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Palmira Koukkari Mbenga Actress
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Overview
Personal details
Age range30 - 42
BornStockholm, Sweden, Stockholms lan
Vocal pitch / Dubbing voiceMezzo soprano
Nationality
Sweden
Place of residence
Stockholm - Stockholms lan (Sweden)
Work permit
European Union
Appearance
Ethnic types
Afro-American
Black (Caribbean) / Creole
Black / African descent
Multi-ethnic
Colour of eyesBrown
Colour of hairBrown/Black
Hair styleafro
Height164 cm
BuildMedium build
GlassesContact lenses
Languages
Swedishmother tongue
Englishfluent
English – Americanfluent
English – Britishgood
Frenchbasic
Germanbasic
Dialects
Standard Americanfluent
Accents
Swedishnative accent
Singing
Choral Singinggood
Gospelgood
Moderngood
Musicalgood
Popgood
Stage singinggood
Dance
African dance (contemporary)good
Balletbasic
Dancehallbasic
Hip hopbasic
Jazz dancebasic
Musicalbasic
Musical instruments
Pianobasic
Sports
Basketballvery good
Athleticsgood
Boxinggood
Gymgood
Kick Boxinggood
Stage fightinggood
Sword Fightinggood
Thai Boxinggood
Ice Skatingbasic
Rollerskatingbasic
Skateboardingbasic
Yogabasic
Other Skills
Journalist
Narration
Poet
Storytelling
Translator
Workshop Director
Driving licences / Other permits
Driver’s licence car
Training
Balettakademien Stockholm - Folkuniversitetet
Acting studies
2024 - 2025
Acting Program, 2nd year
TeaterAlliansen
Workshop
2026
Intuition in Action with Stephen Rappaport
Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts
Additional Training
2023
Sarah Ahmed's Points of Orientation – queer and postcolonial strategies in performing arts
Central School of Speech & Drama
Additional Training
2023
Theatre of Difference (summer course)
Awards/Nominations
Audible: Picks of the year (one of 10 best audiobooks - fiction) (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Award
2025
for: Tina / Bitter Honey
Showreels
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CV
CV - Film
2025 - 2027
Ett ljudlöst nej / A silent no
RAMA Filmproduktion
Feature film (cinema)
Drama
Ronja Riobo LarssonDirected by
SophieSupporting Actor
2026
Sing About Amina
Stockholm Film School
Short film
Drama
Alys HewittDirected by
MotherSupporting Actor
2024
2013
Boygame
Två Ljus Film
Short film
Drama
Anna NolskogDirected by
RenéeSupporting Actor
CV - Theatre
2025
Högt i tak (Eureka Day)
Playhouse Teater
Theatre
Comedy, Drama
Dennis SandinDirected by
CarinaEnsemble Leading PartSwedish production of Jonathan Spectres Broadway hit "Eureka Day".
2025
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Balettakademien
Theatre
Comedy, Drama, Fairy tale, Fantasy, Theatrical comedy
Erik EhnDirected by
Titania / HippolytaEnsemble Leading Part
2024 - 2025
Tituba
Balettakademien
Monologue
Drama, Fantasy, Period drama
Simona Holmström EscanillaDirected by
LeadMonologue written and perfomed by me, inspired by the true events surrounding Tituba, the enslavaed woman who was the first person accused in the Salem witch trials.
2025
Golden Gaytime
Ö2 / Stolt Scenkonst
Theatre
Drama
Marina NilssonDirected by
NinaSupporting ActorReading
2023
BLACK
Stockholm City Theatre
Other
Comedy, Drama
Miriam Andersson SiseDirected by
Actor and PlaywrightEnsemble Leading PartActor and Playwright in BLÄCK, and initiativ to highlight new Afro Swedish playwrights and storytellers.
2023
The Cherry Tortured
Playhouse Teater
Theatre
Drama
Aaron PosnerDirected by
V. (Varya)Ensemble Leading PartReading of Aaron Posners newly written contemporary reimagining of The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov.
2022
Teaterresidens
Riksteatern
Other
Comedy, Drama
Chantale Hannouch RahimiDirected by
Ensemble Leading PartScript workshops and staged reading
2021
I Mohammeds Värld
Riksteatern
Theatre
Drama, Kids' production
Chantale Hannouch RahimiDirected by
The SistersSupporting ActorRecorded reading
2019
Black Memory
The National Theatre of Sweden
Theatre
Drama, Period drama
Josette Bushell-MingoDirected by
Mazahr Makatemele (Svarta Sara)Ensemble Leading Part
2019
The Waiting Room
National Black Theatre of Sweden
Theatre
Drama
Josette Bushell-MingoDirected by
Supporting LeadReading
2017
Kality
Riksteatern
Theatre
Drama, Journalism
Chantale Hannouch RahimiDirected by
Actor / JournalistGuest Role
2012
Sinbad
Act Stockholm
Theatre
Adventure, Family, Kids' production
Catherine FalleniusDirected by
MarinaEnsemble Leading Part
2012
Men jag då? / What about me?
Studio Meisner
Theatre
Comedy, Drama
Emelie NymanDirected by
Ensemble Leading PartFinal production for Studio Meisner. Actor & writer.
CV - Audio
2025
Bitter Honey
Bloomsbury Publishing Plb
Network/Distributor: Radio play/audiobook
Drama, Period drama
Erland KarlingDirected by
TinaSpeaker/narratorBitter Honey is Lola Akinmades acclaimed novel, named one of the 10 best audiobooks of 2025 by audible. Selected title in the Barack Obama Presidential Library.
2023
Everything is not enough
Harper Collins Audio
Radio play/audiobook
Drama
Erland KarlingDirected by
YasmiinEnsemble Leading PartNarrator of Lola Akinmades acclaimed novel, nominated for an NAACP Image Award, for Outstanding literature.
CV - Other
2025
The Queer Gaze
Oceanen
Other
Monologue, Other
Palmira Koukkari MbengaDirected by
SelfLeadPoetic monologue, written and performed by Palmira Koukkari Mbenga
2025
M/S Glömskans Hav
Tjörnedala Konsthall
Other
Other
Palmira Koukkari Mbenga & Oméya SimbiziDirected by
Cruise ship hostessEnsemble Leading PartInteractive performance, written and performed by Palmira Koukkari Mbenga and Oméya Simbizi.
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