Yvonne Øyen trained as an actress at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Bergen and made her stage debut as Ophelia in Hamlet at Nordland Teater in 2000, a role that earned her immediate critical acclaim. Since then she has forged an extensive career as a freelance actress both in Norway and internationally, appearing in numerous productions across state and independent stages.

With Alan Lucien Øyen and winter guests, she has been a vital creative collaborator since 2007—writing, performing, and shaping original works. She co-wrote and performed in Lilly & George (2012), delivering the one-woman piece Lilly and earning a Hedda Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her multiple roles in Coelacanth (2013). She gained further recognition for her film work, winning the Los Angeles Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress for Dirty Oranges (2011).

She has created defining roles in several of winter guests’ most ambitious works, including America Ep. 3: SuperAmateurand The American Moth, where she played opposite Liv Ullmann. In Bird in Magic Rain with Tears, presented at The Kennedy Center in 2013, The Washington Post praised her portrayal as “a quiet photographer who… exudes weary sadness.”

Most recently, she appeared in Øyen’s adaptation of Ibsen’s The Wild Duck at The Coronet Theatre in London (2024), where critics praised her “huge, endearing warmth, but also a disciplined control that creates a palpable sense of secrets suppressed” (Everything Theatre), and The Guardian celebrated her “layered, naturalistic presence.”

Yvonne Øyen has worked on the following winter guests productions: The Wild Duck (2024, performer), The American Moth (2021, performer), SuperAmateur (2017, performer), Bird in Magic Rain with Tears (Kennedy Center, 2013, performer), Coelacanth (2013, performer), Lilly & George (2012, performer and co-writer), and What’s Not to Love? (2007 performer)

Alan Lucien Øyen

Artistic Director
+47 922 858 49
alan@winterguests.com

ORNELLA SALLUM

Network and Touring
‭+44 742 6921 254‬
ornella@winterguests.com

MARTIN FLACK

Managing Director
+47 934 594 70
martin@winterguests.com

Tora De Zwart Rørholt

Producer with syvmil.no
‭+47 416 343 64‬
tora@winterguests.com