Synnøve Macody Lund

Synnøve Macody Lund
Synnøve Macody Lund in 2011
Born (1976-05-24) 24 May 1976 (age 48)
Stord, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
OccupationActress
Years active2011–present
SpouseChrister Falck (2005-2011)[1]
Children2

Synnøve Macody Lund (born 24 May 1976) is a Norwegian journalist, film critic, model, and actress. As of 2020, she appears in the 2020 Netflix series Ragnarok and the 2020 Sky TV series Riviera.

Early life

Lund was born on 24 May 1976[2] in Stord, Norway.[3] She has a degree in television production and film studies.[3]

Career

Lund has worked as a film critic for NATT&DAG (Norwegian; translation, Night&Day),[4][3] and as a journalist, after earlier work as a fashion model.[5][3] She has been working as an actress since 2011, appearing first as the character Diana Brown in Morten Tyldum's BAFTA Award film Headhunters (Norwegian, Hodejegerne), an action thriller based on the 2008 Jo Nesbø novel of the same name.[6][7][8] The BAFTA Award nomination was for Best Foreign Language Film.[9][3] Lund's entry into acting is described, thus, by Headhunters co-star Aksel Hennie: "When I first read the script I pictured Synnove because I knew her from before and she had reviewed every single film I've done and Morten (the director) asked me, 'Is she a film critic? Yeah. Has she reviewed any of my films? Yeah. Was the review good? Yeah. OK then we can try her', So we tried her and she came so prepared—more prepared than any actress."[5]

Her subsequent roles have included the role of Sara in the short Sandslottet (2014), and as the character Tonje Sandvik in the drama series Frikjent (2015) alongside Nicolai Cleve Broch. She appears as the murderous Johanne Rønningen in Black Widows (2016), a remake of the Finnish series Mustat Lesket, distributed by Acorn TV.[10][11][12][13][14]

She holds the role of Gabriella Grane in the 2018 film The Girl in the Spider's Web, based on the novel of the same name by David Lagercrantz, which in turn is based on characters in the book series by Stieg Larsson.[15]

As of 2012, there was a report that Lund had contracted with the publisher Samlaget to produce a novel, on subjects that were at the time undisclosed.[16] Her novel "Personar du kanskje kjenner" (translation "People you may know") was published in 2016.[17]

In December 2022, Lund was confirmed by Deadline Hollywood to have signed on to appear in Saw X, the tenth installment of the Saw film series, released in September 2023.[18]

Filmography

Film

List of films and roles
Year Title Role Notes
2011 Headhunters Diana
2017 The Ash Lad: In the Hall of the Mountain King Queen Victoria
2018 The Girl in the Spider's Web Gabriella Grane
2023 Saw X Cecilia Pederson

Television

List of television appearances and roles
Year Title Role Notes
2015–2016 Frikjent Tonje Sandvik Main role
2016–2017 Black Widows Johanne Rønningen Main role
2018 Nielegalni Linda Boman Main role
2020 Bloodride Annelise 1 episode
Riviera Alex Harewood 8 episodes
2020–2023 Ragnarok Ran Main role
2023 Everybody Loves Diamonds Judith DeWitt Main role

Video games

References

  1. ^ "- Det er veldig slutt - Kjendis". 25 August 2013. Archived from the original on 25 August 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Synnøve Macody Lund". AlloCiné. Archived from the original on 20 April 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d e FilmWeb.no Staff (13 November 2016). "Synnøve Macody Lund". filmweb.no (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 11 September 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  4. ^ Datta, Indy (20 October 2011). "London Film Festival 2011 – Day 8". MostlyFilm.com. Archived from the original on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  5. ^ a b City News Staff (23 March 2012). "Norwegian Thriller 'Headhunters' Getting Hollywood Remake". CityNews.ca. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  6. ^ Rushprint Editors (12 May 2009). "Yellow Bird vil lage Jo Nesbø-film". Rushprint (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016. {{cite journal}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  7. ^ Jensen, Jorn Rossing (11 October 2011). "Summit Plans English-Language Remake of Norwegian Thriller Headhunters". Screen International. Archived from the original on 14 December 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  8. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (8 March 2016). "Morten Tyldum Developing 'Headhunters' U.S. Remake With Yellow Bird". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 20 July 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  9. ^ NFI Staff (9 January 2013). "Hodejegerne nominert tip BAFTA" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Film Institute. Archived from the original on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  10. ^ "Black Widows" (in Danish). København, DK: TV3 Denmark. 21 January 2016. Archived from the original on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
  11. ^ TV3 Staff (14 November 2016). "Om Black Widows". TV3 Danmark (in Danish). København, DK: MTG TV. Archived from the original on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2016.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (13 October 2014). "CBS Buys Legal Thriller From Josh Safran & Sue Naegle Based On Finnish Format". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
  13. ^ Jew, Linda (7 November 2016). "Black Widows: Scandinavian Crime Dramedy-Mystery Premieres in the US". TheEuroTVPlace.com. Archived from the original on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  14. ^ Nordseth, Pål; Kleve, Marie L. (25 September 2015). "Macody Lund Og Stormare i Ny TV-Serie - Det Er En Miks Av "Desperate Housewives" Og "Fargo"". Dagbladet [Kultur] (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  15. ^ Anderson, Ariston (24 October 2018). "'Girl in the Spider's Web' Director Says Film Is More James Bond Than Agatha Christie". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 25 January 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  16. ^ Skogrand, Merete (25 September 2015). "Nå Blir Hun Også Forfatter Skuespiller Og Modell Synnøve Macody Lund Jobber Med En Roman". Dagbladet [Kultur] (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  17. ^ Lund, Synnøve Macody (2016). "Personar du kanskje kjenner: roman" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2 October 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  18. ^ Grobbar, Matt (8 December 2022). "'Saw' Alum Shawnee Smith Circling 10th Installment As Synnøve Macody Lund, Steven Brand & Michael Beach Sign On". Archived from the original on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  19. ^ Hough, Quinn (5 February 2020). "Netflix's Ragnarok Cast & Character Guide". Screen Rant. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
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