Marie Richardson

Marie Richardson represents the kind of durable, serious craft I deeply admire. Anchored at Stockholm's Royal Dramatic Theatre for decades while moving fluidly between stage, film, and television, she has built the sort of career that prizes mastery over visibility. The Litteris et Artibus medal and the Eugene O'Neill Award read like quiet confirmations of a life spent refining the work itself. I associate Nordic actors with restraint that hides real emotional pressure beneath the surface, and she seems to embody that exactly. There is something reassuring about an artist who simply keeps getting better.

Name (English)

Marie Richardson

Name (Japanese)

マリー・リチャードソン

Reading

まりー・りちゃーどそん

Born

June 6, 1959 (age 67)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Boar

Origin

Ljusdal church parish, Gävleborg County, Sweden

Occupation

stage actor / film actor / actor

Awards & achievements

• 2011 Litteris et Artibus
• 1993 Amanda Award for Best Actress
• 2020 Eugene O'Neill Award

• Official sitehttps://www.dramaten.se/medverkande/skadespelare/Richardson-Marie/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie%20Richardson
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q167106

Tags

• Gävleborg County
• stage actor
• film actor
• actor

Last updated

2026-06-21

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