She studied at Volda University College and the Bela Balaz studio in Budapest, Hungary.
[citation needed] Dahr was a prolific director of short films.
She was the conceptual director of the TV drama Himmelblå (2008–10)[1] and also directed the film The Orange Girl, a 2009 adaptation of the 2003 Jostein Gaarder novel Appelsinpiken.
Together with her sister, actress Juni Dahr, she made two short films, Dolce Vita (1989) and Troll (1991).
[2] The director won many Norwegian and international awards, including an Amanda Award and a Gullstolen at the Kortfilmfestivalen i Grimstad, for the short film En mann (1997).