Beate Karoline Bille (born 17 November 1976) is a Danish actress and member of the Bille noble family.

About

She has received a Shooting Star Award at the 2006

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. She has had roles in several Danish films and television series, including the leading role in

Per Fly Per Fly Plejdrup (born 14 January 1960) is a Danish film director, generally credited simply as Per Fly. He has made many films and television shows broadcast on Danish television. Per Fly's awards includes the Crown Prince Couple's Culture Prize ...

's 2005 film '' Manslaughter'', for which she received the Shooting Star Award. The film also received the

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and multiple awards at the 2006

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. In ''Manslaughter'', she portrays a young left-wing activist involved in an affair with her former teacher, portrayed by

Jesper Christensen Jesper Christensen (; born 16 May 1948) is a Danish actor. A veteran of European cinema, he has more recently made the transition to English language projects, including '' The Interpreter'' and '' Revelations''. He has also appeared as the my ...

. In ' (2005), she plays opposite

Hanna Schygulla Hanna Schygulla (; born 25 December 1943) is a German actress and chanson singer associated with the theater and film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. She first worked for Fassbinder in 1965 and became an active participant in the New German ...

. She has appeared in Emmy winning Danish TV series such as ''Unit One'', ''Taxa'', ''Ørnen'', and ''Nikolaj og Julie''. She attended the Danish National School of Theatre from 2000 to 2004. She is the daughter of actor

Joen Bille Joen Steensen Bille (born 11 April 1944 in Frederiksberg) is a Danish actor. He is a member of the noble Bille family, and is also a great-grandson of Henrik Ibsen and Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. He is the son of Irene Ibsen and grandson of Norwegi ...

and art historian Bente Scavenius, and is a member of the ancient noble Bille family. Her grandmother is novelist

Irene Ibsen Bille Irene Ibsen Bille (10 September 1901 – 22 February 1985) (née Irene Ibsen) was a Norwegian novelist and playwright. She was born in Kristiania as a daughter of Prime Minister Sigurd Ibsen. She was a sister of Tancred Ibsen, paternal granddaug ...

, a daughter of the Norwegian Prime Minister Sigurd Ibsen and granddaughter of Henrik Ibsen and

Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson ( , ; 8 December 1832 – 26 April 1910) was a Norwegian writer who received the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature "as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry, which has always been distinguishe ...

. She is also a descendant of

Tycho Brahe Tycho Brahe ( ; born Tyge Ottesen Brahe; generally called Tycho (14 December 154624 October 1601) was a Danish astronomer, known for his comprehensive astronomical observations, generally considered to be the most accurate of his time. He was ...

, whose mother was also named Beate Bille.

Filmography

* ' (1998) * '' Dybt vand'' (1999) * ''

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'' (TV) (1999) * '' Nikolaj og Julie'' (TV) (2003) * ' (2005) * '' Manslaughter'' (2005) * '' Ørnen'' (TV) (2005) * ''

Fidibus Fidibus is a Danish film by Hella Joof from 2006. It was first presented at the Roskilde Festival in the summer of 2006, but not did not debut in cinemas until October 13. Starring * Rudi Køhnke as Kalle, the main character * Jonatan Spang, a D ...

'' (2006) * '' Island of Lost Souls'' (2007) * '' Anna Pihl'' (2008) * '' Deroute'' (TV) (2008) * ' (2008) * '' Harmsaga'' (short film) (2008) * '' Der Kommissar und das Meer'' (TV) (2008) * '' Wallander'' (TV) (2009) * ' (TV) (2009) * ' (TV) (2009) * ''

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'' (TV) (2012) * '' Black Widows'' (TV) (2016–2017)

Awards

* Shooting Star Award, 2006

References

External links

* 1976 births 20th-century Danish nobility 21st-century Danish nobility

Beate Beata or Beate is a female given name that occurs in several cultures and languages, including Italian, German, Polish, and Swedish, and which is derived from the Latin ''beatus'', meaning " blessed".''Behind the Name''"Given Name Beate" Retrie ...

Danish film actresses Danish stage actresses Ibsen family Living people {{Denmark-actor-stub