Background
Ottesen was born in Floro, and grew up in Skien, where she attended theater school.
Ottesen was born in Floro, and grew up in Skien, where she attended theater school.
She graduated from the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre in 1999.
Ottesen worked in several theater productions, such as at Oslo Nye Teater and Centralteatret. She had roles in Wild Angels, The Avaricious, Rocky Horror Show, and West of Eden. She wrote and produced the show "Happy Happy", which played at the Café Stage at Oslo Nye Teater.
At the National Theatre, she played Madame Bonacieux in The Three Musketeers and Chamomile in When the Robbers Came to Cardamom Town.
Her last stage appearance (in 2006) was in When We Dead, a remake of When We Dead Awaken by Henrik Ibsen. She appears in the films Detector (2000), Elsk meg i morgen (2005), and Tatt av kvinnen (2007).
On television she has appeared in the series Gnomes in the Barn (2001), Lekestue (2002), and Nissene over skog og hei (2011). s and television television 2013 Moving On - Visiting Order: Liv 2013 Torsdag kveld fra Nydalen: Herself 2012 Lilyhammer: Sigrid Haugli 2011 Nissene over skog og hei: Anne-Gro Lamo 2005 Store studio Norsk Rikskringkasting (guest) 2005 Først & sist Norsk Rikskringkasting (guest) 2002 Lekestue Norsk Rikskringkasting (miniseries): Anja, Glørs kjæreste 2001 Nissene på låven TVNorge (miniseries): Anne-Gro Lamo 2001 Fox Grønland TV2 (guest role in episode 6, season 2) and television appearances 2007 Gone with the Woman: Marianne 2006 Art of Negative Thinking: Marte 2006 Alone men together: Lena 2005 Love Maine Tomorrow: Lone 2003 Fia and the clowns: saleswoman 2003 Franks prolapse: Trine television appearances 2013 Moving On - Visiting Order: 2013 Thursday evening from Nydalen: Herself 2012 Lilyhammer: Sigrid Furuhaugli 2011 Finally on hi.: Anne-Gro Lamo 2005 Large studio Norsk Rikskringkasting (guest) 2005 First & last Norsk Rikskringkasting (guest) 2002 Lekestue Norsk Rikskringkasting (mini -series): Anja, embers sweetheart 2001 gnomes in the barn TVNorge (mini-series): Anne-Gro.