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She attended the Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting from 1995 to 1999 and after graduation, joined the Stockholm City Theatre and Teater Galeasen.
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Lina Englund
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Englund went to the Adolf Fredrik"s Music School in Stockholm for middle and high school. When she was 12, she went with a friend to an audition for the movie Miraklet i Valby and got the female lead. At 15, she played Camilla in the television series Storstad for a year and a half.
When the show ended, she enrolled in the 2-year aesthetic-practical course at the Södra Latins gymnasium in Stockholm.
While studying there, she participated in the Canadian young people"s television series Northwood, where she played the au pair Kristina. She also had the female lead in Ulf Malmros" television series Rapport till himlen.
In the summer of 2001 she filmed Outside Your Door in Lycksele. At the premiere the following year, Englund received good reviews, "very good" and "convincing." Together with David Shutrick and Johan Lindstrom, she formed the group Selfish, which in 1998 released the disc Wanting You Would Be.
The album received a mixed reception, but as a singer the critics pronounced Englund "very talented" and "very convincing".
The group released only the one recording, but Englund has continued with music Among other things, she has written music for the National Theatre"s production of Jean Genet"s The Maids. She recorded a new album with David Shutrick in 2006, but it was not released in 2007.
She also recorded material with Martin Thomasson of Rockmonster and co-wrote songs with Eric Erlandson of Hole.
In fall 2006, Englund participated in the filming of the television series Bror och syster, which was broadcast in spring 2007. In 2008, she had a recurring role in the television series based on the comic strip Rocky.
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