Sissela Benn (born 14 May 1980, in Malmö) is a Swedish actress and comedian. Benn has appeared in Robins, Melodifestivalen and Centralskolan.[1]

Along with Simon Svensson, Emma Hansson and Jesper Rönndahl, Benn created the comedy group "Einsteins kvinnor" (Einstein's women). In 2008, Benn played Marilyn Monroe in the Malmö theater play about the actress called Marilynpassionen.[2] In June 2013, Benn revealed she had landed the leading role in the Malmö theaters new play Sitcom – en tv-fri kväll to be started in August.[3]

Benn has appeared in several television series such as the comedy series Lilla landet lagom and Sverige pussas och kramas both on Kanal 5, and also Morgonsoffan on SVT.[2] On 6 August 2008 Benn hosted the radioshow Sommar i P1 where Swedish celebrities tell about their lives.[4] She also currently has a role in the TV4 show Kontoret, a Swedish version of the British series The Office.[5] Since 2014, she has played Linda in the BBC Radio 4 sitcom The Cold Swedish Winter.[6]

References edit

  1. ^ (in Swedish) "Hon blottar själens glipor Archived 18 April 2013 at archive.today". Mobil.hd.se (16 October 2010).
  2. ^ a b (in Swedish) "Sissela Benn som Marilyn Monroe". Svd.se (21 August 2008).
  3. ^ "Sissela Benn får huvudroll i ny pjäs Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine". Dagens Nyheter (20 June 2013).
  4. ^ "Sissela Benn – Sommar & Vinter i P1". Sveriges Radio (6 August 2008). Archived 7 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ (in Swedish) "Sissela Benn får huvudroll i ny pjäs – Nöje & Kultur Archived 31 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine". www.hn.se.
  6. ^ Richardson, Jay (29 July 2014). "Scandi-sitcom for Adam Riches". Chortle. Archived from the original on 1 February 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2017.