ICELANDIC ACTRESS, SINGER & SONGWRITER - IN THE BAND ÞAU - IN THE BAND dIFFERENT TURNS Rakel Björk is an artist based in Iceland working in the fields of acting, music, performance, writing and vocal training. Rakel is an actress at the Reykjavík City Theatre, known for her role in the five star musical 9 Lives that tells the story of the Icelandic musician Bubbi Morthens, her role as Miss Honey in Matilda the Musical and her performance in Room 4.1 with Kristján Ingimarsson Company. Rakel is the Icelandic voice of Isabela Madrigal in the Disney film Encanto and plays the role of he Strawberry in the Musical Ávaxtakarfan. Rakel is a member of the band ÞAU. The band has released two albums, "ÞAU taka Vestfirði" and "ÞAU taka Norðurland" that both include original songs by ÞAU with old Icelandic poetic lyrics, with a special focus on female poets. Rakel is the lead singer of the band different Turns, she's the voice of the band's third album, "too asleep to hear the massive wind blow." Rakel has an educational background in acting and singing from Iceland University of The Arts and Copenhagen’s Complete Vocal Institute. Rakel has also done some film work, e.g. playing the role of Lára in the feature film Sparrows (Þrestir) by Rúnar Rúnarsson in 2015 and the role of Magga in Ferox (Falskur Fugl) in 2013. She also appears in the TV series Fractures (Vitjanir) premiered in 2022 and The New Year's TV program broadcasted by RÚV in the years 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021.