Bio/Resume
Nanna Ingvarsson recently relocated to Cleveland Heights, OH after many productive years in the Washington, DC area with husband (actor Brian Hemmingsen) and son.
Nanna was nominated for a 2015 Helen Hayes Award, Outstanding Supporting Actress – Helen Production for her work as Eileen in the Scena Theatre production of The Cripple of Innishmaan.
She was also nominated in 2014 for two Helen Hayes Awards in the category of Outstanding Lead Actress – Helen Production for her work in both The Amish Project at Factory 449, and Terminus at Studio Second Stage. Nanna won the award for her one-woman performance in The Amish Project.
Her previous Helen Hayes Award win was in 1992 for her performance as Janet in the Woolly Mammoth Theater production of The Rocky Horror Show, in the category of Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical.
She has also received ensemble nominations for Solas Nua’s production of Scenes from the Big Picture, directed by Des Kennedy, and Forum Theater’s production of Angels in America, directed by Jeremy Skidmore (Part 1) and Michael Dove (Part 2).
Nanna is a recipient of a Boomerang Fund for Artists grant.
A sample of recent credits are listed below. A pdf of her complete resume can be downloaded here.
| Theater | Production | Role | Director |
| The Beck Center | Noises Off | Dotty | Scott Spence |
| The Curious Incident… | Mrs. Alexander | William Roudebush | |
| Studio Theater | Terminus | A | Tom Story |
| Factory 449 | The Amish Project | All | Holly Twyford |
| Scena Theatre | A Woman of No Importance | Lord Illingworth | Robert McNamara |
| The Beckett Trio | May, Mouth, Woman | Robert McNamara | |
| Guilt | Jeanne | Robert McNamara | |
| Someone is Going to Come | She | Robert McNamara | |
| The Cripple of Inishmaan | Eileen Osbourne | Robert McNamara | |
| The Importance of Being Earnest | Jack | Robert McNamara | |
| The Norwegians | Betty | Robert McNamara | |
| The Marriage of Maria Braun | Maria Braun | Robert McNamara | |
| Greek | Wife | Robert McNamara | |
| Sink the Belgrano | Maggot Scratcher | Robert McNamara | |
| The Maids | Solange | Gabriele Jakobi | |
| Dark | Dark | Robert McNamara | |
| After the Orgy | Vulva | Robert McNamara | |
| Solas Nua | Little Thing, Big Thing | Martha | Rex Daugherty |
| Woman and Scarecrow | Scarecrow | Des Kennedy | |
| Scenes from the Big Picture | Theresa Black | Des Kennedy | |
| In Series | Viva Verdi | Verdi/Lear | Steven Scott Mazzola |
| Folger Theatre | Richard III | Duchess of York | Robert Richmond |
| Constellation Theater Co. | The Green Bird | Queen Tartaliona | Allison Stockman |
| Three Sisters | Olga | Allison Stockman | |
| The Marriage of Figaro | Marcelline | Allison Stockman | |
| The Oresteia | Clytemnestra | Allison Stockman | |
| Forum Theater | Love and Information | Ensemble | Michael Dove |
| The Illusion | Alcandre | Mitchell Hébert | |
| The Language Archive | Mary | Jessica Burgess | |
| One Flea Spare | Darcy Snelgrave | Alexander Strain | |
| Angels in America (Pts. 1 and 2) | Angel, et.al. | Jeremy Skidmore and Michael Dove | |
| The Skriker | The Skriker | Kathleen Ackerly | |
| Actors Theater of Washington | Vampire Lesbians of Sodom | Succubus/La Condesa | Rick Hammerly |
| Longacre Lea | Man with Bags | Woman | Kathleen Ackerly |
| The Keegan Theater | The Beauty Queen of Leenane | Maureen | Mark Rhea |
| Washington Shakespeare Company | Six Characters in Search of an Author | The Mother | Tom Prewitt |
| Death and the King’s Horseman | Jane | John Vreeke | |
| Lady Chatterly’s Lover | Hilda, et al. |