Biography for
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Date of Birth

29 May 1982, Iceland

Height

5' 4" (1.63 m)

Trivia

Studied at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and graduated 2004

Born and raised in Iceland. Moved to London at age 16 and began her pursuit of a formal education in theatre. At 19 she was accepted into the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA)

Fluent in English, with working Danish and German.

Began her acting career at nine years of age at The National Theatre of Iceland

Decided to become an actress when she was sixteen

Parents are drummer Gunnlaugur Briem of Mezzoforte and back-up vocalist Erna Þórarinsdóttir.

Special interests are travelling, encountering different cultures, reading, going to the theatre, spending time with family.

Engaged to director and actor Dean Paraskevopoulos.

Personal Quotes

[on Iceland] I try to show everybody Iceland all the time. My people are like, "Don't tell everybody the secret. It's so peaceful and beautiful here!" It's incredible; I go home and drive across country, and go to my mom's place and it's dark with the Northern Lights, and I like to sit in some hot springs.

[on plans to do any stage] I love the theater; the theater sort of raised me. So I'm quite sure I will go back to the theater. Right now I'm sort of captured in the all-consuming, fantastical world of movies.

[on living in Los Angeles ] People ask me, "What is it like?" with a negative tone. But for me, I'm surrounded by the most talented and passionate people in the industry.

[on her role in Journey to the Center of the Earth] I must have auditioned for this movie at least 25 times. This was a 4-month process. I have to check my sources on this but, I think I beat out Cameron Diaz's record for how many times she auditioned for "The Mask," with how many times I auditioned for this movie