Kat Gellin

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Kat Gellin
Born
Katarina Gellin
OccupationActress, Filmmaker

Kat Gellin is a Norwegian actress and filmmaker, best known for her roles in The Inbetweeners Movie , gangster comedy film Hackney's Finest, and The Thompsons .

Life and career

Born in Norway, Katarina Gellin began acting at the age of six, when her mother took over a youth theatre group in a village outside of Oslo. By the age of fourteen, she was directing the same group before moving to the United Kingdom aged 18 to attend drama school. [1]

After winning roles in Doctors and Eastenders, Gellin made the move to film playing the role of Donna in The Inbetweeners Movie . She then went on to star in horror film, The Thompsons and Hollyoaks .

In 2015, she appeared as Amanda in the gangster comedy, Hackney's Finest. [2] The film was produced by the Oscar and BAFTA winning company, Framestore.

She plays the role of Kim in the upcoming thriller/drama feature film, Hard Tide , [3] due for release in April 2016.


Her film, Of Her I Dream [4] - which she wrote, directed and starred in - has smashed through the festival circuit in 2015 and 2016, including Aesthetica Short Film Festival, NIFF, [5] and Festival International du Film d'Aubagne [6]

She has cited Anthony Hopkins, Kristen Wiig and Jennifer Lawrence as inspirations. [1]

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  2. "Hackney's Finest IMDB".
  3. "Hard Tide, thriller/drama". IMDB.com.
  4. "Mamma Ler i Skuffen IMDB".
  5. "Mamma Ler i Skuffen NIFF".
  6. "Aubagne Film Fest". Archived from the original on 1 May 2016.