Cissi Wallin

Cissi Wallin in August 2013

Cecilia "Cissi" Wallin (born 12 March 1985) is a Swedish actress, television and radio personality. ^[1]

Biography

Wallin was born in Uddevalla to Polish parents. ^[2] She made her film debut in 2005 with the role as the character Millan in the Ulf Malmros film Tjenare kungen . ^[3] She also had a role in the film Sommaren med Göran alongside David Hellenius. She has also been a presenter for the Radio1 radio station. ^[4] She also operates the C. Wallin Production A/S media company along with Daniel Breitholtz.

Defamation case

During #MeToo, Wallin claimed on Instagram that journalist Fredrik Virtanen raped her in 2006, which she reported to police in 2011, where he was not prosecuted due to difficulties to prove the case. In December 2019, Wallin was sentenced by the Stockholm District Court to probation and made to pay over 110,000 SEK in damages for grave defamation. Wallin said she would appeal the conviction. ^{[5] [6]}

The case centered around the Swedish defamation law, where even if a story is true it can be considered defamatory if there is not enough public interest in its publication.

Wallin's legal case has drawn international attention. In 2022, after her conviction, The New York Times published an article about Wallin and Sweden's "MeToo" movement. ^[6]

Svea Court of Appeal upheld the decision in 2022. ^[7]

Filmography

• 2005 – Tjenare Kungen
• 2009 – Sommaren med Göran – En midsommarnattskomedi

References

1. Cissi Wallin svensk filmdatabas Archived 4 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 7 November 2015
2. Wallin, Cissi (12 March 2022). "CISSI WALLIN: Östeuropas kvinnor vet hur man kämpar för frihet". Expressen. Archived from the original on 13 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
3. Eriksson, Gustaf (30 November 2012). "Cissi Wallin: Jag var nära att bli Lisbeth Salander". Metro. Archived from the original on 22 November 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
4. "Cissi Wallin". Radio1. Archived from the original on 21 November 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
5. Kudo, Per (9 December 2019). "Cissi Wallin döms för grovt förtal – tar inte bort inlägg". Svenska Dagbladet. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
6. Jenny Nordberg (15 March 2022). "The Case That Killed #MeToo in Sweden". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 15 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
7. "Hovrätten slår fast fällande dom mot Cissi Wallin i förtalsmål". 25 October 2022.

External links

• Media related to Cissi Wallin at Wikimedia Commons