Eija Skarsgård: the Skarsgård who casts instead of acts

Eija Skarsgård is a Swedish casting director, born 27 February 1992 in Stockholm. She is the only daughter of actor Stellan Skarsgård and the only sister to seven brothers, four of whom act. She has worked in casting on Swedish and Netflix productions since 2021, after earlier careers in modelling and nightclub management.

Her name is often typed as Eija Skarsgard without the Swedish å, and both spellings return the same person, so there is no need to hunt for the accented character.

Most articles about her are years behind. They describe a nightclub manager who might one day return to modelling. That was true in 2022. She has been building a casting career the whole time since.

Eija Skarsgård at a glance

Growing up as the only girl in a house of actors

Her parents are Stellan Skarsgård and My Skarsgård, a doctor who also appeared occasionally on Swedish television. They married in 1975 and had six children together before divorcing in 2007. Stellan later married screenwriter Megan Everett and had two more sons, Ossian and Kolbjörn.

That arithmetic leaves Eija as one girl among seven boys. Her family has talked about it more than she has. Stellan told The Guardian in 2015 that she was stronger than her brothers in many ways and that she enjoyed her position in the household. Alexander has told a story about a two-year-old Eija dictating a note to their father because she could not yet write, insisting that girls are always right. It went on the kitchen wall and stayed there.

She has said in interviews that the siblings looked after each other a great deal growing up, because their father travelled constantly for work.

She has also been direct about not wanting to act. Her reasoning is practical rather than dramatic: the family already has enough people doing that job.

Discovered at 14, finished by 18

A modelling agency approached her at a Pirates of the Caribbean premiere, where her father was playing Bootstrap Bill Turner. She was 14. She signed and worked for roughly four years, appearing in advertisements and on magazine covers. [VERIFY: Stockholm Fashion Week 2008 appearance — reported by one low-authority site only]

She stopped at 18. In later interviews she said the work had stopped being enjoyable and that she was constantly pushed to lose weight. She has never ruled out modelling again, but she has not returned.

Four years is a short modelling career. It is also long enough at that age to leave someone with a specific view of how talent gets picked, which is worth keeping in mind given where she ended up.

The nightclub years

After modelling she moved into Stockholm nightlife with no experience in it. She was recruited to manage Vardagsrummet, a newly opened venue in the Stureplan district, and learned the job on the floor. She has described herself as having always been a night person.

By 2014 she had moved to Vassa Eggen, a Stockholm restaurant and bar, as entertainment manager. She has said she ran the door without guest lists or favouritism, which in Stureplan is a position rather than a policy.

Public documentation of this period is thin. What is clear is that she spent most of her twenties managing rooms full of people, which is closer to casting work than it first appears.

Casting: the part most articles get wrong

Eija Skarsgård entered casting in the early 2020s and has worked steadily since. She is credited variously as casting director, casting assistant, extras casting and additional casting, which is normal for someone building a department career rather than arriving at the top of one.

Two corrections worth making, because both errors are widespread:

1. She is not an actor. Several sites describe her as a Swedish actress. She has no acting credits and has said publicly that she does not want any.
2. Her Young Royals involvement was larger than usually reported. One widely shared page credits her with extras casting on six episodes. Industry databases list 18 episodes across three casting functions between 2021 and 2024.

She runs a separate professional Instagram account, @skarsgardcasting, alongside her personal one. That is a small detail with a clear implication: she treats casting as a business, not a hobby attached to a famous surname.

Family and personal life

She married Zeke Tastas in 2019. Her brothers attended. Bill has spoken publicly about the wedding since.

In 2025 she and Tastas had a son, Aldous.

She posts on Instagram under @eijalo, where she has around 24,000 followers, and shares family photographs there fairly often. Compared with her brothers she keeps a low profile, but she is not hidden. She simply works in a job where the person doing it is not supposed to be the story.

Eija Skarsgard net worth: why every figure you see is invented

Published estimates for Eija Skarsgård’s net worth range from about $500,000 to $2 million depending on which site you land on. None of them cites a source.

That spread is the tell. A four-times difference between confident figures means nobody is calculating anything. She has had three careers, all of them salaried or freelance rather than equity-based, and none of her financial information is public.

Any specific number you read about her finances is a guess.

FAQs

Who is Eija Skarsgård?

A Swedish casting director born in 1992, and the only daughter of actor Stellan Skarsgård.

How old is Eija Skarsgård?

She was born on 27 February 1992, making her 34 as of August 2026.

Is Eija Skarsgård an actress?

No. She works in casting and has said she has no interest in acting, since her family already has plenty of actors.

Who are Eija Skarsgård’s brothers?

Alexander, Gustaf, Sam, Bill and Valter Skarsgård, plus half-brothers Ossian and Kolbjörn from her father’s second marriage.

What has Eija Skarsgård worked on?

Casting credits include Young Royals, Lust, Deliver Me, Cry Wolf, Stenbeck and The Dance Club.

Is Eija Skarsgård married?

Yes, to Zeke Tastas since 2019. They had a son, Aldous, in 2025.

Why did Eija Skarsgård stop modelling?

She quit at 18, saying the work was no longer enjoyable and that she was constantly pressured over her weight.

Why the search results on her are so stale

Her name spikes whenever one of her brothers has a film out, and the pages written in response tend to be copied from older pages rather than researched. That is why so many results still call her a nightclub manager and speculate about a modelling comeback, both of which stopped being current around 2020.

If you are looking her up, check the publication date first and check whether the page lists any casting credits after 2022. Most do not, which tells you how much of it was actually checked.

Jackson Padilla

JacksonPadilla is a writer at Around Celebrities, covering celebrity families, relationships, biographies, and the stories behind the stars. With a focus on clear and engaging storytelling, Kole helps readers discover the people and connections beyond the spotlight.