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Film · Television · Theatre · 1989 — present

Sara
Sommerfeld

Sara Sommerfeld is an award-winning multilingual Swedish actress with more than three decades of experience across film, television and theatre. She has appeared in over 50 leading roles and is known for her ability to move fluidly between genres and languages.

A graduate of the Swedish Theatre Academy in Gothenburg (1997–2001), she gained national recognition opposite Alexander Skarsgård in Wings of Glass, earning Best Actress at the Nordic Film Festival in Haugesund and a Guldbagge nomination for Best Actress.

Most recently she performed the solo show Show Bizniz on the Main Stage of Sweden's Royal Dramatic Theatre — broadcast on SVT in 2025. She has also been chosen to perform at the Swedish Teaterbiennalen in Örebro with Lars Norén's Modet att döda.

Sara Sommerfeld
Awarded

Best Actress — Nordic Film Festival, Haugesund
Guldbagge nomination for Best Actress

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Film
  • The Best Intentions / Den goda viljan Dir: Bille August
  • Wings of Glass / Vingar av glas Lead · Dir: Reza Bagher
  • Tsatsiki — Friends Forever Dir: Eddie Thomas Petersen
  • LasseMajas Detektivbyrå — Stella Nostra Dir: Walter Söderlund / Pontus Klänge
  • Noll Tolerans Dir: Anders Nilsson
  • Kaninmannen Dir: Stig Larsson
  • Maskrosbarn TV Movie · Dir: Marianne Ahrne
  • Ghabe Dir: Marcus Castro
  • Ankdammen Dir: Robert Andersson
  • Cloudboy Belgian/Swedish · Dir: Meikeminne Clinckspoor
  • Shop Dir: Jesper Klevenås
  • Heartbeat / Hjärtslag Short · Dir: Martin Lima de Faria
  • Ungdomens förförare Short · Dir: Björne Larsson
  • Dani Short · Dir: Disa Östrand
  • Maria Short · Dir: Johanna Paulsdotter
Television
  • Beck — The Lawyer Dir: Kjell Sundvall
  • Inga Lindström — Das Hochzeitskleid German TV Series · Dir: Tom Zenker
  • LasseMajas Detektivbyrå — Skuggor över Valleby Dir: Walter Söderlund / Pontus Klänge
  • LasseMajas Detektivbyrå — Von Broms hemlighet Dir: Walter Söderlund / Pontus Klänge
  • Mammor! TV Series · Dir: David Sundin
  • Gustafsson 3 tr TV Series · Dir: Kjell Sundvall
  • Umeå4ever Dir: Geir Greni
  • Babas bilar Dir: Rafael Edholm
  • Göta kanal 3 TV Film · Dir: Christian Wegner
  • Livet i Fagervik TV Series · Dir: Kjell Sundvall
  • Hem till Midgård TV Series · Dir: Ragnar Eklund
  • En decemberdröm TV Series · Dir: Tomas Alfredsson
  • Vänner och fiender TV Series · Dir: Göran Parkrud
  • Bota mig! TV Mini-Series · Dir: Joachim Siegård
  • Orka! Orka! TV Series · Dir: Marcus Olsson

Training

  • 1997–2001 The Swedish Theatre Academy, Gothenburg — Bachelor of Arts, 4 years
  • 2017–18 Alma Manusutbildning — Full-time education in scriptwriting, 300 YHP
  • 2017–18 Stockholm University of the Arts / Filmbasen — Advanced course in film directing
  • 2019 Stockholm University of the Arts / SVT — Writing TV series
  • 2019 Workshop — Acting for TV series, Elisabet Sevholt
  • 2016 Workshop — Emmy awarded casting director Nancy Bishop
  • 2016 Masterclass — Acting coach Dee Cannon
  • 2015 Stockholm University of the Arts — Masterclass in storytelling, Michał Leszczyłowski
  • 2016 Manuspiloterna — Basic scriptwriting, Fredrik Lindqvist / Kurt Öberg

Awards & Recognition

  • Best Actress — Nordic Film Festival in Haugesund (NNF)
  • Guldbagge nomination — Best Actress in leading role
  • 2015 Micael Bindefeld Foundation — Scholarship in memory of the Holocaust
  • 2019 The Swedish Arts Grants Committee — Scholarship
  • 2020 The Swedish Theatre Union — Scholarship
  • Teaterbiennalen Örebro — Selected to perform Modet att döda by Lars Norén

"Sommerfeld is a sensation as Nazli, a part that keeps her onscreen almost the whole time."

Variety

"It's wonderfully refreshing to see Sara use the whole range, from anger to grief, in her battles with the surroundings. She is exceptional."

Svenska Dagbladet
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