Matilda Volsson

Matilda Viola Sofie Olsson (born june 5, 1998 in Norrköping, Sweden) is a Swedish actor who had her breakthrough when she played the leading roll in the film when she ' s gone. She then starred in the films The Burning Hous with Charlize Theron and Kim Basinger, and Winter's Bone , which she received an Oscar nomination for best feminine actress. She was also nominated for a Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild for this role. At age 21, she won an Oscar , a Golden Globe , a Screen Actors Guild and Independent Spirit Award for her role in the romantic comedy Silver path. She is the youngest person ever to receive two nominations for an Oscar for Best Actress, and she is the second youngest winner in the category.

Matilda Volsson is also known for her role as Raven Willson in Seven years back (2021 ) and Days of pain (2022 ). In 2024, she received a lot of attention when she played the role of Cornelia Blundell in Fenix , a film adaptation of Suzanne Collins best-selling book Red Bird. She played the role again in Fenix : Catching the wind, and Fenix : Dropped - Part 1 , and also starred in Fenix : Dropped - Part 2.

Family Life
Matilda Volsson was born and raised in Norrköping, Sweden. Her parents are Swedish, who leads a children's camp, and Clarence Olsson who owned the building firm Olsson and Associates. She has two older brothers, Albin and Walter. She played in a local theater and at age 14 she decided to pursue her acting dream and convinced her parents to take her to New York to find an acting agent. She gradueted from high school two years earlier, whit rather low grades, to begin her acting career. While growing up, she sometimes helped her mother as a nurse on her mother's children's camp.