CAROLINE WATERS: ACCIDENT BECAME A TURNING POINT

- I have been looking for myself for a long time.

Caroline Waters (46) has entertained the citicens of Oslo with her show "Finding Venus" and is now in the US with the popular musical thriller. The show is based on her own life journey after she was involved in a serious accident in 1984. Magasinet meets with her on a Fall day in Oslo. Caroline drinks tea and shakes the rain out of her long red hair.

- The visible damages were easier to live with than the head trauma. I have spent much of my adult life trying to help others who have had similar experiences, says the artist.

Growing up, she was a child star, the daughter of Per Asplin and had a full schedule. She performed on Television, held concerts and acted in musicals. Caroline Waters had her debut as a singer with her father already as a two-year-old in 1968. Her first performance as actor was in 1970, as Little Caroline in the Christmas movie, Putti Plutti Pott. She toured with the National Theatre of Norway as Kamomilla, as the lead in the fairytale musical, "I Found, I Found" and finally as Putti's Mama in Putti Plutti Pott.

But it has been a while since she participated in a Christmas musical or fairytale musical. Caroline has grown up, stands firmly on her own two legs as an artist and has a number of album releases behind her.

- The memories from most of my childhood and teens disappeared after the accident, she says and continues:

- I've done a lot since I performed on stage with my dad. And it has been important to me to create my own identity. I very much appreciate the wonderful feedback I have received for my musical, "Finding Venus". The show is about my own life journey after I got injured both physically and psychologically. It is about finding a way back to Self.

A Long Journey

Caroline was 18 years old when she was hit by a car while riding her bike at Vinderen. It happened in an intersection. Her left leg was crushed