Swedish-American actress, singer, and dancer

Ann-Margret

Intro
Swedish-American actress, singer, and dancer
Record Labels
Awards Received
Crystal Award
Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Nominated For
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Best Actress Grammy Award for Best New Artist
News

Ann-Margret Olsson (born April 28, 1941), known mononymously as Ann-Margret, is a Swedish-American actress, singer and dancer.

As an actress, Ann-Margret is known for her roles in Bye Bye Birdie (1963), Viva Las Vegas (1964), The Cincinnati Kid (1965), Carnal Knowledge (1971), The Train Robbers (1973), Tommy (1975), The Villain (1979), Newsies (1992), Grumpy Old Men (1993), Grumpier Old Men (1995), and Going in Style (2017). She has won five Golden Globe Awards and been nominated for two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and six Emmy Awards. In 2010, she won an Emmy Award for her guest appearance on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

Her singing and acting careers span six decades, starting in 1961; initially, she was billed as a female version of Elvis Presley. She has a sultry, vibrant contralto voice. She had a minor success in 1961 and a charting album in 1964, and she scored a disco hit in 1979. She recorded a critically acclaimed gospel album in 2001 and an album of Christmas songs in 2004.