Margareta Pettersson

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Acting

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Gender

Female

Birthday

06-Oct-1955

Age

(71 years old)

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Margareta Pettersson

Biography

Margareta Pettersson is a Swedish actress who plays with Matt Damon in the feature film Downsizing, directed by Oscar-winning director Alexander Payne. Margareta plays the major supporting role of Solveig Edvardsen. She has scenes with Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau and Rolf Lassgård. Margareta has more than thirty years experience as an actress. She is known for always being very true in her roles, a strong presence on screen and she is also known as a comedienne. She has worked with director Ingmar Bergman in his feature films Fanny and Alexander and Face to Face. Bergman gave Margareta compliments for her natural and true presence on screen. She also worked with Lasse Hallström in his feature film Tuppen. In 2021 in Swedish Short Film Festival Margareta wins Audience Favorite for her own short film Tissel Tassel. She plays the shaman woman in the international TV-series Epic Warrior Women in 2019. Margareta Pettersson is producer, director, and screenwriter, and plays the main role in her own short film Mötet, which was nominated for Best Short Film in SM in Minute Film at Swedish Short film Festival 2019. She was nominated for Best Swedish Female Actor in Luleå International Film Festival in 2019 for her main role in the Short film Alma 2. She won Prize of Honour at the Movie Festival in Poland 2019. Her Short Film Alma Another Day. Meeting and Alma 1 was selected in Luleå International Film Festival in 2020. She plays the main role as Mother in the Swedish Short Film The Tyrant which won prize as Best Swedish Short Film in Luleå International Film Festival in 2020.


