Maria Lundqvist

Maria Lundqvist

Birth : 1963-10-14, Västra Frölunda, Västra Götalands län, Sverige

History

Swedish actress and comedian. Born in Gothenburg, Lundqvist studied acting at the Gothenburg Theatre Academy and has since been acting at various Swedish theatres, including the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm. Her breakthrough as a comedian came when she portrayed a comic character named Sally in a TV-show with the same name in 1998. She has also starred in musicals in Sweden. For her film acting, she has received two Guldbagge awards. She had a leading role in the 2015 comedy film En underbar jävla jul. She has four children, one of them is actor Anton Lundqvist.

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Maria Lundqvist

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Bröllop, begravning och dop - filmen
Michelle Seger
An independent sequel to the TV series. Here we follow the families Öhrn and Seger and take us through autumn and winter on our way to Christmas celebrations and to a New Year's Eve which inevitably means an end to the old and a beginning of something new… A film about love and death and everything in between.
I huvudet på en filmskapare
For over 20 years, film enthusiast and amateur filmmaker Anders Olofsson has worked on what quickly became his life project, "Stall-Erik och Snapphanarna". What he may lack in technical skill he makes up for with his genuine enthusiasm for the project, and perhaps this is how he has managed to convince an unbelievable roster of eighty well-known Swedish film actors to participate in this production. When he will actually finish his film, only time will tell.
A Holy Mess
Monica
A comedy about the new alternative family and how different family situations and relationships come to a head during the premier family weekend.
Calle - en larvig historia
(voice)
Calle is an inventive caterpillar who wants to learn how to fly.
Medicine
Louise
Johanna works as a journalist on a women magazine. But her boss is an idiot, her salary is ridiculous and her husband has left her for a younger woman. With a great life crisis she decided to try a new medicine.
The Quiet Game
Sassa
Three women inherit a manor from a lady called Dolores whom none of them knows. The women are complete strangers to each other, so they meet up at the neglected mansion. Unexpectedly, the big house is occupied by a 40 year old man who had lived together with Dolores for almost a decade. Christian says he doesn’t know anything about Dolores’ earlier life, and he does everything within his power to show them that the manor is morally his and that it is all a mistake. The women stay on the estate for three days, and while they are getting acquainted conflicts arise. Also, in search of the reason why they have inherited the house, it slowly dawns on one of the women what lies behind the will of Dolores (from official website).
Asa-Nisse - Welcome to Knohult
Statsministern
In Knohult things havn't changed much. Eulalia is tired of Nisse who's engaged in all sorts of inventions in his workshop or poaching in the forest rather than to repair the water pump. When Eulalia in protest begins swimming in soft drinks and water the plants with spirit Åsa-Nisse sees nothing else to do but to repair the pump. As with all his inventions he adds a few extra features ... When he starts the machine the ground rumbles and up comes oil instead of water! Now, not only Åsa-Nisse, but the whole Knohult sees their chance to become wealthy! But "Dunderpumpen", as he calles the invention, turns out to be stronger than anyone had imagined, and when shady Scanian oil magnates with support of the Swedish government wants their share of the pie Knohult declares themselves a republic...
House of Angels - Third Time Lucky
Anki Ågren
A lot happens in a small village in 15 years. People fall in love, get married, have kids and divorces. Some move, some die - in Yxared just like in other places. Zac, Fanny and her daughter Alice travels back to to the small village in Ostergotland. Alice makes them return - where does she come from, what are her roots? The question about who Fanny's dad is, arises once more. And Alice, who's her dad?
Lilla Spöket Laban: Bullar och Bång
Berättare
För fjärde gången så är det nu spökdags igen på slottet Gomorronsol där vi får följa Lilla spöket Laban, världens snällaste spöke som är rädd för mörker. Tillsammans med Lillprins Bus och Labolina så väntas nu många superläskiga äventyr för Laban.
Starring Maja
Eva
An overweight teenager girl struggles to be socially accepted.
Involuntary
Maria
In several unrelated stories, the consequences of putting one's foot down - or failing to do so - are explored.
Lilla spöket Laban: Världens snällaste spöke
Berättare
