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Íris Tanja Ívars Flygenring (born 12 November 1989) is an Icelandic actress. She is best known for her performance as Ása in the Netflix TV series Katla. She graduated from the Iceland University of the Arts in 2016. In 2021, she appeared as one of the main characters the third season of Trapped.
Íris Tanja Flygenring is known for Katla (2021), Entrapped (2022) and It All Comes with the Cold Water.
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May 29, 2020 · Amsterdam -- May 29, 2020 -- The filming of the first Icelandic Netflix series Katla has begun. The cast includes Guðrún Ýr Eyfjörð, Íris Tanja Flygenring, Ingvar Sigurðsson, Þorsteinn Bachmann, Sólveig Arnarsdóttir, Guðrún Gísladóttir, Baltasar Breki and Björn Thors from Iceland and Aliette Opheim and Valter Skarsgård from ...
- Guðrún Ýr Eyfjörð as Gríma
- Íris Tanja Flygenring as Ása
- Ingvar Sigurdsson as Þór
- Aliette Opheim as Gunhild
- Katla's Supporting Cast & Characters
Guðrún Ýr Eyfjörð stars as Gríma, a married Icelandic woman who suffers a mental breakdown after the disappearance of her sister, Ása. When the sibling returns covered in ash, Gríma tries to understand the meaning behind it. She also comes face-to-face with a happier version of herself. Eyfjörð makes her TV debut in the 2021 Netflix show, Katla. Sh...
Íris Tanja Flygenring co-stars as Ása, Gríma's free-spirited sister who returns after a prolonged disappearance. She doesn't seem that interested in learning what happened to her in the past, but then reaches an epiphany after a medical report confirms the real Ása's death. The character exists to serve a purpose, one that helps Gríma move forward ...
Ingvar Sigurdsson portrays Þór, the father of Gríma and Ása. He is stunned by his daughter's reappearance, but even more by the presence of Gunhild - a younger version of the woman he had an affair with 20 years prior. Sigurdsson portrayed Mayor in the DCEU's Justice League and Anatoli Boukreev in the 2015 movieEverest. Related: Every Upcoming Netf...
Aliette Opheim appears as Gunhild, a Swedish woman who emerges covered in volcanic ash. Opheim also plays an older version of the character who travels to Iceland from Sweden. She reunites with Þór and feels guilty about a failed abortion, which affected the brain activity of her son. The younger version of Gunhild helps the real version cope with ...
Þorsteinn Bachmann (above, grey beard) as Gísli: A religious detective who treats his sick wife while plotting to live with her double. Bachmann portrayed Móri in Life in a Fishbowl and Sigurður Guðmundsson in Trapped. Sólveig Arnarsdóttir as Magnea: Gísli's sick wife who is shocked by the appearance of a younger version of herself. Sólveig Arnarsd...
Katla: Created by Sigurjón Kjartansson, Baltasar Kormákur. With Guðrún Ýr Eyfjörð, Íris Tanja Flygenring, Ingvar Sigurdsson, Aliette Opheim. One year after the violent eruption of the subglacial volcano Katla, the peace and tranquility in the small town of Vik is dramatically disturbed.
Jul 19, 2021 · NORDIC NEW WAVE: Iceland’s Rising Star Íris Tanja Flygenring. A couple of years ago Íris Tanja Flygenring was taking part in a Shakespeare in Love production at the National Theatre in Reykjavik. She was sharing a dressing room with fellow Icelander Gudren Eyfjord.
