RIP Liv Ullmann

 

Norwegian actress and director Liv Ullmann passed away on August 11^th at the age of 87. Recognized as one of the greatest European actresses of all time, Ullmann is known as the muse and frequent collaborator of filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, whom she dated for five years. She acted in many of his films, including “Persona” (1966), “Cries and Whispers” (1972), “Scenes from a Marriage” (1973), “The Passion of Anna” (1969), and “Autumn Sonata” (1978). Ullmann won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama in 1972 for the film The Euro-western “The Emigrants” and has been nominated for another four. In 2000, she was nominated for the Palme d'Or for her second directorial feature film, “Faithless”. She had received two BAFTA Award nominations, and two nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress, for “The Emigrants” and Ingmar Bergman's “Face to Face”. On March 25, 2022, Ullmann was presented with an Honorary Academy Award in recognition of her "bravery and emotional transparency that has gifted audiences with deeply affecting screen portrayals" and earlier this year a Lifetime Achievement Award by the European Film Academy. Ullmann, beside her role in “The Emigrants” reprised her role as Kristina in 1972’s “The New Land”.