Hildegun Riise

Hildegun Riise is a Norwegian actress.

Hildegun Riise was born in 1958, and completed The National Academy of Theatre, Oslo in 1986. The same year she started working for The Norwegian Theatre, where she has worked since.

She has played classical roles such as Queen Clytemnestra in Iphigeneia at Aulis, and Arkadina in Chekhov's The Seagull (2003), but also modern female characters of contemporary drama, such as the woman in Jon Fosse's Beautiful (2001), Anna in Angerhøy (2005)  and Sara Osen in Kjartan Fløgstad's Evig varer lengst* (Eternity lasts the longest, 2000).

She has had musical roles, such as Hodel in Fiddler on the roof (1987) and Pontius Pilate in Jesus Christ Superstar (2009).

Hildegun Riise played Michael J. in Neverland (2010), the mother in Jon Fosse's The Name (2011) and Dr. Gertrude Ladenburger in 33 Variations (2012).

*Not yet translated into English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.