Petronella Barker

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.

Known For

The Bothersome Man

as Anne Britt

The Ash Lad: In Search of the Golden Castle

as Queen Victoria

Hawaii, Oslo

as Bobbie

Varg Veum - The Writing on the Wall

as Sidsel

Othello

as Company

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

as Self (archive footage)

A Serious Game

as Mrs Von Rosen

The Architect

as Katharina

Victoria

as Victoria's Mother

Underdog

as Marianne