Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas

Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas is a Norwegian actress.

Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas
Lilleaas in 2025
Born	(1989-04-09) 9 April 1989 (age 36)
Alma mater	Nord University
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2015–present
Spouse	Gunnar Eiriksson
Children	1

Early life

Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas was raised in Gol, Norway. Her parents are theatre performers that ran a theatre production company. As a high school student, she lived as a foreign exchange student in Brazil, where she learned to speak Portuguese.^[1] She studied theatre at Nord University and spent a semester studying at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York City.

Career

Lilleaas was nominated for the Amanda Award for Best Actress in 2015 for her film debut in Women in Oversized Men's Shirts (Kvinner i for store herreskjorter). In 2023, she starred in the Netflix musical film A Beautiful Life. In 2025, she starred as Agnes Borg in Joachim Trier's Sentimental Value, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, for which she won the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress.^[2][3]

Personal life

She is married to actor Gunnar Eiriksson, with whom she has one son.^[1]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2015	Amanda Award	Best Actress	Women in Oversized Men's Shirts	Nominated
2016	Kosmorama	Best Female Actress in a Leading Role		Nominated
2025	Savannah Film Festival	Discovery Award	Sentimental Value	Honored	[4]
	Gotham Independent Film Awards	Outstanding Supporting Performance		Nominated	[5]
	National Board of Review Awards	Best Supporting Actress		Won	[6]
	Los Angeles Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Performance		Runner-up[a]	[7]
	Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actress		Nominated	[8]
		Best Ensemble		Nominated
	Michigan Movie Critics Guild	Best Supporting Actress		Nominated	[9]
	Chicago Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actress		Nominated	[10]
	Phoenix Critics Circle	Best Actress in a Supporting Role		Nominated	[11]
	San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle	Best Supporting Actress		Runner-up	[12]
	St. Louis Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actress		Nominated	[13]
	New York Film Critics Online	Best Supporting Actress		Won	[14]
	Seattle Film Critics Society	Best Actress in a Supporting Role		Nominated	[15]
	Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actress - Drama		3rd place	[16]
	Austin Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actress		Nominated	[17]
	Online Association of Female Film Critics	Best Supporting Female		Runner-up[b]	[18]
	Kansas City Film Critics Circle	Best Supporting Actress		Nominated	[19]
	Georgia Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actress		Pending	[20]
	North Texas Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actress		Pending	[21]
2026	Palm Springs International Film Festival	International Star Award		Honored[c]	[22]
	Alliance of Women Film Journalists	Best Supporting Actress		Pending	[23]
	Astra Film Awards	Best Supporting Actress – Drama		Pending	[24]
		Best Cast Ensemble		Pending
	Critics' Choice Awards	Best Supporting Actress		Pending	[25]
	Golden Globe Awards	Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture		Pending	[26]
	London Film Critics' Circle	Supporting Actress of the Year		Pending	[27]
	Satellite Awards	Best Actress in a Supporting Role		Pending	[28]

Notes

1. Shared with Andrew Scott for Blue Moon.
2. Tied with Amy Madigan for Weapons.
3. Shared with Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård and Elle Fanning.