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.
Movie Appearances
The Bothersome Man
as Anne Britt
2006
In Sickness and in Health
as Miss Fisher
1975
Knockback: 2
as Visitor
1985
Varg Veum - The Writing on the Wall
as Sidsel
2010
Havet stiger
as Susanne
1990
Trees Grow on the Stones Too
as Signy
1985
Music for Weddings and Funerals
as Helen
2002
Victoria
as Victoria's Mother
2013
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
as Self (archive footage)
2021
The 7 Deadly Sins
2000
Ole Aleksander Filibom-bom-bom
as Tante Lissi
1998
Haram
2014
Underdog
as Marianne
2015
Sweetwater
as Lisa
1988
A Serious Game
as Mrs Von Rosen
2016
Dangerous Waters
as Marlene
1995
Fountain of Youth
as Acting Coach
2017
Hawaii, Oslo
as Bobbie
2004
Gåten Knut Hamsun
as Dagny
1996
The Blue Wolves
as Rita
1993
