Birgitte Hjort Sørensen
Birgitte Hjort Sørensen | |
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Born | Hillerød, Denmark | 16 January 1982
Alma mater | Danish National School of Performing Arts |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2005–present |
Partner | Kristian Ladegaard Pedersen |
Children | 2 |
Website | www |
Birgitte Hjort Sørensen (born 16 January 1982) is a Danish actress. She has been nominated for three
Early life
Sørensen was born in Hillerød on 16 January 1982. She grew up in Birkerød.[1][2] Both her parents are doctors and she has two elder sisters.[3] Her early education was at the Bistrup School in Birkerød and Øregård Gymnasium in Hellerup.[1] At the latter, she was the student council chairman and editor of the school magazine.[4] Sørensen decided in her early teens not to follow her parents' footsteps in pursuing a career in medicine after work experience with her mother at a geriatrics ward. She commented, "Being met with that number of people who can no longer go to the bathroom or eat by themselves, it was traumatising. I lived too much with their misery."[5]
While on a school trip to
Career
In 2010, she made her breakthrough by playing the idealistic journalist, Katrine Fønsmark, in the
In 2015, Sørensen appeared in the "
Sørensen played
Personal life
She is in a relationship with television writer and producer Kristian Ladegaard Pedersen.[38] They met when she auditioned for a role as a television host and have two daughters.[39]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Language | Notes | Ref. |
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2006 | Tre Somre | Nanna | Danish | Short film English title: Three Summers |
[40] |
2007 | Canoe | The girl | Danish | Short film | [41] |
2007 | Crush | Lotte | Danish | Short film | [41] |
2008 | The Funeral | Daisy | Danish | [41] [42] | |
2008 | Anja & Viktor – I medgang og modgang | Regitze | Danish | English title: Anja & Viktor – In Sickness and in Health | [41] |
2008 | The Candidate | Sarah | Danish | [41] | |
2008 | Alliancen | Sofie | Danish | Short film English title: The Alliance |
[41] [42] |
2009 | Ved verdens ende
|
Beate | Danish | English title: At World's End | [41] |
2010 | Truth About Men | Girlfriend of the squire's son | Danish | [41] | |
2011 | Love Is in the Air | Camilla | Danish | Danish title: Magi i luften | [41] [42] |
2011 | Miss Julie | Julie | Danish | [41] | |
2012 | The Passion of Marie | Marie Krøyer | Danish | Danish title: Balladen om Marie Krøyer | [28] |
2014 | National Theatre Live: Coriolanus | Virgilia | English | Filmed version of the Donmar Warehouse play | [6] |
2014 | Autómata | Rachel Vaucan | English | [43] | |
2014 | In Order of Disappearance | Marit | Norwegian | [41] | |
2014 | Someone You Love | Julie | Danish | Danish title: En du elsker | [41] |
2014 | The Gas Man | Mia | Danish | Short film | [44] |
2015 | Pitch Perfect 2 | Kommissar | English | [32] | |
2015 | Sommeren '92 | Minna Vilfort | Danish | [45] | |
2017 | 3 Things | Camilla | Danish | [46] |
Television
Year(s) | Title | Role | Language | Notes | Ref. |
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2005 | The Eagle | Nanna | Danish | Episode: "Keres — Del 16" | [9] [10] [42] |
2008 | Maj & Charlie | Sidse | Danish | 1 episode | [41] [42] |
2010–2013, 2022 | Borgen | Katrine Fønsmark | Danish | 38 episodes | [3][47] |
2013 | Bluestone 42 | Astrid | English | Series 1, Episode 3 | [48] |
2013 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Greta | English | Episode: "Endless Night" | [49] |
2014 | Midsomer Murders | DS Anna Degn | English | Episode: "The Killings of Copenhagen" | [50] |
2015 | Game of Thrones | Karsi | English | Episode: "Hardhome" | [31] |
2016 | Vinyl | Ingrid | English | 10 episodes | [35] |
2017 | Flashback | Host | Danish | [51] | |
2018 | Greyzone | Victoria Rahbek | Danish Swedish |
10 episodes | [52] |
Stage
Year(s) | Title | Role(s) | Theatre | Language | Notes | Ref(s) |
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2007 | Mød mig på Cassiopeia | Frk. Sørensen | Nørrebros Theater | Danish | [53] | |
2007 | Chicago | Roxie Hart | Det Ny Teater | Danish | [12] | |
2008 | Chicago | Roxie Hart | Cambridge Theatre | English | [15] | |
2008 | Bornholmerrevyen | Various | Rønne Theater | Danish | [54] | |
2009 | Slutstrand | Eva | Mammutteatret | Danish | [55] | |
2011 | GNAGS | Various | Black Box Theater | Danish | [56] | |
2013–2014 | Coriolanus | Virgilia | Donmar Warehouse | English | 17 December 2013 – 13 February 2014 | [57] [58] |
2014 | Umbrellas of Cherbourg | Geneviève | Betty Nansen Teatret | Danish | [59] | |
2016–2017 | Les Liaisons Dangereuses
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Madame de Tourvel | Booth Theatre | English | 30 October 2016 – 8 January 2017 | [60] [61] |
2018 | Et Vintereventyr | Queen Hermione | Teater Republique | Danish | 12 May – 9 June | [62] |
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External links
- Birgitte Hjort Sørensen at IMDb