Monster
Hedda Hersoug
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From Norwegian stages to The Tunnel and Kraken
A Norwegian actor whose career spans stage productions, television drama and film.
Harstad, Norway
Ingvild Holthe Bygdnes is a Norwegian actor born in Harstad. She trained in acting at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts before working across theatre, film and television.
Her early stage work at Nordland Teater included the title roles in Hedda Gabler and Timene med Rita. She later worked with Oslo Nye Teater in productions including Cabaret and Min briljante venninne.
On television she played investigator Hedda Hersoug in the crime series Monster. Her performance as Andrea in the disaster film The Tunnel earned the 2020 Amanda Award for supporting actress.
In Kraken (2026), Bygdnes plays Henriette in a Norwegian monster film set around a fjord. The cast also includes Sara Khorami and Mikkel Bratt Silset.
The list below shows films currently available on FLM.RED, not her complete filmography.
Hedda Hersoug
Andrea
Henriette
Performance readings are FLM.RED editorial interpretation.
Titles in this collection; not a complete filmography.
Portrait illustration: FLM.RED.