Gisken Armand Lillo-Stenberg (born 26 November 1962) is a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 actress. She is the daughter of actor Eilif Armand, and sister of Merete Armand and Frøydis Armand

Frøydis Armand

Frøydis Armand is a Norwegian actress. She is the daughter of actor Eilif Armand, and sister of Merete Armand and Gisken Armand, both actresses. She has been working at Nationaltheatret since 1972, acting in plays such as Henrik Ibsen's Little Eyolf, and Shakespeares Othello...

, both actresses. She debued on stage at the age of fourteen, at Den Nationale Scene

Den Nationale Scene

Den Nationale Scene is the largest theatre in Bergen, Norway. Den Nationale Scene is also one of the oldest permanent theatre in Norway.-History:...

, and has been working at Nationaltheatret

Nationaltheatret

The National Theatre in Oslo is one of Norway's largest and most prominent venues for performance of dramatic arts.The theatre had its first performance on 1 September 1899 but can trace its origins to Christiania Theatre, which was founded in 1829...

 since 1988. There she has performed in plays such as Henrik Ibsen

Henrik Ibsen

Henrik Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of prose drama" and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre...

's A Doll's House

A Doll's House

A Doll's House is a three-act play in prose by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It premièred at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 21 December 1879, having been published earlier that month....

and Anton Chekhov

Anton Chekhov

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician, dramatist and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics...

's Three Sisters

Three Sisters (play)

Three Sisters is a play by Russian author and playwright Anton Chekhov, perhaps partially inspired by the situation of the three Brontë sisters, but most probably by the three Zimmermann sisters in Perm...

. She has also played in several movies, such as Insomnia

Insomnia (1997 film)

Insomnia is a 1997 Norwegian thriller film about a police detective investigating a murder in a town located above the Arctic Circle. The investigation goes horribly wrong when he mistakenly shoots his partner and subsequently attempts to cover up his bungle...

(1997) and Evas Øye (1999), as well as roles in television, in series like "Fox Grønland" (2001) and "Kodenavn Hunter" (2007).

Armand is married to Ole Lillo-Stenberg, brother of musician Lars Lillo-Stenberg

Lars Lillo-Stenberg

Lars Lillo-Stenberg is a Norwegian rock musician. He is the man behind the Norwegian band deLillos, but he also played in The Last James and still plays in the band Young Neils. He has also recorded many solo albums. He is the son of the actors Per Lillo-Stenberg and Mette Lange-Nilsen. He grew up...

, and the couple has two children.

Select filmography

• Kristin Lavransdatter (1995)
• Insomnia
  Insomnia (1997 film)
  Insomnia is a 1997 Norwegian thriller film about a police detective investigating a murder in a town located above the Arctic Circle. The investigation goes horribly wrong when he mistakenly shoots his partner and subsequently attempts to cover up his bungle...
  
  (1997)
• Evas øye (1999)
• Ti kniver i hjertet (1994)
• Den som frykter ulven (2004)
• "Ved kongens bord" (TV, 2005)
• "Kodenavn Hunter" (TV, 2007)
• "Størst av alt" (TV, 2007)

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