Hera Hilmar

Hera Hilmarsdóttir (known professionally as Hera Hilmar; born 27 December 1988)[1] is an Icelandic actress. She first started acting in the 1990s as a child actress. She resumed acting in 2008.

Hera Hilmar
Hilmar talks to MTV about Mortal Engines in 2018
Born
Hera Hilmarsdóttir

(1988-12-27) 27 December 1988
Reykjavík, Iceland
OccupationActress
Years active1995–1998, 2007–2019

Personal life

Hilmar is the daughter of the film director Hilmar Oddsson and the actress Thorey Sigthorsdottir (Þórey Sigþórsdóttir).[1][2][3] Her grandfather was the playwright and theater director Oddur Björnsson.

She graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 2011.[4]

Career

Hilmar was nominated for an Edda as Actress of the Year in a leading role in 2007 for her role in The Quiet Storm. Later she won the same award, twice, first in 2015 for her role as Eik in Life in a Fishbowl, and then in 2017 for her role as Anna in The Oath.[5] She was also chosen as one of Europe's Shooting Stars at the Berline International Film Festival in 2015, as well as winning a ‘special mention’ at the Zurich Film Festival for her role in Life in a Fishbowl.[6]

In February 2017, Hilmar was cast in the lead role of Hester Shaw in the film based on the novel of the same name by Philip Reeve as a once-in-a-lifetime adaptation, Mortal Engines, which is currently her last film role before the COVID-19 pandemic.[7][8]

She starred in the Apple TV+ series SEE recently as Maghra, the wife of Baba Voss, a character played by Jason Momoa. The series is currently on hiatus, as there is no plans for resuming production on Season 2 anytime soon.

Filmography
YearTitleRoleNotes
2007 The Quiet Storm Disa
2008 Two Birds Lara
2012LeavingPaulina3 episodes
World Without EndMargery
Anna KareninaVarya
2013The Fifth EstateWikileaks staffer #2
We Are the FreaksIona
2013-2015Da Vinci's DemonsVanessa Moschella25 episodes
2014Get SantaPC Boyle
Life in a FishbowlEik
2016 The Oath Anna
2017 An Ordinary Man Tanja
The Ottoman Lieutenant Lillie Rowe
2018 The Ashram Sophie
Mortal Engines Hester Shaw
The Romanoffs Ondine
2019 SEE Maghra
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References
  1. "Alltaf góðir vinir". mbl.is (in Icelandic). 22 June 2008.
  2. "Registers Iceland". Archived from the original on 2014-07-09. Retrieved 2014-09-19.
  3. Simon, Alissa (2015-05-21). "International Star You Should Know: 'Da Vinci's Demons' Actress Hera Hilmar". Variety. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
  4. "Bast No. 7". Archived from the original on 2014-10-24.
  5. "Eddan – Íslensku kvikmynda- og sjónvarpsverðlaunin". 2007. Archived from the original on 2014-09-24. Retrieved 2014-09-19.
  6. Hera Hilmar on IMDb
  7. Kroll, Justin (2017-02-07). "Newcomer Hera Hilmar Lands Female Lead in Peter Jackson's 'Mortal Engines'". Variety. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
  8. Christina Radish (2018-12-13). "Hera Hilmar on 'Mortal Engines' and the Challenge of Bringing Hester Shaw to Life". Retrieved 2019-10-30.
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