Lene Cecilia Sparrok

Lene Cecilia Sparrok
Born	(1997-10-06) 6 October 1997 (age 27) Namsskogan Municipality, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway
Occupations	Actress reindeer herder
Years active	2016–present

Lene Cecilia Sparrok (born 6 October 1997) is a Norwegian Southern Sámi actress and reindeer herder.^[1] She played the main character, Elle-Marja, in the Sami 2016 film Sami Blood, for which she won a Guldbagge Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.^[2]

Sporrok was born on 6 October 1997 in Namsskogan Municipality, Norway.^[3] She grew up in a family connected to Southern Sámi culture and learned reindeer herding at a young age. She went to a boarding school in Hattfjelldal for a few years before moving to a school in Snåsa.^[4]

She speaks Southern Sámi, Norwegian and Swedish.

Filmography

• 2016 - Sami Blood

Theatre

• 2020 - Ædnan, a National Swedish Touring Theatre production of the epic with the same name.^[5][6]
• 2024 - Hearrát dat bidje min/Herrarna satte oss hit. An Uppsala stadsteater production based on Elin Anna Labba's book with the same title.^[7]

References

1. "Skuespiller som vil bli reinbonde". Klar Tale.no. Norsk telegrambyrå. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
2. "TV: Lene Cecilia fick en Guldbagge - Sameradion". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). 22 January 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
3. "Guldbaggevinnaren: Jag är inte typen som blir avundsjuk". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 26 January 2018. ISSN 1101-2412. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
4. Wigne, Åge (11 March 2017). "Lene hadde null erfaring, nå er hun Trøndelags nye filmstjerne". Adresseavisen (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 22 July 2025.
5. "Sameblods Lene Cecilia Sparrok lyfter samisk historia med Riksteatern – Regissören: "Skräckblandad förtjusning"". Östersunds-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 December 2021.
6. "Ædnan | 08 nov | Lycksele". Riksteatern (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 December 2021.
7. SVT January 14, 2024: Teaterpremiär om tvångsförflyttning: ”Berörde mig på djupet”, retrieved January 14, 2024

External links

• Lene Cecilia Sparrok at IMDb