Kajsa Ernst

Career overview

Kajsa Anna-Karin Linnéa Ernst, also known as Monica Kajsa Ernst, is a Swedish actress born on August 4, 1962, in Göteborg, Sweden. She began her acting career at the age of sixteen at Nöjesteatern in Malmö and later studied at Teaterhögskolan in Malmö. Following her graduation, Ernst worked for a decade at Helsingborgs stadsteater, where she appeared in several stage productions, including Byggmästare Solness, Spindelkvinnans kyss, and Knäckebröd och hovmästarsås. In 1982, she performed ballet in plays for Nils Poppe at Fredriksdalsteatern and later returned to the same theatre in 1990 to take a role in the play Två man och en änka. She subsequently appeared in the 2013 filmatization of that play.

In 1998, Ernst relocated to Stockholm. She made her feature film debut in Kjell Sundvall's 1999 film In Bed with Santa. Over the course of her career, the actress has accumulated 37 known acting credits across film and television projects. Her professional background spans decades of stage work in regional Swedish theatre as well as screen acting, establishing her presence in the Swedish entertainment industry through both dramatic and comedic performances.