Margareta Pettersson
Date of birth: 1955-10-06
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Known for: Acting
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Biography
Margareta Pettersson is a Swedish actress who plays with Matt Damon in the feature film Downsizing, directed by Oscar-winning director Alexander Payne. Margareta plays the major supporting role of Solveig Edvardsen. She has scenes with Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau and Rolf Lassgård. Margareta has more than thirty years experience as an actress. She is known for always being very true in her roles, a strong presence on screen and she is also known as a comedienne. She has worked with director Ingmar Bergman in his feature films Fanny and Alexander and Face to Face. Bergman gave Margareta compliments for her natural and true presence on screen. She also worked with Lasse Hallström in his feature film Tuppen. In 2021 in Swedish Short Film Festival Margareta wins Audience Favorite for her own short film Tissel Tassel. She plays the shaman woman in the international TV-series Epic Warrior Women in 2019. Margareta Pettersson is producer, director, and screenwriter, and plays the main role in her own short film Mötet, which was nominated for Best Short Film in SM in Minute Film at Swedish Short film Festival 2019. She was nominated for Best Swedish Female Actor in Luleå International Film Festival in 2019 for her main role in the Short film Alma 2. She won Prize of Honour at the Movie Festival in Poland 2019. Her Short Film Alma Another Day. Meeting and Alma 1 was selected in Luleå International Film Festival in 2020. She plays the main role as Mother in the Swedish Short Film The Tyrant which won prize as Best Swedish Short Film in Luleå International Film Festival in 2020.
Movie Credits
Face to Face
1976-04-05
Two psychiatrists' marriage is tested when one suffers a mental breakdown.
Dödspolare
1985-03-22
A man wakes up in his apartment after a wild party. His best buddy comes by. They find a woman on th
Joker
1991-11-01
Nicke loves practical jokes. When his best friend Pelle is getting married, Nicke is hosting the bac
The Ketchup Effect
2004-01-30
A teenager's reputation is destroyed when she falls asleep drunk at a party and some boys take provo
I Am My Own
2014-04-24
Crime-drama about a drifting drug dealer on the run in the Swedish countryside, who ends up with a b
The Rooster
1981-09-04
In 1944, Cederqvist comes to a small cloth factory to see how the all-women employees can work more
City of My Dreams
1976-10-29
Young Henning and his friends are struggling to stay alive in 19th century Stockholm, where he has e
Flicker
2012-09-20
There is something going on in the small town of Backberga. The towns proud telecom company Unicom i
The Lake
1999-01-29
A thriller set in a Swedish village. Lisa comes back from London to sell a house left to her by her
Time of the Wolf
1988-01-01
The young nobleman Inge is riding through Sweden, looking for his twin brother, Arild. He meets a gr
SOPOR
1981-03-21
One Monday morning, a thousand children leave the suburb of Farsta and go to Stockholm to occupy the
Re:agera
Karl, an aspiring actor, only gets casting calls for roles he can't play - bad guys. His friend and
Dreams of Las Vegas
2021-10-30
In post apocalyptic Sweden, Elin longs to escape her life as a stripper at a local club. When she me
I Am the Fire
2024-01-28
The time of change is on the threshold for fifty-three-year-old Kaj, who recently has started to que
Djävulens Marionetter
2019-02-01
Blackout
2014-01-03
Sanna (Nathalie Bloom) a rocker girl who is stuck in her old high school life with her boyfriend Mic
Downsizing
2017-12-22
A kindly occupational therapist undergoes a new procedure to be shrunken to four inches tall so that
The Serpent's Way
1986-12-25
A salesman and his son sexually abuse the generations of women of a poor family as payment for debt.
Something Must Break
2014-03-28
A gritty story taking place in Stockholm, about the passionate love between the self-abusive Sebasti
Near and Far Away
1976-11-08
Mania is a new employee at a mental hospital, where she meets a young man with mutism. He gets her t
King of Atlantis
2019-03-01
Samuel is the primary carer for his father - a paranoid schizophrenic. A chance encounter with a you
The Gift
2006-01-27
Richard is a tormented young man who has a long distance relationship with his girlfriend. One day h
Peas & Whiskers
1986-02-07
Life isn't easy for the indecisive 40-year-old Claes-Henrik. Should he choose his mom or his girlfri
Deadly Drift
1999-03-12
A present-day thriller about a man with a needle in his brain. This needle poisons his mind and tort
Lust
1994-09-02
The restaurateur and womanizer Jerrie meets the guest Sara. A passionate but stormy relationship beg
Hassel - Beskyddarna
1986-10-17
The criminal police is investigating a criminal gang blackmailing restaurant owners.