Chapter 1

From Child Stardom to Vocal Freedom

hey say I was born singing and with a pair of cross-country skis on my feet. I also enjoyed playing soccer, fighting with the boys, being a sleuth and solving math riddles. My dad played the piano like Nat King Cole and sang like Frank Sinatra. My mom took fencing lessons and made us belly laugh until we cried. Together we co-created more than two decades of extraordinarily dramatic and emotionally thrilling adventures.

I did my first live performance at age two, starred in my first movie at age three and soon became Norway’s youngest musical ambassador for international events. I toured with the National Theatre at seven and at nine a whole musical was written for me to star in.

This musical toured Europe and the US and finally became a TV mini-series hosted by yours truly. Dad and I were stage partners as jazz entertainers, film stars, television hosts and musical comedians until I left home for LA at twenty-two.