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 27 December 1988 Reykjavík, Iceland
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1995–present

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.

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.[6][7]

She starred in the Apple TV+ series SEE recently as Maghra, the wife of Baba Voss, a character played by Jason Momoa. On September 17, 2020, it was announced that the show would resume filming on October 14, 2020.[8]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	The Quiet Storm	Disa
2008	Two Birds	Lara
2012	Leaving	Paulina	3 episodes
	World Without End	Margery
	Anna Karenina	Varya
2013	The Fifth Estate	Wikileaks staffer #2
	We Are the Freaks	Iona
2013-2015	Da Vinci's Demons	Vanessa Moschella	25 episodes
2014	Get Santa	PC Boyle
	Life in a Fishbowl	Eik
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
2020	Óskin	Halla	Short
	Svar við bréfi Helgu	Helga	Filming

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. Kroll, Justin (2017-02-07). "Newcomer Hera Hilmar Lands Female Lead in Peter Jackson's 'Mortal Engines'". Variety. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
7. Christina Radish (2018-12-13). "Hera Hilmar on 'Mortal Engines' and the Challenge of Bringing Hester Shaw to Life". Retrieved 2019-10-30.
8. "'See': Apple TV+'s Jason Momoa Drama To Resume Production In Toronto In October". Deadline. 17 September 2020.

External links

• Hera Hilmar at IMDb