Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas

Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas
Lilleaas at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival
Born (1989-04-09) 9 April 1989
Gol, Buskerud, Norway
Alma materNord University
OccupationActress
Years active2015–present
SpouseGunnar Eiriksson
Children1

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 and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Early life

Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas was raised in Gol Municipality, Norway. Her parents ran a company that rented out costumes and equipment to amateur stage productions.[1] As a high school student, she lived as a foreign exchange student in Brazil, where she learned to speak Portuguese.[2] She studied theatre at Nord University, learning the Jacques Lecoq acting method focusing on physical theatre. She also 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 2019, she performed the role of Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Haugesund Theater in Haugesund, Norway. [3]In 2021, she performed the role of Madame de Tourvel in Les Liaisons dangereuses. In 2023, she performed the role of Tamora in Titus Andronicus at the Nordland Theatre in Mo i Rana. [4]

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.[5][6]

Personal life

She is married to actor Gunnar Eiriksson, with whom she has one son.[7][2]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes Refs.
2015 Women in Oversized Men's Shirts Sigrid Auge Film debut
2016 The Last King Ylva
2017 Going West Lotte
2020 Betrayed Amalie Laksov [8]
2023 A Beautiful Life Lilly Danish film [9]
2025 Sentimental Value Agnes Borg Pettersen [10]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2015 Amanda Award Best Actress Women in Oversized Men's Shirts Nominated
2016 Kosmorama Best Female Actress in a Leading Role Nominated
2025 Savannah Film Festival Discovery Award Sentimental Value Honored [11]
Gotham Independent Film Awards Outstanding Supporting Performance Nominated [12]
National Board of Review Awards Best Supporting Actress Won [13]
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Supporting Performance Runner-up[a] [14]
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actress Nominated [15]
Best Ensemble Nominated
Michigan Movie Critics Guild Best Supporting Actress Nominated [16]
Chicago Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actress Nominated [17]
Phoenix Critics Circle Best Actress in a Supporting Role Nominated [18]
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Best Supporting Actress Runner-up [19]
St. Louis Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actress Nominated [20]
New York Film Critics Online Best Supporting Actress Won [21]
Seattle Film Critics Society Best Actress in a Supporting Role Nominated [22]
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actress 3rd place [23]
Austin Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actress Nominated [24]
Online Association of Female Film Critics Best Supporting Female Runner-up[b] [25]
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Best Supporting Actress Nominated [26]
Georgia Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actress Nominated [27]
North Texas Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actress Nominated [28]
New Jersey Film Critics Circle Best Supporting Actress Runner-up [29]
Best Breakthrough Performance Nominated
Alliance of Women Film Journalists Best Supporting Actress Nominated [30]
2026 Minnesota Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actress Nominated [31]
Puerto Rico Critics Association Best Supporting Actress Nominated [32]
National Society of Film Critics Best Supporting Actress Runner-up [33]
Palm Springs International Film Festival International Star Award Honored[c] [34]
Critics' Choice Awards Best Supporting Actress Nominated [35]
Columbus Film Critics Association Best Supporting Performance Nominated [36]
Astra Film Awards Best Supporting Actress – Drama Nominated [37]
Best Cast Ensemble Nominated
Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Best Breakthrough Performance Nominated [38]
Golden Globe Awards Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Nominated [39]
Hawaii Film Critics Society Best Supporting Actress Nominated [40]
Music City Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actress Nominated [41]
North Dakota Film Society Best Supporting Actress Nominated [42]
Houston Film Critics Society Best Supporting Actress Nominated [43]
Denver Film Critics Society Best Supporting Actress Nominated [44]
DiscussingFilm’s Global Film Critics Awards Best Supporting Actress 3rd place [45][46]
Best Breakthrough Performance Nominated
North Carolina Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actress Nominated [47]
Online Film Critics Society Best Supporting Actress Nominated [48][49]
London Film Critics' Circle Supporting Actress of the Year Nominated [50]
Midnight Critics Circle Best Supporting Actress Won [51]
Best Breakthrough Performance Won
International Cinephile Society Best Supporting Actress Nominated [52]
Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Best Supporting Actress Nominated [53]
Santa Barbara International Film Festival Virtuosos Award Honored [54]
Online Film & Television Association Best Supporting Actress Nominated [55]
Best Breakthrough Performance: Female Runner-up
British Academy Film Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role Nominated [56]
Dorian Awards Supporting Film Performance of the Year Nominated [57]
Satellite Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role Nominated [58]
Academy Awards Best Supporting Actress Nominated [59]

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.

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