AMY DEASISMONT is a writer and director. She has a background in various areas of the performing arts. For the past fifteen years Amy has been working as a recording artist, performer and actor.
Amy has previously worked as an actress in many tv, film and theatre productions, e.g. the feature "My skinny sister" (dir. Sanna Lenken), the drama series "Gösta" (HBO / dir. Lukas Moodysson) and most recently in 2021; the drama series “Knutby” (TV4 Cmore / dir. Goran Kapetanovic). Apart from acting, Amy is now dedicated to creating, writing and directing for film and tv.
Amy’s first original series "Thunder in my heart" premiered during Spring 2021, a series she created, wrote entirely herself and co-directed episodes for together with Anders Hazelius (conceptual director) and Sanna Lenken (episode director). Amy also played the lead role. It was produced by B-Reel Films for Viaplay. Amy won the award for Best Actress for "Thunder in my heart” and the series was also nominated for Best Series at Kristallen (Swedish Emmy) in August 2021. The show was a huge success both among critics and viewers.
During Spring 2021 Amy also worked as an episode writer for a greenlit Swedish drama series called “Heartbeats”, based on the Norwegian format “Hjerteslag”, to be premiered 2022.
Having portrayed complex characters as an actress, Amy has a deep understanding of the importance of authentic dialogue and well written characters for a story to connect with an audience. Amy’s writing is character-driven and when writing about romantic love she’s interested in finding relatable, moving and funny ways to portray the difficult, exhilarating and sometimes painful parts of being in a relationship.
Amy is usually drawn to writing stories about the power dynamics between family members. Her writing is funny, dark and quirky. She loves mixing drama with comedy and often finds herself writing about people who are going through some form of life-crisis. As she is bilingual, she writes in both Swedish and English.
Untitled - series (screenwriter/creator/actor/episode director) - in development Thunder in my heart season 1 - series (screenwriter/creator/actor/episode director) - 2021 Heartbeats - series (episode writer) - in post production
Awards & nominations
Thunder in my heart season 1 Kristallen (Swedish Emmy) - Winner Best Actress (Amy Deasismont) and nominated for Best Drama - 2021
My Skinny Sister Guldbaggen (Swedish Academy Awards) - Nominated for Best Supporting Actress - 2015
