Melinda Kinnaman

What draws me to Melinda Kinnaman is how far she has come since debuting at thirteen as the tomboy Saga in Lasse Hallström's My Life as a Dog. Born in Stockholm in 1971, she belongs to a generation that has nothing left to prove on screen, and her 2014 Litteris et Artibus honor tells me her country values her craft beyond mere celebrity. I tend to trust performers recognized by institutions rather than tabloids; it usually signals a stage discipline you can feel even through a camera. She strikes me as the kind of working actor whose presence rewards patient, repeated viewing rather than instant fame.

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Name (English)

Melinda Kinnaman

Name (Japanese)

メリンダ・キナマン

Reading

めりんだ・きなまん

Born

November 9, 1971 (age 54)

Origin

Västerled, Stockholm County, Sweden

Occupation

actor / film actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Boar

Awards & achievements

• 2014 Litteris et Artibus

• Official sitehttps://www.dramaten.se/medverkande/skadespelare/Kinnaman-Melinda/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melinda%20Kinnaman
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%8A%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4958871

Tags

• Stockholm County
• actor
• film actor

Last updated

September 28, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.