Lo Kauppi

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Lo Kauppi
Lo Kauppi (cropped).jpg
Kauppi in 2011
Born (1970-04-19) 19 April 1970 (age 54)
Skärholmen, Sweden
Occupation(s)Actress
Theater Director
Television Host
Years active1998–present
Known forThe Parasite (2005) [1]
The New Man (2007) [1]
False Trail (2011) [1]
Real Humans (2014)
Website LoKauppi.se

Lo Marianne Kauppi (born 19 April 1970) is a Swedish film and theater actress, director, and television presenter. She has a successful career in theater, including performances at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm. Kauppi has also had several acting roles in Swedish films.

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Early life

Kauppi was born on 19 April 1970 in Skärholmen, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden. [2] In her early 20s—during her studies to become a hairdresser in London—she became addicted to drugs. [3] [4] She also suffered from an eating disorder. [5]

Career

After treatment for her addictions, she attended the Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting in Stockholm to study theater between 1999 and 2003. [6] [7] Since 1997, Kauppi has performed in several theater, television and movie productions. She has played at Sweden's national Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm in such plays as Jösses flickor – Återkomsten ("Oh, Girls – the Return") in 2006 and in Hamlet in 2007 as Ophelia. [8]

In 2009, she toured in the stand-up show Undercover with dancer Anna Vnuk. In 2003–05, she toured with the biographical solo show Bergsprängardottern som exploderade ("The Mountain Blaster Daughter Who Exploded"), which was later published as a book. [9] In 2010, she debuted as a director in the play Bergsprängardöttrar at the National Swedish Touring Theatre. [9] [10] She wrote the script for the play, based on conversations with interns and caregivers, at the correctional facilities in Hinseberg and Ystad. [8] [10] The same year she participated in the Sveriges Radio program På jakt efter kvinnan ("Searching For Woman"), a show about female orgasm and sex. [11] In 2011 she acted in the film False Trail , [1] opposite Peter Stormare and Rolf Lassgård, playing the character Johanna Lager, a gun expert. [12]

In 2005, Kauppi was a presenter for the radio show Flipper broadcast on Sveriges Radio. [13] Kauppi is the co-writer of the book Hemlös ("Homeless") and the anthology Tala om klas. In 2012, she co-presented and was the focus of the SVT show Dom kallar oss skådisar ("They Call Us Actors"). [14] In 2015, she acted in the play Vita kränkta män ("White Offended Men"). [4] In March 2015, the documentary film Ta plats – en film om Lo Kauppi had its premiere at Tempofestivalen in Stockholm. [15] The documentary charts Kauppi's life and achievements. [15]

Kauppi was the singer and guitarist of the feminist punk band Vagina Grande until they disbanded. Other band members included film director Mia Engberg and Left Party politician Josefin Brink. [16]

Family

Kauppi is married to actor Figge Norling and the couple have a son. [1] [17]

Awards

In 2004, she was named "Educator of the Year" by the magazine Window / ABF. [18] She received the 2010 scholarship from the Helena Bering Memorial Fund and that same year was awarded the Jan Fridegård Prize. [18] [19]

Theater roles

(selective) [19]

Selected filmography

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  2. ↑ "Vnuk och Kauppi har samma perspektiv" (in Swedish). unt.se. 30 September 2009. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Återkomsten till livet" (in Swedish). unt.se. 5 June 2007. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Orättvisor och terapi ger Lo Kauppi energi". Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
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  7. ↑ "Avgångsklassen 2003" (in Swedish). stdh.se. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  8. 1 2 "Lo Kauppi innanför murarna". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 14 June 2010. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  9. 1 2 "Explosiv klassresa till frihet". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 28 May 2007. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  10. 1 2 ""Bergsprängardöttrar" på Södra teatern, Riksteaterns turnépremiär i Stockholm". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 12 March 2010. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
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  18. 1 2 "Vildrospriset 2010 Till Lo Kauppi" (in Swedish). Vildrosfestivalen. Archived from the original on 19 June 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
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