Ánne m. wigelius
Actress, singer and stage performer from Norway
Ánne M. Wigelius works as an actress in UK and Norway
Ánne’s Showreel
BIOGRAPHY
Photo by Eirin Østgårdsgjelten Sørum
Ánne Mággá Wigelius grew up in the Northern part of the country, alongside one of Norway´s biggest salmon rivers. She discovered her passion for acting playing a part in «Kautokeino Rebellion» in 2007 directed by Nils Gaup, and has been working with theatre and film ever since. She received "Drømmestipendet", a scholarship given to young talents within art and culture, and has previously worked at Beaivváš Sami National Theatre as Nikio in "Nikio and The Big Samurai " with director and choreographer Indra Lorentzen and as Ellen in "1852" with director Alex Scherpf.
After finishing a bachelor degree in acting in Norway, she was hired by the French director Philippe Genty to play the visual performance "Forget Me Not". The play toured around the world for three years and became a huge success. It was nominated to "Theatre du Palmarés" award twice in France in the categories «Prix du Spectacle Public» (Best Public Show) in 2013 and «Molière de la Création Visuelle» (Best Visual Creation) in 2014.
Ánne Mággá Wigelius has also acted in two “Nordic Noir” tv-series: “Monster” directed by Anne Sewitsky and Pål Jackman and “The River” created by Arne Berggren and Kristine Berg.
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PREVIOUS WORK
lady room
at Beaivváš Sámi national theatre
Ánne Mággá Wigelius played a queen in the performance “Lady Room” at Beaivváš Sámi National Theatre.
Photo by Per Heimly for Beaivváš Sámi National Theatre
Photo by Per Heimly for Beaivváš Sámi National Theatre in the performance “Lady Roomm”
Toured scandinavia with "caught in the middle"
Ánne Mággá danced in the Australian Dance company "Kage´s" performance "Caught In the Middle"
photo by Malin Grönborg
“The river”
““With some of Norway’s most established and respected talent behind the scenes, coupled with fresh new on-screen talent and a darker twist on the more usual Nordic Noir content, ‘Monster’ has been piquing interest ever since it went into production.””
Ánne Mággá played “Grace” in TV3´s production “The River” directed by Arne Berggren and Maggi Bergheim
from the TV-Series “Monster”
Photo by Jørgen Johansson (screenshot by Elisabeth Lusie Haugan)
"Forget Me Not"
DIRECTED BY PHILIPPE GENTY AND MARY UNDERWOOD
Photo by Akihito Abe
Ánne Mággá Wigelius toured with Philippe Genty´s and Mary Underwood´s production "Forget Me Not" for three years, from 2012 - 2015. Read more about the production here.
"DEN NYVAKSNE MANNEN"
DIRECTED BY EIRIK FAUSKE
Photo by Signe Becker
In «Den Nyvaksne Mannen» (The newly grown Man), made in corporation with scenographer Signe Becker and actresses Ánne Mággá Wigelius, Lena Jacobsen Kvitvik and Maja Bekken, the audience got to experience Eirik Fauskes distinctive playwright and a scenic room filled with naivety and expressiveness. The performance gave an insight to an industrialized and psychological education history with a beautiful energy and softness that only Eirik Fauske can capture.
"1852"
DIRECTED BY ALEX SCHERPF
Photo by Marit Anna Evanger
This performance at Beaivváš Sámi National Theater was based on a true story from 1852 known by the name «Kautokeino-Rebellion" and was created by playwriter Nils Isak Eira and director Alex Scherpf. «1852» is a true historical tradegy, well known in the whole of Sápmi in which the scars are still visible.
In the center of this play was Marit Kuorak -wife of Aslak Hætta, who lost everything she had because of the rebellion i 1852 without participating in it herself. Ánne Mággá Wigelius played one of the main characters in the play.
Beaivváš National Theater presented the performance outdoors and created an independent interpretation of the history different from Nils Gaup´s movie "Kautokeino Rebellion".
"NIKIO AND THE BIG SAMURAI"
DIRECTED BY INDRA LORENTZEN
«The debut of Ánne Mággá Wigelius is absolutely fantastic.She completes the role as the young and impatient Nikio perfectly; with joyful energy, youthful defiance and vulnerability and wonder. She has full control all way through and plays the performance as if it was the most natural thing in the whole world. Perfect for the role».
Photo by Ingun A. Mæhlum
In this performance, produced by Beaivváš Sámi National Theatre, the audience got to experience a fantasy world with mixture of Asian and Sami culture directed and choreographed by Indra Lorentzen. The play was written by the Danish writer Jesper Bræstrup Karlsen and is a story about the fight between the good and the evil, where the little girl Nikio is raised to become a skilled samurai who is put on big trials in trying to fight against injustice. Ánne Mággá Wigelius played the main character Nikio and received fantastic reviews for her interpretation of the character.
"The Kautokeino Rebellion"
DIRECTED BY NILS GAUP
The Kautokeino Rebellion is a film based on the true story of the riots in Kautokeino, Norway in 1852, in response to the Norwegian exploitation of the Sami community at that time. It is directed by Nils Gaup and was released in January 2008.
MUSIC
"GÁLLOK"
WITH NIILLAS HOLMBERG & ROOPE MÄENPÄÄ
Photo by Kjersti Feldt Anfinnsen
Ánne Mággá Wigelius did a collaboration with musician Niillas Holmberg where they wrote and arranged the song “Gállok” as a protest against mining in the Sami areas. The song was later recorded to the album “Assimilašuvdna Blues” by Niillas Holmberg & Roope Mäenpää. The music was also used in a radio documentary about mining in Gállok of BBC (at 34:21 minutes).