Credits

Vargens tid Vargens tid (1988) Character: N/A
The young nobleman Inge is riding through Sweden, looking for his twin brother, Arild. He meets a group of gypsies who welcome him. They met Arild earlier and believe that the brother is Arild. Inge falls in love with the mysterious girl Isis.
Lust Lust (1994) Character: N/A
The restaurateur and womanizer Jerrie meets the guest Sara. A passionate but stormy relationship begins. Sara is not like the other women Jerrie has met. Soon Sara is the boss.
Paketet Paketet (2006) Character: Cashier
Richard is a tormented young man who has a long distance relationship with his girlfriend. One day he decides to surprise her with a visit. Unfortunately he can't afford the plane ticket. But he has a plan.
Blackout Blackout (2014) Character: Mickes mamma
Sanna (Nathalie Bloom) a rocker girl who is stuck in her old high school life with her boyfriend Micke (Lars Sandberg) who rather hangs out with his friend Latino (Robert Isberg) than spends time with her. Sanna works as a personal assistant to Lisbeth (Anna Almroth). Lisbeth's son Mårten (Michael Hamory) is a nerd who has a crush on Sanna. One day Mårten has an accident and everything changes.
Jag är min egen Jag är min egen (2014) Character: Lena
Crime-drama about a drifting drug dealer on the run in the Swedish countryside, who ends up with a baby on his hands.
Hassel - Beskyddarna Hassel - Beskyddarna (1986) Character: N/A
The criminal police is investigating a criminal gang blackmailing restaurant owners.
Ansikte mot ansikte Ansikte mot ansikte (1976) Character: Girlfriend (uncredited)
A psychiatrist temporarily separated from her family begins to experience severe psychological distress while working at a mental hospital and returning to her childhood home. As her professional responsibilities and personal relationships intersect, she undergoes a breakdown that forces her to confront long-suppressed memories and fears. (Note: This entry refers to the 1976 theatrical feature film (approximately 135 minutes), created by condensing and re-editing the four-part Swedish television miniseries originally produced the same year.)
Morrhår och ärtor Morrhår och ärtor (1986) Character: Ullabritt
Life isn't easy for the indecisive 40-year-old Claes-Henrik. Should he choose his mom or his girlfriend?
Långt borta och nära Långt borta och nära (1976) Character: Patient (uncredited)
Mania is a new employee at a mental hospital, where she meets a young man with mutism. He gets her to realize that it is a fluid boundary between being healthy and being regarded as sick.
Hip hip hora! Hip hip hora! (2004) Character: Headmaster
A teenager's reputation is destroyed when she falls asleep drunk at a party and some boys take provocative photos of her.
Joker Joker (1991) Character: N/A
Nicke loves practical jokes. When his best friend Pelle is getting married, Nicke is hosting the bachelor party. It will start with the kidnapping of Pelle. Everything goes wrong when Pelle is kidnapped for real by a terrorist group.
Dödlig drift Dödlig drift (1999) Character: N/A
A present-day thriller about a man with a needle in his brain. This needle poisons his mind and tortures him with morbid thoughts and an urge to kill. When he finally commits a murder there is a witness, who is drawn into a deadly game of cat and mouse...
Sjön Sjön (1999) Character: N/A
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.
Kungen av Atlantis Kungen av Atlantis (2019) Character: Grannen Ylva
Samuel is the primary carer for his father - a paranoid schizophrenic. A chance encounter with a young woman disrupts their carefully constructed world and leads Samuel to question the kind of man that he would like to be.
Nånting måste gå sönder Nånting måste gå sönder (2014) Character: Colleague (uncredited)
A gritty story taking place in Stockholm, about the passionate love between the self-abusive Sebastian who wants to be a woman, and the easy-going Andreas who is certainly not gay.
Jag är elden Jag är elden (2024) Character: Läkare
The time of change is on the threshold for fifty-three-year-old Kaj, who recently has started to question his authority as Sensei. After a workplace accident, Kaj is forced to find a way out of the past and a way into the present.
Dödspolare Dödspolare (1985) Character: Woman in the attic
A man wakes up in his apartment after a wild party. His best buddy comes by. They find a woman on the couch showing no signs of life.
Ormens väg på hälleberget Ormens väg på hälleberget (1986) Character: Granne (uncredited)
A salesman and his son sexually abuse several generations of an indigent family's women as payment for debt. Janni must see his mother, sister, niece and wife all being exploited, and the family grow with the abuser's kids.
Drömmar om Las Vegas Drömmar om Las Vegas (2021) Character: Maj-Gull Johansson
In post apocalyptic Sweden, Elin longs to escape her life as a stripper at a local club. When she meets the troubled musician Erland, who at first glance seems to be her ticket out of there, she has no idea that her life is about to turn into a nightmarish fight for survival.
Flimmer Flimmer (2012) Character: Berit
There is something going on in the small town of Backberga. The towns proud telecom company Unicom is just about to launch a new modern profile when they discover that there is something lurking in the outskirts of Backberga. An accident triggers a power failure, which leads to a chain of events,mishaps and love stories. Flicker is a warm comic story about people trying to find their place within the modern society.
SOPOR SOPOR (1981) Character: N/A
One Monday morning, a thousand children leave the suburb of Farsta and go to Stockholm to occupy the Royal Castle. The children have formed a group called S.O.P.O.R. as a protest against the way adults treat them and have destroyed their future. They demand that the robots in the industry are replaced by humans to create job opportunities. They take the royal family as hostages.
Tuppen Tuppen (1981) Character: N/A
In 1944, Cederqvist comes to a small cloth factory to see how the all-women employees can work more efficiently. At the beginning he is greeted with suspicion and his efforts at courting the young ladies are futile. But as soon as he buys himself a car it becomes much easier, especially since he has the power to relocate people to an easier line of work. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Downsizing Downsizing (2017) Character: Solveig Edvardsen
A kindly occupational therapist undergoes a new procedure to be shrunken to four inches tall so that he and his wife can help save the planet and afford a nice lifestyle at the same time.
Mina drömmars stad Mina drömmars stad (1976) Character: N/A
Young Henning and his friends are struggling to stay alive in 19th century Stockholm, where he has ended up in search of employment. In the harsh city, he and his friends dream of the good life while struggling for their survival.



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