Ellen Nyman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Ellen Nyman

Performing artist

Date of Birth: 21-Dec-1971

Place of Birth: Asmara, Eritrea

Profession: actor, voice actor, theater director

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Ellen Nyman

  • Ellen Nyman (born 21 December 1971) is a Swedish actress, performance artist and theatre director.Nyman was born in Eritrea and grew up in Stockholm, Sweden.
  • She attended the Ă…rhus Theatre School in Denmark 1993-1997.
  • Since her graduation, she has worked within theater, film, performance art, and television in both Denmark and Sweden.
  • Nyman has performed with The Royal Danish Theatre, The Betty Nansen Theatre, Malmö City Theatre and in Henning Mankell’s play Lampedus and many more.Parallel to her acting, Nyman runs a political art project called SPACECAMPAIGN, which includes posters and t-shirts, plus activities such as talks, fictitious articles and performance art.
  • The aim is to nuance the mass medial conceptions of, ethnic minorities.Nyman has been a regular cast member of several TV-shows such as the Danish dramas At the Faber (season 4) and the 1st season of Forsvar, the Swedish mini-series Om ett hjärta plus minor roles in crime dramas Wallander and The Bridge.Today she lives in Stockholm, but resided in Copenhagen for many years.
  • Through her art, she commented on the right-wing populist Danish People's Party in various ways, including singing the Danish National Anthem on election night, while wrapped in a tablecloth from IKEA (to look more like the stereotypical Eritrean woman) to the partys leader Pia Kjaersgaard.
  • The party holds that Denmark is not naturally a country of immigration, and that it has never been so.
  • The party also does not accept a multi-ethnic transformation of Denmark, and rejects multiculturalism".In 2012, Nyman directed A Performance of Swedish Arms Exports (En föreställning om svensk vapenexport) at Teater Tribunalen.
  • The goal is to initiate a national referendum on Swedish arms export.

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