Lene Cecilia Sparrok

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]

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

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]