Iris Bjork

Iris Bjork Johannesdottir is an Icelandic actress and model based in London Iris Bjork started dabbling with acting when she was a young girl and played lead roles in 3 different productions who entered Skrekkur and came 1st twice, Skrekkur is an annual talent competition for primary school students in Reykjavík. Iris then started modeling when she was 17 years old, She did photo shoots and commercials but later on realized her passions were in acting for screen. She got her first glimpse of Method acting and Stanislavsky at The Theatrical Technology program (Leiktaekni Skolinn) in Reykjavik before she moved to London, to study acting for screen at MET film school. In 2018 she did one year with master of the Method Brian Timoney at The Courtyard Theater. There she tried many different characters like Maggie in a Cat on a hot tin roof, Nora in a dolls house and Julie in Miss Julie. Since 2019 Iris is enrolled in the AMAW acting studio in London where she is learning fantastic realism. There they use not one technique but rather learn how to use realistic acting and listening but also dab into different eras like Shakespeare. Iris has always been very athletic, she practiced football for many years, as is she skilled in other various sports as boxing, Muay Thai, yoga, fitness, snowboarding and horse back riding. She also has a great passion for dancing, painting and the arts.