Biography

Ingvild Deila is a Norwegian actress, singer, artist, voiceover talent, and philomath. Her smallest yet most notable roles so far were portraying Princess Leia in Rogue One (2016) and playing opposite Robert Downey Jr. in Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015). In her late teens she studied acting for the stage for three years in Norway. She then studied other interests like fine art, philosophy and history. In 2012 she moved to the UK to do a MA in Media Practice for Development and Social Change. After graduating she started acting again, this time focusing on film. She has since played the lead role in several feature films, short films, plays, music videos, voiceover for video games and commercials. She is a vocalist in Necessary Animals (UK). In addition to her creative pursuits, she has worked and volunteered for several NGOs, and is a proponent of effective altruism, longtermism and ecojustice. She has over the last decade lived in Switzerland, France, the UK, Brazil, and the Netherlands.
- IMDb mini biography by: Orlando Miller