Thea Sofie Loch Næss

Norwegian actress (born 1996)

Thea Sofie Loch Næss
Born	(1996-11-26) 26 November 1996 (age 27) Kristiansand, Agder, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2014–present
Notable work	The Last Kingdom

Thea Sofie Loch Næss (born 26 November 1996, Kristiansand) is a Norwegian actress.

Biography

She started acting at the age of 8. She played a leading role in Eirik Svensson’s coming-of-age film 'One Night in Oslo' in 2013,^[1] which premiered in April 2014.^[1] In 2014 Næss was studying drama at the Hartvig Nissens school in Oslo.^[1] She played the role of Thea in Dryads in 2015. She played the role of the king's daughter Christina of Norway in The Last King which premiered in 2016.^[2] In 2016 she was cast in a pilot for a new HBO series (Mogadishu, Minnesota) that ultimately wasn't picked up.^[3]^[4] In 2018 she took the role of villain Skade in the third series of The Last Kingdom on Netflix,^[5] and played Bergliot in Episode Six of Saving the Human Race on CW Seed.^[6]

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Natt til 17	Thea
2014	High Point	Benedicte	Short film
2015	Polaroid	Linda	Short film
2015	Dryads - Girls Don't Cry	Thea
2016	The Last King	Kristina
2017	Som om himmelen revna	Thea	Short film
2018	Jeg kom ikke hit for å danse	Aurora	Short film
2019	Tyger Tyger	Emerald
2020	Da du dro	Sarah
2020	Good Luck	Helene	Short film
2021	Delete Me	Marit
2022	Arctic Void	Lucy
2022	Gjensyn	Tyra	Short film
2023	A Happy Day	Ingvild

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	Cista del Konsgvik	Alma
2016	Mogadishu, Minnesota	Lacy	Television film
2017	Unge lovende
2018	The Last Kingdom	Skade
2018	Wisting	Linnea Kaupang
2019–2020	Hjerteslag	Mio
2022	A Storm for Christmas	Sara	Netflix series
TBA	So Long, Marianne	Marianne Ihlen	Television series^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Margrethe Miljeteig (2014-04-04). "Thea (17) er Norges nye filmstjerne" (in Norwegian). TV2. Retrieved 2014-04-09.
^ NTB-GITTE JOHANNESSEN (2016-02-10). "Nils Gaup: Kom i mål med sin Birkebeiner" (in Norwegian). DAGBLADET FINNMARKEN AS OG FINNMARK DAGBLAD AS. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
^ "'Mogadishu, Minnesota' Pilot from K'naan Warsame & Kathryn Bigelow Not Going Forward at HBO". September 2017.
^ Denise Petski (2016-10-14). "'Mogadishu, Minnesota': Thea Sofie Loch Næss Cast In HBO Drama Pilot". deadline.com, Penske Business Media, LLC. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
^ Debnath, Neela (2018-09-25). "The Last Kingdom season 3 cast: Who is playing Skade? Who is Thea Sofie Loch Naess?". Retrieved 2019-02-10.
^ End credits of Saving the Human Race Episode Six
^ Jesse Whittock, "‘So Long, Marianne’: Alex Wolff To Play Leonard Cohen As Crave Boards NRK Drama Series". Deadline Hollywood, April 13, 2023.