Kristine Froseth

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Kristine Froseth
File:Kristine Froseth on Vlogbrothers.jpg
Froseth interviewed on Vlogbrothers about Looking for Alaska in 2019
Born (1996-09-21) 21 September 1996 (age 28)
New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation
  • Actress
  • model
Years active 2013–present

Kristine Froseth (/ˈfrsɛθ/;[1] Norwegian: Frøseth; born 21 September 1996[2][3]) is an American and Norwegian[4] actress and model. She is known for playing Kelly Aldrich in the Netflix series The Society and Alaska Young in the Hulu series Looking for Alaska. In 2022, she starred in the Showtime series The First Lady as young Betty Ford.

Life and career

Froseth was born in the United States to Norwegian parents and her early life was spent traveling back and forth between Oslo, Norway and New Jersey due to her father's work.[4]

She started modeling after being discovered on a catwalk audition at Ski Storsenter in Norway,[2][5] and was also scouted by IMG Models while in New Jersey at a local mall fashion show.[6] She has modeled for brands such as Prada, Armani, Juicy Couture, Miu Miu and H&M.[citation needed]

Her acting career began when a casting director found her photos and encouraged her to audition for the film adaptation of John Green's novel Looking for Alaska. This film adaptation was never made. In 2016, she was cast in the pilot for a potential series adaptation of Let the Right One In.[7] Froseth began her acting career with the 2017 film Rebel in the Rye.[3][8] In 2018, she starred in two Netflix movies, Sierra Burgess Is a Loser[9] and Apostle,[10] and a Sky miniseries, The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair.[11]

On 9 May 2018, it was announced that Hulu would be adapting the John Green novel Looking for Alaska into an 8-episode miniseries.[12] On 30 October 2018, Green announced that Froseth would be playing Alaska Young, one of the main characters.[13] She stars in the 2021 Amazon Prime Video film Birds of Paradise directed by Sarah Adina Smith.[14]

In June 2022, Froseth was cast to star in Apple TV+'s The Buccaneers.[15] On 21 July 2022 Season 2, episode 1 of American Horror Stories aired on FX on Hulu in the U.S. Froseth played the episode's protagonist, Coby Rae Dellum.[16]

Filmography

Film roles
Year Title Role Notes
2017 Rebel in the Rye Shirley Blaney Film
2018 Sierra Burgess Is a Loser Veronica Streaming film
2018 Apostle Ffion Streaming film
2019 Prey Madeleine Streaming film
2019 Low Tide Mary Film[17]
2019 The Assistant Sienna Film[18]
2021 Birds of Paradise Marine Elise Durand Streaming film[14]
2022 Sharp Stick Sarah Jo Film[19]
Television roles
Year Title Role Notes
2013 New Face Herself Web series by DBTV (Norway)[2][20]
2016 False Alarm The Girl Music video from The Weeknd
2016 Killing Me To Love You Girl Music video from Vancouver Sleep Clinic
2016 Junior Jess Main role, television series
2017 Let the Right One In Eli Unsold television pilot
2018 The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair Nola Kellergan Television miniseries
2019 The Society Kelly Main role
2019 Looking for Alaska Alaska Young Miniseries[13]
2020 When the Streetlights Go On Chrissy Monroe Miniseries
2022 The First Lady Betty Ford (young) 3 episodes[21]
2022 American Horror Stories Coby Rae Dellum Episode: "Dollhouse"
TBA The Buccaneers Nan St. George Upcoming TV series; main role[15]

References

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