Astrid Marian Saastad Ottesen (born 24 November 1975) is a Norwegian actress who has been performing in theatre, television, and film since 2001.
[2] Ottesen was born in Florø and grew up in Skien, where she attended theatre school.
[citation needed] She graduated from the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre in 1999.
[citation needed] She has since appeared in a number of television productions and films, including Elsk meg i morgen (2005), Gone with the Woman (2007), Lilyhammer,[3] and Norsemen.
[4] In 2018, Ottesen married Norsemen co-star Nils Jørgen Kaalstad.