Eva Melander

Eva Melander is a Swedish actress. She has appeared on stage as well as in feature films and TV series. She is known for playing a lead role as Tina in the 2018 dark fantasy drama Border.

Early life and education

Eva Melander studied at the Theatre Academy in Malmö from 1998 to 2002.[1]

Career

On stage, Melander performed in Lars Norén’s War at Riksteatern, Malin Axelsson’s Monster Cabinet at Unga Klara and Laura Ruohonen's The Great Monkey at Stockholm City Theatre. She has also participated in Timmaren with Rita at Dalateatern, and several other productions. In autumn 2010 she played in the acclaimed performance Reports #1- Animals that die at Riksteatern, written and directed by Marcus Lindeen.[1]

On television, Melander has acted in the SVT drama series Graven[1] (The Grave; 2004)[2] and Lasermannen, both directed by Mikael Marcimain, and Mästerverket, directed by Linus Tunström.[1]

She had one of the main roles in the 2010 feature film Sebbe, which won the Guldbagge Award for Best Film. She also featured in the film adaptation of The Hypnotist, directed by Lasse Hallström.[1]

Melander gained significant attention for the starring role of Tina in the 2018 dark fantasy drama Border, which was selected as the Swedish entry for the Academy Awards competition for Best Foreign Film.[3]

Melander plays the lead role as officer Hannah Webster in the 2024 Swedish Nordic noir TV series Cry Wolf (Vargasommar), [4] co-written by Oskar Soderlund and Hans Rosenfeldt.[5]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Eva Melander". Dramaten. Archived from the original on 17 October 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Graven (TV Mini Series 2004–2005)". IMDb. 4 December 2004. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  3. ^ Kohn, Eric (31 October 2018). "'Border': Eva Melander Gives the Most Astonishing Performance of the Year By Completely Burying Herself". Indiewire. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Cry Wolf (TV Series 2024– )". IMDb. 25 December 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  5. ^ Morris, Anthony (12 February 2025). "From the creator of 'The Bridge': crime thriller 'Cry Wolf'". SBS What's On. Retrieved 22 February 2025.


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