Sólveig Eva, a multi-talented individual, was born and raised in Reykjavik, Iceland, before making the move to London to pursue her passion for acting at the prestigious LAMDA and Rose Bruford College.
As she began her career in the UK and US, Sólveig heeded the advice of her acting teachers and adopted the stage name Eva Solveig, becoming a member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and Actors' Equity. However, in 2020, she decided to return to her roots and re-embrace her birth name.
Sólveig's dedication to her craft led her to train in physical theatre with renowned institutions such as Gardzienice in Poland, Physical Lab and Song of the Goat Theatre in London, and the International School of Theatrical Biomechanics in Italy.
In addition to her physical theatre training, Sólveig also studied acting at Knickerbocker Studio, Stella Adler, and with T.Schreiber in New York. She further honed her skills through an acting Erasmus exchange with the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre in Tallinn and studied improv and sketch writing with the Upright Citizen's Brigade in New York.
In 2012, Sólveig co-founded the theatre company Spindrift with her classmates Bergdís Júlía Jóhannsdóttir, Henriette Kristensen, and Anna Korolainen Crevier. The company focuses on exploring human behavior, devising experimental storytelling, and playing with identity and autonomy through voice and movement.
Tinna Þorvalds Önnudóttir joined the company in 2019, and Marjo Lahti and Outi Ikonen formally joined in 2021.
Apart from her work in the theatre, Sólveig is also an accomplished author-illustrator, focusing on intimate relationships and the complexities of identity and belonging. She has written for the Washington Post, is an award-winning graphic novelist, and is represented by The Seymour Agency in New York.
