# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edda-bjorgvinsdottir
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:37:05.639Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edda-bjorgvinsdottir"
name: "Edda Björgvinsdóttir"
slug: "edda-bjorgvinsdottir"
description: "Guðbjörg Edda Björgvinsdóttir, better known as Edda Björgvinsdóttir, is an Icelandic actress, comedian, writer, director and motivational speaker. She is best known for playing the title role of the 1986 comedy classic Stella í orlofi, for playing various characters in the 1986 sitcom Heilsubælið í Gervahverfi, as well as for her work in the annual comedy special Áramótaskaupið, and for numerous other comedic roles in film, television and on stage."
tagline: "Icelandic actress and comedian"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/gmC45vSM7xniNLtxONi3V45oUH5.jpg"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1952-09-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.93
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.274874666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0084908/"
    handle:    "nm0084908"
sources:
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    title: "Edda Björgvinsdóttir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Edda Björgvinsdóttir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ادا بچورجڤينسدوتير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gu%C3%B0bj%C3%B6rg_Edda_Bj%C3%B6rgvinsd%C3%B3ttir"
    title: "Guðbjörg Edda Björgvinsdóttir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edda_Bj%C3%B6rgvinsd%C3%B3ttir"
    title: "Edda Björgvinsdóttir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%A9%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%B1"
    title: "ادا بیورکویستوتیر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Edda Björgvinsdóttir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Edda Björgvinsdóttir"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3480065"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/80911"
    title: "Edda Björgvinsdóttir"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump