Birgitte Hjort Sørensen

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Birgitte Hjort Sørensen on the poster for the film Marie Krøyer

Birgitte Hjort Sørensen (born January 16, 1982 ) is a Danish actress . In addition to her theater appearances, she has appeared in more than two dozen film and television productions since the mid-2000s. She gained fame through the recurring role of Katrine Fønsmark in the Danish television series Borgen - Dangerous Ropes (2010-2013).

biography

Training and theater work

Birgitte Hjort Sørensen grew up as the youngest of three daughters of a doctor couple in Birkerød on the Danish island of Zealand . She came into contact with acting after graduating from school when she became a member of the Væksthuset (English: "greenhouse") of the Gladsaxe Theater in Buddinge . Singing, dance and acting lessons were offered there for those between the ages of 18 and 23. She then completed an acting degree at the State Theater School in Copenhagen until 2007 .

In 2007 she appeared in the Danish musical Mød mig på Cassiopeia at Nørrebro Theater. Just a few months after completing her acting training, she made her professional theatrical debut at Det Ny Teater in Copenhagen in the 1996 Broadway version of the Chicago musical with Jesper Asholt . The main role of Roxie Hart brought her first critical praise, with more than 100,000 tickets sold, the play was also the greatest audience success of the year for the Schauspielhaus. She appeared in other musical and theater productions, including at Gladsaxe Teater ( Cabaret ) and Grønnegårds Teatret ( Winter's Tale ) . From the end of February 2008 she worked for three months in the English-language production of Chicago at the Cambridge Theater in London . In the same year she won the young talent award at the Danish Reumert Theater Prize.

Film and television roles

Parallel to her work in the theater, Hjort Sørensen took on roles in Danish film and television productions. During her acting training she had already worked in various short films and made her television debut with a small role in an episode of the series Der Adler - Die Spur des Verbrechens (2005). She made her feature film debut with a small part in Kasper Barfoed's thriller The Candidate with Nikolaj Lie Kaas in the title role. Again alongside Kaas she was seen in the female lead in Tomas Villum Jensen's comedy The End of the World (2009). In the black-humored adventure film, she played the attractive but not very competent assistant to a psychiatrist (Kaas), who is involved in the hunt for a flower in Indonesia that promises eternal youth . The portrayal of Beate earned her nominations for the Danish film prizes Robert and Zulu Award .

Hjort Sørensen became known to an international television audience from 2010 through one of the leading roles in Adam Price 's political series Borgen - Dangerous Ropes . In the internationally acclaimed and multiple award-winning DR production, she took on the role of the ambitious television journalist and presenter Katrine Fønsmark, who is friends with the spin doctor (portrayed by Pilou Asbæk ) of the newly elected Danish Prime Minister ( Sidse Babett Knudsen ). Towards the end of the first season, the character quits his job at the television station, only to be abused in the second season by a newspaper editor ( Peter Mygind ) for his own political campaign of revenge. The Frankfurter Rundschau characterized Katrine Fønsmark as "a moral rigorist who is driven by self-righteous ambition" , while the British daily The Independent dedicated a cover to the BBC television broadcast of Borgen - Dangerous Ropes Hjort Sørensen. In preparation for the role, the actress had accompanied a Danish journalist at work and studied the award-winning American actress Allison Janney in the political series The West Wing - In the Center of Power .

In 2011, Hjort Sørensen played the title role in Linda Wendel's little-noticed feature film Julie . In the modernized Miss Julie version, she was seen as a tennis player who enters into a liaison with her coach. In the same year Hjort Sørensen was awarded the DKK 15,000 prize from the Danish HKH Prinsgemalens Fond , which is awarded to people who have increased Denmark's reputation in culture, business or science. In 2012, Bille August hired her as the eponymous heroine for his biography Marie Krøyer , in which she can be seen as the Danish painter and architect of the same name (1867–1940). In 2014 she appeared in Pernille Fischer Christensen's drama En du elsker as the drug-addicted daughter of leading actor Mikael Persbrandt , which earned her a nomination for Bodil as best supporting actress.

In 2015, Hjort Sørensen made a brief appearance in the fantasy series Game of Thrones as one of the Wildling elders. She was also the leader of the acapella group Das Sound Maschine in the 2015 film Pitch Perfect 2 .

