Who plays Ingvild in Vikings?
Ingvild is played by Kelly Campbell in the original Vikings series.
Explore family, allies and rivals or follow the story sections below.
Cast references: Kelly Campbell.
Explore Ingvild’s story
A household under pressure
She accompanies the family to Iceland. The deaths among her children place the settlement’s struggle within the domestic life that Floki’s collective vision is supposed to protect.
Welcome and isolation
When Kjetill returns with Ubbe’s group, she welcomes the travelers. She later remains in Greenland with him after the dispute over the stranded whale drives the others away.
Watch the cost outside the argument
Ingvild has less control over public confrontations than the men leading them, but that does not make their outcomes remote from her. Her storyline rewards attention to hospitality, grief and endurance. Avoid inventing private motives or offscreen adventures to compensate for limited dialogue: the documented role already shows how an ambitious patriarch’s choices constrain an entire household.
Relationships & loyalties
Memorable scenes
Welcoming the new arrivals
Season 6, episode 9
When Kjetill returns to Iceland with Ubbe’s travelers, Ingvild welcomes them into the household. Hospitality gives her a practical role in an expedition otherwise defined by larger promises about unexplored land.
Why this moment matters
The welcome provides a small but concrete alternative to the language of claim, revenge and authority surrounding Kjetill. Ingvild receives people who need a place to begin, making the household useful through hospitality. That action matters precisely because the larger settlement stories repeatedly fail when dependence is answered with suspicion or an opportunity to dominate.
Remaining after the whale dispute
Season 6, episode 15
The fight over the stranded whale ends with Ubbe and the other survivors leaving Greenland. Ingvild remains with Kjetill, giving his claimed victory the scale of an increasingly isolated household.
Why this moment matters
Remaining with Kjetill gives his declaration of kingship a domestic consequence. His insistence on ownership does not leave him alone in the literal sense; another person must continue living inside the world his choices have narrowed. The scene directs attention away from the triumphant claim and toward the household that is left to sustain it.
Who plays Ingvild?
Kelly Campbell portrays Ingvild.
Kelly Campbell’s work beyond Vikings includes Mrs Nubbles in The Old Curiosity Shop (2007); Mrs. Cross in Love & Friendship (2016); Maeve in Brakes (2017).