Makka Kleist

Makka Kleist (born 1951) is a Greenlandic actress.[1] After training to be a schoolteacher, she was inspired to become an actress and received training at the Tuukkaq Teater in western Jutland. As she was unable to find work in Denmark, she moved to Canada where she appeared in the TV series Daughter of the Country (1986).[2] Back in Greenland, she met the theatre director Svenn Syrin who persuaded her to move to Tromsø in Norway where she appeared mainly at the youth theatre. In 2004, the couple moved to Greenland where Kleist became the leader of the amateur drama group Silamiut. From 2007 to 2016, she ran the newly established Greenlandic Drama School.[3] In 2011, Kleist was awarded the Sermitsiaq Culture Prize.[4]

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  2. ^ Brønden, Jens (29 May 1997). "Du kan ikke spille Lady Macbeth som du ser ud" (in Danish). Atuagagdliutit. Archived from the original on 20 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  3. ^ Brønden, Jens (5 June 1997). "Grøndlandske Eva med æbler i lommerne" (in Danish). Atuagagdliutit. Archived from the original on 20 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Makka og Kunngi fik kulturprisen" (in Danish). Sermitsiaq. 21 June 2011. Archived from the original on 20 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.