Career
She has been working at Nationaltheatret (the National Theatre) since 1970, and acted in roles such as "Polly Peachum" in Bertolt Brecht"s The Threepenny Opera, and "Martha" in Edward Albees Who"s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. Ottersen is well known from various roles on film and television She has also acted in television-series, such as "Fredrikssons fabrikk", "Botany og bedring" and "Holms".
Ottesen lives in Oslo, and has been married to the actor Lasse Lindtner since 1990.
Together they have one daughter, and Ottersen also has two sons from a previous relationship. She is also an eager, and lifelong fan of speed skating.
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