "Rosmersholm". In the same year she was also nominated for
an Amanda Award for the same role, but lost to Hildegun Riise.In 2013
Goody won the Amanda Award for Best Actress, for I Belong.
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