Edda Award for Best Leading Actor or Actress
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Best Leading Actor or Actress is one of the most important categories at Edda Award
. It has been given since 1999, annually.
Winners - Best Actor:
Winners - Best Actress:
Winners:
Edda Award
The Edda Award is an accolade bestowed by The Icelandic Film and Television Academy , and is the most prominent film and television award in Iceland...
. It has been given since 1999, annually.
1999-2003
From 1999 to 2003, there was one Edda Award to the best actor and other Edda Award to the best actress.Winners - Best Actor:
- 1999 - Ingvar E. Sigurðsson for Slurpurinn & Co
- 2000 - Ingvar E. Sigurðsson for Englar alheimsinsAngels of the UniverseAngels of the Universe is a 2000 Icelandic film and directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson. The leading role is played by Ingvar E. Sigurðsson, who was nominated for the European Film Awards for best acting...
- 2001 - Jón GnarrJón GnarrJón Gnarr Kristinsson is an Icelandic actor, comedian, politician and the mayor of Reykjavík, since 15 June 2010. He goes by Jón Gnarr, being an Icelander does not have a family name. He was originally named Jón Gunnar Kristinsson but legally changed his middle name in 2005, to the way his mother...
for FóstbræðurFóstbræðurFóstbræður was a comedy sketch show which premiered on the Icelandic Stöð 2 in October 1997.-Writing:The show was written by the stars themselves, Sigurjón Kjartansson, Jón Gnarr, Helga Braga Jónsdóttir, Þorsteinn Guðmundsson , Benedikt Erlingsson , Gunnar Jónsson and Hilmir Snær Guðnason... - 2002 - Gunnar Eyjólfsson for Hafið
- 2003 - Tómas LemarquisTómas LemarquisTómas Lemarquis is an Icelandic actor. He possibly best recalled for his appearance in the 2003 Icelandic film Nói Albínói.Lemarquis is the son of French actor Gérard Lemarquis and an Icelandic mother...
for Nói albínói
Winners - Best Actress:
- 1999 - Tinna GunnlaugsdóttirTinna GunnlaugsdóttirTinna Gunnlaugsdóttir is an Icelandic actress. She has appeared in twelve films since 1981. She starred in As in Heaven, which was screened out of competition at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival. She is the sister of actor Hrafn Gunnlaugsson.-External links:...
for Ungfrúin góða og húsið - 2000 - BjörkBjörkBjörk Guðmundsdóttir , known as Björk , is an Icelandic singer-songwriter. Her eclectic musical style has achieved popular acknowledgement and popularity within many musical genres, such as rock, jazz, electronic dance music, classical and folk...
for MyrkradansarinnDancer in the DarkDancer in the Dark is a 2000 Danish musical drama film directed by Lars von Trier and starring Icelandic singer Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Cara Seymour, Peter Stormare, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, and Joel Grey... - 2001 - Margrét VilhjálmsdóttirMargrét VilhjálmsdóttirMargrét Vilhjálmsdóttir is an Icelandic actress from Reykjavík.In 1994, Margrét graduated from Listaháskóli Íslands, the Icelandic Drama Academy, and worked at Reykjavík Theatre Company for several years...
for Mávahlátur - 2002 - Elva Ósk Ólafsdóttir for Hafið
- 2003 - Sigurlaug Jónsdóttir for Stormviðri
2004-2006
Since 2004, there is just one prize to best actor/actress.Winners:
- 2004 - Ingvar E. Sigurðsson for Kaldaljós
- 2005 - Ilmur Kristjánsdóttir for Stelpurnar
- 2006 - Ingvar E. Sigurðsson for MýrinJar City (film)Jar City Jar City Jar City (Icelandic: Mýrin is a 2006 Icelandic film directed by Baltasar Kormákur. It is based on Mýrin, a novel written by Arnaldur Indriðason, released in English as Tainted Blood (also released in English as Jar City)....