Laban och bus spelar fotboll. Laban är målvakt. Ett hårt skott från Bus flyger förbi Laban och in i mörkaste tornet. Hu! Laban måste hämta den. Han är ju så rädd för mörker. Inne i tornet svischar något och Laban ger upp ett fasansfullt skri samtidigt som han rusar ut. På huvudet har han ett litet pälsbylte. Bus plockar försiktigt bort den och lägger den lilla trasselsudden i Labans händer. Den vecklar sakta ut sig. En fladdermusunge är det! Att ta hand om en liten fladdermus är inte så lätt, vad dom än gör så ser den lilla ungen inte riktigt nöjd ut. Men så kommer dom på något som dom måste prova, fast då måste dom förstås stanna ute mitt i natten.
Rally Chicks
Eivor
Follows two girls living in Sweden in the 1960s who both dream about becoming rally drivers.
Everlasting Moments
Miss Petrén
In a time of social change and unrest, war and poverty, a young working class woman, Maria, wins a camera in a lottery. The decision to keep it alters her whole life.
Heaven's Heart
Ann
Two couples, old friends, end up in a heated debate over adultery at a dinner party.
Lilla Spöket Laban: Spökdags
Sex episoder om det lilla spöket laban som är mörkrädd.
The New Man
Solbritt
Sweden 1951. A new society is developing, a society where there is no room for the socially and mentally weak...
Lilla Spöket Laban
Berättare
Pappa spöke gör sig redo för en natts spökarbete. Han visar Laban sina hemskaste spöktongångar. Det lilla spöket vill låta skrämmande, men oavsett hur han försöker, låter han söt. Problemet är att Laban är rädd själv när han går i de mörka korridorerna.
Heartbreak Hotel
Gudrun Nyman
Elisabeth and Gudrun are two Swedish divorcées, both over 40, who meet when Elisabeth parks her car on a loading zone and is ticketed by Gudrun. Despite this shaky start, a friendship grows between the two. Elizabeth, a gynecologist, is sexy and confident. She leads the shy Gudrun through the dangerous waters of single life. But as they cavort through the dance floors and bars of Stockholm's nightlife they are led to a deeper examination of the relationships with men.
Mother of Mine
Signe Jönsson - äiti Ruotsissa
1943: Nine-year-old Eero whose father is killed during the war is brought to Sweden to foster parents to his protection like thousands of other Finnish children. Eero feels lost, particularly as his foster mother Signe behaves very unfriendly. She was expecting a little girl and still mourns for her daughter who drowned in the sea.
Paradise
Eva-Britt Qvist
Tabloid journalist Annika Bengtzon is writing about a murder in the port of Stockholm and she suspects that the Yugoslav mafia is involved. However, she also finds links to a foundation that runs a shelter for battered women, Paradiset. Looking for a good story she also meets a welfare official, Thomas, who also thinks that the foundation should be looked into. Written by Mattias Thuresson
Deadline
Eva-Britt Qvist
The Victoriastadium is totally destroyed in a bomb attack and Christina Furhage, head-responsible for the Olympic Games in Stockholm, dies with it. Why did someone destroy the stadium and why is Christina murdered? The police desperately seek for clues that will lead them to the perpetrator but without any luck. As the Olympic Games draws near the situation becomes more desperate. Annika Bengtzon, a reporter for Kvällsposten, se a connection that no one else sees and without understanding it she starts a carousel that in the end will threaten her own life.
Family Secrets
Mona Bendricks
Autumn 1978 in suburban Sweden. Everything seems to be fine with the middle class Bendrick family with their two teenage children and a younger son, until the mother starts seeing her first love again after 20 years. Just like their badly built house, the family façade starts slowly crumbling into pieces. The daughter, 15, finds her first love, and the boys too are puzzled by their own questions around adolescence and sexuality. The father tries to keep up a happy face, while the youngest son is the first and the most sensitive to realize how the family is heading towards a disaster.
The Lake
Agnes
A thriller set in a Swedish village. Lisa comes back from London to sell a house left to her by her father. He mysteriously disappeared in the forest in the winter and is presumed dead in an accident. Lisa suspects there is more to the story as her father was disliked in the village. The old hunting lodge by the lake hides a secret. When Lisa starts her search for the truth painful facts about her father, herself and the village will be revealed.
Monopoly
Stjärnan
Egil (Knut Agnred) is just an ordinary painter. But one day, when he's about to paint a fence, incredible stuff starts to happen!
En dag på stranden
Monica
Some people spend a day on a beach.
Damen i handskdisken
Sylvia
A tragicomic story about the middle-aged Agneta who is a clerk at the big department store. She is dreaming of a perfect and happy family life but is in fact lonely and oppressed by her mother. The women at work do not see through Agneta but enviously admire her happiness.