Linn Bjørnland grew up on Jeløya a small island outside Moss, Norway. She left home at age 15 to study at Fagerborg in Oslo, a professional ballet program where she trained with the Norwegian National Ballet School. She continued her education in London at Bird College where she discovered acting as an extension of dance. Her career then took to her to New York where she thrived both on stage and on film. A growing passion for film and television lead her to Los Angeles which quickly embraced her landing roles on such shows as HBO's True blood, NBC's Grimm, TNT's Leverage, CW's Hart of Dixie, CBS medical drama Code black and Criminal Minds as well as the lead role in the upcoming independent feature Escape through Africa opposite Eric Roberts. Combining classical Hollywood elegance with modern sensibility and an international upbringing, Linn has the ability to inhabit a wide range of characters and roles.