Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas

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Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas
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Lilleaas in 2025
Born (1989-04-09) 9 April 1989 (age 36)
Alma mater Nord University
OccupationActress
Years active2015–present
SpouseGunnar Eiriksson

Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (born 9 April 1989) is a Norwegian actress. She gained widespread critical acclaim in 2025 for her role as Agnes Borg in Joachim Trier's Sentimental Value. Her performance earned her the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress in addition to nominations for the Golden Globe, the BAFTA Award and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

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Early life

Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas was raised in Gol, Norway. Her parents are theatre performers that ran a theatre production company. As a high school student, she lived as a foreign exchange student in Brazil, where she learned to speak Portuguese. [1] She studied theatre at Nord University and spent a semester studying at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York City.

Career

Lilleaas was nominated for the Amanda Award for Best Actress in 2015 for her film debut in Women in Oversized Men's Shirts (Kvinner i for store herreskjorter). In 2023, she starred in the Netflix musical film A Beautiful Life . In 2025, she starred as Agnes Borg in Joachim Trier's Sentimental Value , which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, for which she won the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress. [2] [3]

Personal life

She is married to actor Gunnar Eiriksson. [1]

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
2015 Amanda Award Best ActressWomen in Oversized Men's ShirtsNominated
2016 Kosmorama Best Female Actress in a Leading RoleNominated
2025 Savannah Film Festival Discovery Award Sentimental Value Honored [4]
Gotham Independent Film Awards Outstanding Supporting Performance Nominated [5]
National Board of Review Awards Best Supporting Actress Won [6]
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Supporting Performance Runner-up [a] [7]
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actress Nominated [8]
Best EnsembleNominated
Michigan Movie Critics GuildBest Supporting ActressNominated [9]
Chicago Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actress Nominated [10]
Phoenix Critics CircleBest Actress in a Supporting RoleNominated [11]
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Best Supporting Actress Runner-up [12]
St. Louis Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actress Nominated [13]
New York Film Critics Online Best Supporting Actress Won [14]
Seattle Film Critics Society Best Actress in a Supporting RoleNominated [15]
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actress 3rd place [16]
Austin Film Critics Association Best Supporting ActressNominated [17]
Online Association of Female Film CriticsBest Supporting FemaleRunner-up [b] [18]
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Best Supporting ActressNominated [19]
Georgia Film Critics Association Best Supporting ActressNominated [20]
North Texas Film Critics AssociationBest Supporting ActressNominated [21]
New Jersey Film Critics CircleBest Supporting ActressRunner-up [22]
Best Breakthrough PerformanceNominated
Alliance of Women Film Journalists Best Supporting ActressNominated [23]
2026Minnesota Film Critics AssociationBest Supporting ActressNominated [24]
Puerto Rico Critics AssociationBest Supporting ActressNominated [25]
National Society of Film Critics Best Supporting Actress Runner-up [26]
Palm Springs International Film Festival International Star AwardHonored [c] [27]
Critics' Choice Awards Best Supporting Actress Nominated [28]
Columbus Film Critics AssociationBest Supporting PerformanceNominated [29]
Astra Film Awards Best Supporting Actress – Drama Nominated [30]
Best Cast EnsembleNominated
Greater Western New York Film Critics AssociationBest Breakthrough PerformanceNominated [31]
Golden Globe Awards Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Nominated [32]
Hawaii Film Critics SocietyBest Supporting ActressNominated [33]
Music City Film Critics AssociationBest Supporting ActressNominated [34]
North Dakota Film SocietyBest Supporting ActressNominated [35]
Houston Film Critics Society Best Supporting Actress Nominated [36]
Denver Film Critics SocietyBest Supporting ActressNominated [37]
DiscussingFilm’s Global Film Critics AwardsBest Supporting Actress3rd place [38] [39]
Best Breakthrough PerformanceNominated
North Carolina Film Critics AssociationBest Supporting ActressNominated [40]
Online Film Critics Society Best Supporting Actress Nominated [41] [42]
London Film Critics' Circle Supporting Actress of the Year Pending [43]
International Cinephile SocietyBest Supporting ActressPending [44]
Latino Entertainment Journalists AssociationBest Supporting ActressPending [45]
Online Film & Television Association Best Supporting ActressPending [46]
Best Breakthrough Performance: FemalePending
Dorian Awards Supporting Film Performance of the YearPending [47]
Satellite Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role Pending [48]
Academy Awards Best Supporting Actress Pending [49]

See also

Notes

  1. Shared with Andrew Scott for Blue Moon .
  2. Tied with Amy Madigan for Weapons .
  3. Shared with Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård and Elle Fanning.

References

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