Hildegun Riise has been employed as an actress at the Norwegian Theater in Oslo since 1986. She has played roles ranging from Greek tragedies to musicals and to modern drama. She has also been central in many film and TV productions, and has received both the film’s Amanda Prize and the theater’s Hedda Prize and Aase Bye’s prize. Throughout her career, Hildegun has produced and performed a number of poetry concerts together with both classical musicians, jazz and folk musicians. She is a lyricist both on the album “Under Stjernone” (with lyrics by Olav H. Hauge and music by Edvard Askeland) and on the album “Blått svev” (with lyrics by Jon Fosse and music by Benedicte Maurseth and Stein Urheim). Hildegun was the editor of the poetry anthology “Picking stars with the hands” (Det Norske Samlaget). In 2015, Hildegun made her debut as a director at the National Theater with “Morning and Evening” by Jon Fosse after his novel, which she herself dramatized. In 2017, she directed “Albert and Anna” by Frode Grytten at the National Theater in collaboration with the Nationale Scene in Bergen.