{{Short description|Swedish actress (born 1981)}} {{Infobox person | name = Lotta Losten | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|11|7|df=y}} | birth_place = Jönköping, Sweden | occupation = Actress, designer, photographer | spouse = {{marriage|David F. Sandberg|2013}} }}
'''Lotta Losten''' (born 7 November 1981) is a Swedish actress, designer, and photographer. She is best known for her collaborations with her husband David F. Sandberg, including the 2013 short film ''Lights Out'', the 2016 feature film adaptation of the same name, and ''Shazam!''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cinemablend.com/news/1539350/lights-out-2-is-happening-get-the-details|title=Lights Out 2 Is Happening, Get The Details|last=Holmes|first=Adam|date=|website=CINEMABLEND|access-date=July 31, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.axs.com/news/lotta-losten-star-of-original-lights-out-shares-creepy-spotify-playlis-90927#slide=1|title=Lotta Losten, star of original ‘Lights Out,’ shares creepy Spotify playlist|last=|first=|date=|website=AXS|access-date=}}</ref><ref name="Shazam">{{cite tweet|user=lottalosten|last=Losten|first=Lotta|number=958799702094438406|title=Yes! I have a role in Shazam! I can finally say that!|date=January 31, 2018|accessdate=January 31, 2017}}</ref>
== Career == Lotta made her film debut in the short film ''Cam Closer'' (2013), about a phone that can see the future. She and her husband, filmmaker David F. Sandberg, created the 2013 short film ''Lights Out'', where she plays a woman who is haunted by a creature that moves in the dark, but does not appear if the lights are on. According to Sandberg, the movie cost practically nothing to make and was originally something they just wanted to have fun with. They submitted the film to the Bloody Cuts Horror Challenge where the film was a finalist, and Sandberg won Best Director.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bloodycuts.co.uk/bc-horror-challenge/lights-out-best-director/|title=Lights Out - Best Director - Bloody Cuts|date=2 February 2016|website=Bloodycuts.co.uk|accessdate=23 June 2018}}</ref> Some months later, the short film became popular online, going from about 8000 views to over a million, and attracting Hollywood directors and producers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/herocomplex/la-et-hc-the-short-film-that-inspired-a-hollywood-picture-20160326-story.html|title=How the horror short 'Lights Out' went from 3-minute film to Hollywood feature|first=Meredith|last=Woerner|website=Latimes.com|accessdate=23 June 2018}}</ref><ref name="slashfilm">{{cite web|url=http://www.slashfilm.com/lights-out-david-f-sandberg-interview/|title=Interview: 'Lights Out' Director David F. Sandberg on Adapting His Hit Short Film|date=26 July 2016|website=Slashfilm.com|accessdate=23 June 2018}}</ref>
Since 2014, Losten has starred in several short films including ''See You Soon'' (2014), ''Pictured'' (2014), ''Not So Fast'' (2014), ''Coffer'' (2014), ''Attic Panic'' (2015) and ''Closet Space'' (2016). In the feature film of ''Lights Out'', released in 2016, she plays Esther, the co-worker in the opening scene who encounters Diana Walter. She also has a small role in ''Shazam!'' (2019).<ref name="slashfilm"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://film-book.com/lights-out-2016-horror-film-to-get-sequel/|title=LIGHTS OUT (2016): Horror Film To Get Sequel|website=Film-book.com|access-date=July 31, 2016}}</ref>
== Personal life == Losten was born in Jönköping, Sweden. She has been married to director David F. Sandberg since 2013. She studied theatre history and gender studies at Lund University and studied acting at Blekinge läns folkhögskola for two years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lottalosten.com/about.php|title=Lotta Losten|website=Lottalosten.com|access-date=July 31, 2016}}</ref>
== Filmography == === Short films === {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role !class="unsortable" |Notes |- | rowspan="2" |2013 | ''Cam Closer'' | rowspan="7" |Woman | |- | ''Lights Out'' | |- | rowspan="4" |2014 | ''See You Soon'' | |- | ''Pictured'' | |- | ''Not So Fast'' | |- | ''Coffer'' | |- | 2015 | ''Attic Panic'' | |- | rowspan="2" |2016 | ''Closet Space'' | Lotta | |- | ''That Party That One Night'' | Party Kid | |- | 2017 | ''Who Decides'' | Nurse | |- | 2020 | ''Shadowed'' | rowspan="3" |Woman | |- | 2020 | ''Not Alone in Here'' | |- | 2023 | ''Cam Closer II'' | |}
=== Feature films === {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role !class="unsortable" |Notes |- | 2016 | ''Lights Out'' | Esther | |- | rowspan="2" |2017 | ''Annabelle: Creation'' | Adoption Agent | |- | ''Broken English'' | Editor in Chief | Miniseries |- | 2019 | ''Shazam!'' | Dr. Lynn Crosby | <ref name="Shazam"/> |- | 2023 | ''Shazam! Fury of the Gods'' | Civilian | <ref name="LottaLostenCameo">{{Cite web |last=Burlingame |first=Russ |date=September 6, 2022 |title=Shazam! 2 Director Confirms Cameo From First Movie |url=https://comicbook.com/dc/news/shazam-2-director-confirms-lotta-losten-cameo/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907080836/https://comicbook.com/dc/news/shazam-2-director-confirms-lotta-losten-cameo/ |archive-date=September 7, 2022 |access-date=September 6, 2022 |website=ComicBook.com}}</ref> |- | 2025 | ''Until Dawn'' | Reporter | Producer |- |} <!--do ''not'' add films that are in pre-production, in development or announced per WP:CRYSTAL-->
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Losten, Lotta}} Category:1981 births Category:Living people Category:Actors from Jönköping Category:Actresses from Jönköping County Category:Swedish film actresses Category:Swedish women photographers