Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir

Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir, born July 28th, 1982 in Reykjavík, Iceland is a singer, songwriter, and actress, performing with lyrics in English and Icelandic. She started her career with hip-hop group Kritikal Mazz and indie pop band Ske (2), before embarking on a solo career in 2005. She is best known as her potrayal of Silvía Night (Icelandic: Silvía Nótt) a fictional, satirical character on Sjáumst með Silvíu Nótt (The Silvia Night Show), an Icelandic comedy show of the television channel Skjár einn. The character was invented by Gaukur Úlfarsson and Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir; the latter plays Silvía Night. Silvía Night interviews people in real-life situations. Before the show made its debut on TV, and when Silvía was still unknown, she used to upset the people she interviewed dramatically with her outrageous behaviour. Silvía Night was also Iceland's participant in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006. Her antics, both onstage and offstage, created controversy and garnered international media attention. Her album Goldmine was released in April. It topped the Official Icelandic Albums chart on 23 April 2007.