Kristine Froseth was born on September 21, 1995, in Summit, New Jersey — but her story is rooted in two continents. The daughter of Norwegian parents, she grew up between the United States and Oslo, an experience that shaped her identity and broadened her perspective on the world. This life split between cultures — the American pragmatism and Scandinavian rigor — can be felt in her work: Kristine has an uncommon sensitivity for portraying characters suspended between freedom and duty, desire and societal expectation.

Her path into entertainment happened almost by chance. At 14, she was discovered during a fashion show at a shopping mall in Norway and later signed with IMG Models after being scouted in New Jersey. Her modeling career quickly took off, with campaigns for Prada, Armani, Miu Miu, and H&M. But Kristine soon felt she wanted to go beyond the still images of fashion — there was a fire in her to tell stories. She first appeared in music videos, such as The Weeknd’s “False Alarm,” and made her film debut in 2017’s Rebel in the Rye.

The turning point came between 2018 and 2019, when she starred in Netflix’s Sierra Burgess Is a Loser, the miniseries The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair, and most notably Hulu’s adaptation of Looking for Alaska, in which she played Alaska Young. The role cemented her as one of her generation’s most promising talents, able to convey emotional complexity and melancholy with almost ethereal nuance. She then shone in Netflix’s The Society, proving her versatility as the popular Kelly Aldrich. Other key projects followed, including When the Streetlights Go On, American Horror Stories, and The First Lady, where she portrayed a young Betty Ford.

But it was The Buccaneers (Apple TV+) that catapulted Kristine to a new level. In the series inspired by Edith Wharton’s unfinished novel, she plays Nan St. George, a young American who crosses the Atlantic to challenge the rules of 19th-century British aristocracy. Nan is the heart of the story, and Froseth delivers a performance that balances vulnerability and boldness. Her Nan is not simply a romantic heroine — she is curious, intelligent, and unwilling to accept rules without question. The series premiered in 2023 and quickly became a hit, earning a second season in 2025. For Kristine, it was the role that confirmed her power as a leading actress and brought her global recognition.

Off-screen, Kristine is known for keeping her personal life private, but since 2022, she has been in a relationship with her Buccaneers co-star Guy Remmers. She speaks about fashion with ease in interviews, favoring comfort and mood-driven choices, and has cited Billie Eilish as a style inspiration. Her quiet, luminous presence has been praised by her co-stars, including Christina Hendricks.

Now, Kristine is about to return to Edith Wharton’s world in a major way. She will play May Welland in Netflix’s highly anticipated adaptation of The Age of Innocence, a limited series created by Emma Frost (The White Queen, The White Princess, Jamaica Inn, Shameless) and directed by Shannon Murphy (Babyteeth).

The story is a sumptuous portrait of forbidden love and desire in Gilded Age New York. May Welland is Newland Archer’s fiancée — sweet, genuine, and very much a product of her social class. A rule follower, religious, and committed to the status quo, May might initially seem passive. Still, Wharton’s complex emotional economy reveals her to be a quiet strategist in her own right. The series sets her against her cousin Ellen Olenska, played by Camila Morrone, the scandal-marked “enfant terrible” who returns to New York after leaving her unhappy marriage to a Polish count. Ellen is spirited, playful, and fiercely independent — and her love for Newland becomes the beating heart of the most famous love triangle in Wharton’s canon. Ben Radcliffe plays Newland Archer, the handsome young man torn between duty and passion, and Margo Martindale rounds out the central cast as Mrs. Manson-Mingott, the imposing, mischievous grandmother who delights in bending society’s rules.

First published in 1920, The Age of Innocence made history by earning Edith Wharton the first Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ever awarded to a woman. Netflix’s new version promises to stay true to the spirit of Wharton’s novel while speaking to a new generation, traversing the ballrooms and bedrooms of its characters to ask: What is love? What is lust? And should we ultimately be guided by our heads—or by our hearts?

For Kristine Froseth, the series marks more than just another period role. It’s a return to the author who first gave her a defining breakthrough — now with a character that demands subtlety, restraint, and a more mature reading of Wharton’s themes. From Nan St. George to May Welland, Froseth is confirming her place as an interpreter of women who are both products of their time and agents of transformation. And for audiences, something is fascinating about watching her inhabit Wharton’s world once again — as though literature itself had found its new muse.