Petronella Barker
Born: 1965-10-29 in Colchester, Essex, England, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
Petronella Barker (born 29 October 1965) is a British-born Norwegian actress. She was born in Colchester, England, but grew up in Fredrikstad, Norway. While still studying at the Theatre Academy in Oslo (1985–1988), she had her debut in the Russian-Norwegian co-production Dragens fange (Trees Grow on the Stones Too, 1985). Her breakthrough as a movie actress came with the dystopic Sweetwater (1988), followed by Havet stiger (The Ocean Rises, 1990). In 1990 she made her stage debut as Perdita in Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale at Centralteatret. Since then she has acted in several plays, also for Oslo Nye Teater and The National Theatre. Meanwhile she has continued doing roles both for TV and film, most prominently the movie Thranes metode (Thrane's Method, 1998), and the TV police series Fox Grønland (2001). Description above from the Wikipedia article Petronella Barker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2023
- The Architect as Katharina
2022
- Gutta på skauen as Therapist
2021
- Gritt as Petronella
- Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony as Self (archive footage)
2019
- The Ash Lad: In Search of the Golden Castle as Queen Victoria
2018
- Recoil as Kris Heltberg
2017
- Fountain of Youth as Acting Coach
2016
- A Serious Game as Mrs Von Rosen
2015
- Underdog as Marianne
2013
- Victoria as Victoria's Mother
2010
- Varg Veum - The Writing on the Wall as Sidsel
2007
- Varg Veum as Sidsel
2006
- The Bothersome Man as Anne Britt
2004
- Hawaii, Oslo as Bobbie
2003
2002
- Music for Weddings and Funerals as Helen
2000
1998
- Ole Aleksander Filibom-bom-bom as Tante Lissi
- Thranes metode as Mol
1996
- Gåten Knut Hamsun as Dagny
1995
- Dangerous Waters as Marlene
- Radio 2 as Heidi
1993
- The Blue Wolves as Rita
1990
- Krystallandet
- Havet stiger as Susanne
- Aksjemordet as Beth
1988
- Sweetwater as Lisa
1985
- Knockback: 2 as Visitor
- Trees Grow on the Stones Too as Signy
1978
- Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man as Mrs Holder
- A Dog's Ransom as Gillian
1975
- In Sickness and in Health as Miss Fisher
1972
- It's Murder. But Is It Art? as Fanny Templer
1965
- Othello as Company