Vivi Catarina Benckert, known professionally as Vicki Benckert, was born on 17 October 1960 in Lidingö, Sweden. She broke through at Melodifestivalen 1984, where she wrote and performed three songs: “Kärleksmagi,” “Sankta Cecilia,” and “Livet är som ett träd.” Of the 90 songs selected that year, she had written or performed in seven. She also performed at the Schlagerfestival in Sopot, Poland, where she won three of four prizes for singing. She was one of many backing vocalists on Tommy Nilsson’s “En dag,” which represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989. Benckert has sung in the choir for Army of Lovers, Tomas Ledin, Niklas Strömstedt, Christer Sandelin, Tommy Körberg and Carola Häggkvist, and has toured the world with Roxette. She performed regularly at Stockholm Pride as a keyboardist, guitarist and vocalist. She is also known as the original Swedish voice of both Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy in the Swedish dub of Batman: The Animated Series.
