Elín Hall is a critically acclaimed Icelandic artist
whose career spans film & music.
“With a voice that can evoke both the fierce power of the female experience and the delicate beauty of human emotion, Elín Hall has quickly become a luminary in the Icelandic cultural scene. And when speaking with her, it’s clear she will inevitably follow the same path that fellow Icelandic creatives, like Björk and Sigur Rós, and reach international acclaim.”
– Schon Magazine 2024
her credits include: four #1 singles at home
one of “5 Best Songs of 2025”
– as picked by editor Kelsey Barnes at AltPress
for As The World Falls Down
”Album of the Year”
– Reykjavík Grapevine Awards for heyrist í mér?
”Best Actress”
– Chicago International Film Festival
for When The Light Breaks
opening for YUNGBLUD and The Smashing Pumpkins
music
Elín Hall is in the midst of a major new international phase of her career, centered around a full‑length English‑language album slated for release in 2026. This project marks a transition from her earlier Icelandic work into global audiences, with songwriting and production shaped alongside Grammy‑winning producer Martin Terefe (known for work with Adele, YUNGBLUD, and more).
LIVE
UPCOMING
Eurosonic Noorderslag (ESNS)
Groningen, Netherlands
Thursday 15 January 2026
Forum Rabo Studio — 20:50–21:30
Platosonic (Bagels & Beans) — 14:10–14:30
Support for Laufey — A Matter of Time Tour
Kórinn, Kópavogur (Reykjavík), Iceland
Saturday 14 March 2026 — Sold Out
Sunday 15 March 2026 — Limited tickets remaining
Best Actress
WIN 2025: at Chicago International Film Festival for When the Light Breaks – premiered in un certain regard at Cannes
WIN 2025: Eddan for When the Light Breaks (Icelandic Film Academy)
NOM 2024: Cold (Kuldi)
NOM 2019: Let Me Fall (Lof mér að falla)
2025: Berlinale Shooting Star
film
in the press
Chicago International Film Festival: Festival Award Winners
Elín Hall is a commanding performer who grips the audience with her quiet depiction of an overwhelming loss in When the Light Breaks.
— Chicago International Film Festival: Festival Award Winners Laufey, Árný Margrét and Elín Hall lead nominations at Icelandic Music Awards
Elín Hall – who Best Fit recently filmed in a lave cave outside of Reykjavík – is nominated for Album of the Year and Vocal of the Year in Pop, Rock, Hip-Hop, and Electronic. Hall's album Heyrist í mér? is also nominated for Lyric of the Year.
— The Line of Best Fit (link) Elín portrays Vigdís Finnbogadóttir in her younger years in the series Vigdís. She received the script for the first episode while on holiday in France and was captivated immediately.
"I read the script and bawled my eyes out over the first episode. Then I called them back, and they offered me the role," she says. "I never auditioned, which is a bit unusual. I was just lucky to look so much like her."
— RÚV (link)It’s very important to me that people understand stories in my lyrics. I think that’s the essence of what I want to be.
— PAPER (link)“heyrist í mér, you know, it’s just a sentence that the musician says before they tap the microphone,” she continues.
For Elín, that title also holds alternative meanings — one pertaining to her experience as a woman.
“In a feminist context, do the things I’m saying matter? I’ve experienced that you need to make an effort to be heard. You need to express things more clearly as a woman. Nobody is handing you the microphone.”
— Reykjavík Grapevine (link)“I wrote this song about being an artist from a very small country,” said Hall. “I kind of hate it sometimes but don’t want to leave.”
— American Songwriter (link)“For me, as a storyteller—because storytelling is what ultimately drives me as an artist—I will always have this thirst for creating music and being a songwriter. I don’t think I would be happy as a session player or a performer. I always need to be behind the message in some way.”
— interview, The Line of Best Fit (link)
“My biggest fear isn’t not making it. It’s losing the things that I already have.”
— Teen Vogue (link)
With two standout Chanel looks and a stunning performance, Icelandic actor Elín Hall is a Cannes breakoute
I believe your emotions are stored in your body so it was about finding the emotions inside the body and finding the music that works and breathwork that works instead of thinking.” The role required full days of “smoking and crying at a bus stop”. “It is hard to cry all day,” she says. “You just have to do it.”
— Vogue Scandinavia (link)“Every sound on the track—guitar, voices, synths—was created by my hands or my voice.
It’s raw, intimate, and entirely me, and then Árni [Arnason, The Vaccines] turned those recordings into pure musical magic.”
— The Line of Best Fit (link)
Elín Hall is not only an award-winning actress and chart-topping pop star in Iceland but a singer-songwriter with cutting lyricism, beckoning her to the world stage.
“It’s very exciting and terrifying at the same time,” she says when asked about her plans to pursue a global career.
— PAPER (link)It’s very important to me that people understand stories in my lyrics. I think that’s the essence of what I want to be.
— Big Issue (link)
“I hope my work stands for honesty above all else. Whether it’s through music, acting, or anything else I create, I want it to feel real. If what I make helps someone feel more understood or less alone, even just for a moment, that would mean everything to me.”
— Notion (link)