Astrid Assefa

Astrid Margaretha Assefa (née Engelbrektsson; born 7 February 1953) is an Ethiopian-Swedish singer, actress and theater director.

She is best known for her acting appearances in Cool Kids Don't Cry (2014), Stockholm East (2011) and 30:e November (1995).

She worked as a theater teacher at the University of Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, the country of her origin.

She served as head of the Dalateatern theater in Falun and became chairman of the board of The Dramatic Institute, now Stockholm Drama College.

She also participated as a guest in Allsång på Skansen, an all-song program in Stockholm broadcast in Swedish Television almost every summer since 3 August 1979.