Margareta Pettersson

Born: 1955-10-06

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.


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Downsizing

as Solveig Edvardsen
Released: 2017-12-22

A kindly occupational therapist undergoes a new procedure to be shrunken to four inches tall so...

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Face to Face

as Girlfriend (uncredited)
Released: 1976-04-05

Dr. Jenny Isaksson is a psychiatrist whose temporary position at a mental hospital offers only...

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Joker

as uncredited
Released: 1991-11-01

Nicke loves practical jokes. When his best friend Pelle is getting married, Nicke is hosting the...

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The Ketchup Effect

as Headmaster
Released: 2004-01-30

A teenager's reputation is destroyed when she falls asleep drunk at a party and some boys take...

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The Serpent's Way

as Granne (uncredited)
Released: 1986-12-25

A salesman and his son sexually abuse the generations of women of a poor family as payment for...

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Something Must Break

as Colleague (uncredited)
Released: 2014-03-28

A gritty story taking place in Stockholm, about the passionate love between the self-abusive...

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The Rooster

as uncredited
Released: 1981-09-04

In 1944, Cederqvist comes to a small cloth factory to see how the all-women employees can work...

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SOPOR

as uncredited
Released: 1981-03-21

One Monday morning, a thousand children leave the suburb of Farsta and go to Stockholm to occupy...

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King of Atlantis

as Grannen Ylva
Released: 2019-03-01

Samuel is the primary carer for his father - a paranoid schizophrenic. A chance encounter with a...

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City of My Dreams

as uncredited
Released: 1976-10-29

Young Henning and his friends are struggling to stay alive in 19th century Stockholm, where he...

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Peas & Whiskers

as Ullabritt
Released: 1986-02-07

Life isn't easy for the indecisive 40-year-old Claes-Henrik. Should he choose his mom or his...

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Flicker

as Berit
Released: 2012-09-20

There is something going on in the small town of Backberga. The towns proud telecom company...

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Time of the Wolf

as uncredited
Released: 1988-01-01

The young nobleman Inge is riding through Sweden, looking for his twin brother, Arild. He meets...

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The Lake

as uncredited
Released: 1999-01-29

A thriller set in a Swedish village. Lisa comes back from London to sell a house left to her by...

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Near and Far Away

as Patient (uncredited)
Released: 1976-11-08

Mania is a new employee at a mental hospital, where she meets a young man with mutism. He gets...

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Deadly Drift

as uncredited
Released: 1999-03-12

A present-day thriller about a man with a needle in his brain. This needle poisons his mind and...

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Dödspolare

as Woman in the attic
Released: 1985-03-22

A man wakes up in his apartment after a wild party. His best buddy comes by. They find a woman...

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I Am My Own

as Lena
Released: 2014-04-24

Crime-drama about a drifting drug dealer on the run in the Swedish countryside, who ends up with...

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I Am the Fire

as Läkare
Released: 2024-01-28

The time of change is on the threshold for fifty-three-year-old Kaj, who recently has started to...

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The Gift

as Cashier
Released: 2006-01-27

Richard is a tormented young man who has a long distance relationship with his girlfriend. One...

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Dreams of Las Vegas

as Maj-Gull Johansson
Released: 2021-10-30

In post apocalyptic Sweden, Elin longs to escape her life as a stripper at a local club. When...

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Blackout

as Mickes mamma
Released: 2014-01-03

Sanna (Nathalie Bloom) a rocker girl who is stuck in her old high school life with her boyfriend...

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Barna Hedenhös uppfinner julen

as Grannkvinna
First aired: 2013-12-01

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Julkalendern

as Granne
First aired: 1960-11-27

An annual Swedish Christmas calendar television series.

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Småstaden

as Polischef
First aired: 2017-08-27

Småstaden is about the small town of Larstad (like Karlstad, but Lars) where Sweden's youngest...

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