SÓLVEIG EVA MAGNÚSDÓTTIR

Sólveig is a Brooklyn based actress, author-illustrator and one of the founding members of Spindrift.

As an actress she has appeared on TruTV, HBO, Showtime and Netflix as a series regular, co-star and guest star. She has starred in a number of award winning films in Europe and America, while her theatre credits include London’s West End and Iceland’s leading fringe theatre hub Tjarnarbíó.

Sólveig is a Washington Post contributor and award winning author-illustrator. She is fascinated by the multiplicity of identity and belonging and speaking to the reader’s inner child. She is currently working on the whimsical tragicomedy Space Mama Piggy, about failures, motherhood and belonging, which has been described as “The feminist Little Prince for a new generation.”

Her physical theatre practice seeks to reconnect the performer to joy and rejected sides of their body, voice and being. She has worked as a producer and director in Europe and America since her graduation in 2013. Her training includes: Stanford University, UCLAx, SVA, RISD, Rose Bruford College (BA), LAMDA, Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, Meyerhold’s Biomechanics in Italy, Gardzienice Theatre in Poland, Stella Adler, T.Schreiber Studios, Knickerbocker and UCB in New York.

hi at solaeva.com