Petronella Barker
Actor
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).
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Filmography
The Ash Lad: In Search of the Golden Castle
as Queen Victoria 2019
Hawaii, Oslo
as Bobbie 2004
Varg Veum - The Writing on the Wall
as Sidsel 2010
Othello
as Company 1965
A Serious Game
as Mrs Von Rosen 2016
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
as Self (archive footage) 2021
Victoria
as Victoria's Mother 2013
Underdog
as Marianne 2015
Trees Grow on the Stones Too
as Signy 1985
Sweetwater
as Lisa 1988
The Blue Wolves
as Rita 1993
Gritt
as Petronella 2021
Music for Weddings and Funerals
as Helen 2002
Haram
2014
Dangerous Waters
as Marlene 1995
Thranes metode
as Mol 1998