 For her role in "Jentespranget", she won the award for Best Actress at the 8th Moscow International Film Festival.Vardund debuted on stage in 1947 at the Chat Noir, and on the screen five years later with the movie "Andrine og Kjell".In 1971 she toured in Japan with Nationaltheatret (the National Theatre) as Nora in "A Doll's House".