Private life

Birgitte Hjort Sørensen lives in the Copenhagen district of Vesterbro and was in a relationship with her fellow Danish actor Christian Tafdrup until the end of 2012 . Before that, she had a relationship with the freelance theater director and actor Heinrich Christensen. She lives in a relationship with the TV writer and producer Kristian Ladegaard-Pedersen. Their daughter Karoline was born in 2018.

Theater and shows (selection)

  • 2007: Mød mig på Cassiopeia (Nørrebro Teater)
  • 2007: Chicago (Det Ny Teater, Copenhagen - role: Roxie Hart)
  • 2008: Chicago (Cambridge Theater, London)
  • 2008: Free Øl (Rønne Theater, Rønne )
  • 2011: Danmark (Black Box Theater, Holstebro )
  • 2014: Coriolanus (Donmar Theater, London )

Filmography (selection)

Movies

  • 2006: Tre somre (short film)
  • 2007: Canoe (short film)
  • 2007: Knus (short film)
  • 2008: Alliances (short film)
  • 2008: begravelsen (short film)
  • 2008: The candidate (candidates)
  • 2008: Anja & Viktor - I medgang og modgang
  • 2009: The end of the world (Ved verdens end)
  • 2010: The Truth About Men (Sandheden om mænd)
  • 2011: Magi i air
  • 2011: Julie
  • 2012: Marie Krøyer
  • 2014: one by one (power idiots)
  • 2014: En du elsker
  • 2014: The Gas Man (short film)
  • 2014: Autómata
  • 2015: Pitch Perfect 2
  • 2015: Summer '92 (Summer '92)
  • 2017: 3 Things (3 ting)

TV Shows

Awards

  • 2008: Reumert Talent Award
  • 2010: Robert nomination for The End of the World ( Best Actress )
  • 2010: Zulu Award nomination for The End of the World (Best Actress)
  • 2011: Prize of the Danish HKH Prinsgemalens Fond
  • 2013: Robert nomination for Marie Krøyer (Best Actress)
  • 2013: Golden Nymph of the Festival de Télévision de Monte-Carlo for Borgen - Dangerous Ropes (Best Actress in a Drama Series)
  • 2014: Robert nomination for Borgen - Dangerous Ropes (Best Actress in a TV Series)
  • 2015: Bodil nomination for En du elsker ( Best Supporting Actress )

Web links

Commons : Birgitte Hjort Sørensen  - collection of pictures

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Olsen, Mette: Denpæne pige fra Borgen . In: Politiken & Politiken Weekly . January 16, 2012 (accessed via LexisNexis Economy )
  2. ^ Lyding, Henrik: Musical-år på Det Ny Teater at jyllands-posten.dk, May 11, 2007 (accessed on October 28, 2012)
  3. ^ Lyding, Henrik: Godt salg i "Chicago" at jyllands-posten.dk, August 28, 2007 (accessed October 28, 2012)
  4. ↑ Chicago stor-hitter at jyllands-posten.dk, December 4, 2007 (accessed October 28, 2012)
  5. ↑ Lyding, Henrik: Dansk debut i London-musical at jyllands-posten.dk, February 19, 2008 (accessed October 28, 2012)
  6. ↑ a b Annesley, Jackie; Orange, Richard: Success, Sex and the Blonde . In: Evening Standard , February 3, 2012, p. 22
  7. ↑ Galla med det bedste af dansk teater at jyllands-posten.dk (accessed October 28, 2012)
  8. ↑ Brachmann, Jan: A war, only by other means . In: Frankfurter Rundschau , August 14, 2012, p. 31
  9. ↑ Apropos . In: Politiken & Politiken Weekly . June 1, 2011 (accessed via LexisNexis Economy )
  10. ↑ http://watchersonthewall.com/borgen-actress-joins-the-cast-of-game-of-thrones/
  11. ↑ Profile at danskefilm.dk (Danish; accessed October 28, 2012)
  12. ↑ Actress Birgitte Hjort Sørensen says it's great to be a dane. In: NZHerald. February 15, 2019, accessed March 26, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Hjort Sørensen, Birgitte
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sørensen, Birgitte
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish actress
DATE OF BIRTH January 16, 1982