Thea Stabell née Dorothea Jessie Pierstorff, is a Norwegian

Norway

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 actress. Stabell's mother was American, and her father worked for the Foreign Service. As a result she had a nomadic lifestyle growing up, living in both the United States

United States

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, France

France

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 and Belgium

Belgium

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. She graduated from the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre

Norwegian National Academy of Theatre

The Norwegian National Academy of Theatre was established as a three-year theater-education in 1953, under the name of Statens teaterskole.The school was given collegiate status in 1982...

 in 1964, and had her début the same year in the play Boyfriend at Oslo Nye Teater

Oslo Nye Teater

Oslo Nye Teater in Oslo is one of Norway's most visited theatres.The theatre opened in 1959 as a merge between Det Nye Teater and Folketeatret, and consists of four stages; Oslo Nye Hovedscenen, Oslo Nye Centralteatret, Oslo Nye Trikkestallen and Oslo Nye Caféscenen.-External links:*...

. She has since acted both at Torshovteatret, Hålogaland Teater

Hålogaland Teater

Hålogaland Teater is a regional theatre serving the region of Nord-Norge, the northernmost of Norway. When established in 1971, it was the first regional theatre in Norway, and the first professional theatre in Nord-Norge. Many of its productions are staged in the regional Norwegian dialects...

 and 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...

 (the National Theatre), while all the while working as an instructor at Teaterhøyskolen. In 2006 she was hired as a professor here, as the first of her kind with an acting background, not an academic one.

Among the general public Stabell is best remembered for her role as "Ingrid Femte" in the 1972 comedy Norske byggeklosser. She has also acted in other well-known Norwegian movies, such as Balladen om mestertyven Ole Høiland (1970) and Mannen som ikke kunne le (1968), and more recently also in TV-series, among these "Seks som oss" (2005–2007) and "Ved kongens bord" (2005). Stabell is married and has one daughter.

Select filmography

Year	Title	Role
1968	Mannen som ikke kunne le	Nurse
1970	Balladen om mestertyven Ole Høiland	Barbro Aslesdatter
1972	"Fleksnes Fataliteter Fleksnes Fataliteter Fleksnes Fataliteter, better known by its shortened title Fleksnes, was a Norwegian television comedy series produced between 1972 and 2002, based on Galton and Simpson's scripts for the British series Hancock's Half Hour.-History:... " (TV) – Blodgiveren (#1.1)	Nurse
1972	Norske byggeklosser	Ingrid Femte
1983	Prima Veras saga om Olav den hellige	Saved lady
1989	Showbiz - eller hvordan bli kjendis på en-to-tre!	Jazzfreaker
2005	"Ved kongens bord" (TV)	Nora Holst
2007	"Kodenavn Hunter" (TV)	Anne Marie Kildal
2005–2007	"Seks som oss" (TV)	Berit

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