Janicke Askevold

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Janicke Askevold
Janicke Askevold, director, at the photocall for Solomamma, Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland, 11 August 2025 02.jpg
At the Locarno Film Festival, 11 August 2025
Born (1980-04-29) April 29, 1980 (age 45)
Stavanger, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
Occupation(s)film director, actress, and model

Janicke Askevold (born 29 April 1980) is a Norwegian film director, actress, and model. Askevold has acted in several notable films, including China Salesman and My Way . She also directed the 2021 film Together Alone.

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Biography

Askevold was born in Bærum, Norway. At the age of 19, she was recruited by a modelling agency, and promptly left for Milan. Askevold had her first major acting role in 2012, when she acted as Sophia in My Way . [1] In 2017, Askevold starred in the Chinese action film China Salesman , portraying the character Susanna. [2]

In 2021, Janicke Askevold released her first feature-length film, Together Alone. [3] The Norwegian Kinomagasinet rated the movie at five out of six stars, calling it a "really good Norwegian film experience, with competent actors". [4] Stavanger Aftenblad branded it a "boring bickering film". [5]

Filmography

Films as actor
Films as director
Television (series and TV movies)

References

  1. ↑ Walter, Jean-Denis. "Fana de sport, la top norvégienne aux faux airs d'Eva Herzigova navigue entre catwalks du monde entier et plateaux de cinéma". L'Équipe . Archived from the original on 1 May 2012.
  2. ↑ McNary, Dave (12 January 2018). "Film News Roundup: Mike Tyson's 'China Salesman' Bought for North America". Variety . Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  3. ↑ Vestmo, Birger (5 August 2021). "Sammen alene: Samlivsdrama med vekslende temperatur". NRK Filmpolitiet. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  4. ↑ Houg, Anne Helen (1 August 2021). "Anmeldelse: Sammen alene". Kinomagasinet. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  5. ↑ Hult, Kine (5 August 2021). "Kjedelig kranglefilm". Stavanger Aftenblad. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  6. ↑ "Solomamma". Locarno Film Festival . 8 July 2025. Retrieved 16 July 2025.


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