Cecilie Maria Stenspil (born 22 October 1979) is a Danish actress. She graduated from the School of Acting at Odense Teater in 2006. She has had leading roles in a large number of performances at several Danish theaters, including the

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, Aarhus Theater, Odense Teater and at the

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and she has starred in several films and TV series. In addition, she has voiced a huge number of cartoon productions.

Career

As a child, Stenspil was a student at the children's theater Eventyrteatret for 5 years. Since she was 10 years old, she has voiced various cartoons and cartoon series. In addition, she has recorded a number of audio books, including

Lene Kaaberbøl Lene Kaaberbøl (born in 1960) is a Danish writer born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her work primarily consists of children's fantasy series and crime fiction for adults. She received the Nordic Children's Book Prize in 2004. In 2009 Kaaberbøl with ...

's Skyggeporten. In 2009, she made her debut in front of the camera as Jasmina El-Murad in

The Protectors ''The Protectors'' is a British television series, an action thriller created by Gerry Anderson. It was Anderson's second TV series to exclusively use live actors as opposed to marionettes (following ''UFO''), and his second to be firmly set in ...

. She plays Mrs. Helene Aurland in all the episodes of

Badehotellet ''Badehotellet'' (English: ''Seaside Hotel'') is a Danish drama comedy series that has been running on TV 2 since 2013. The story line follows the guests and employees at the hotel at a seaside hotel in Skagerrak, south of Skagen Skagen ...

on TV 2. Cecilie Stenspil received the Ove Sprogøe Prize of DKK 30,000 on 21 December 2010, on

Ove Sprogøe Ove Wendelboe Sprogøe Petersen (21 December 1919 – 14 September 2004) was a Danish actor. Life Born in Odense, his parents were Arthur and Inger Sprogøe Petersen. He married Eva Rasmussen in 1945, with whom he had three children. O ...

's 91st birthday. In addition to the mentioned award, she has received Poul Reumert's honorary scholarship, Prince Henrik's scholarship and Tagea Brandt's travel scholarship. In 2017, she participated in Peter Langdal's Efter brylluppet together with Kasper Leisner and

Barbara Moleko Barbara Boitumelo Aersoe better known as Barbara Moleko (born in 1986) is a Danish singer and songwriter. Moleko was born in Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen to a South African father and a Danish mother. She spent her younger years in Mozambique. Bu ...

Personal life

Stenspil is the daughter of the educator Lisbeth Stenspil and Børge Krogh Samuelsen. She is the older sister of Simon Stenspil and is half Faroese. Since 2013, Stenspil is the life partner of fellow actor

Troels Lyby Troels Lyby (born 15 October 1966) is a Danish actor. He made his big break in Hella Joof's film '' En kort en lang'', but had previously acted in '' Let's Get Lost'' by Jonas Elmer and Lars von Trier's ''The Idiots''. Since then, he has been ...

. They have two children together born in August 2018 and again in 2020.

Theater

* 2016 Aarhus Theater: ''Fornuft og følelse'' – Marianne Dashwood * 2013

, Ulvedalene: ''Robin Hood'' – Lady Marian * 2013

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: ''Hey Jude Teaterkoncert'' * 2012

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: ''Bang og Betty'' – Betty Nansen * 2012 Grønnegårds Teatret: ''

Educating Rita ''Educating Rita'' is a stage comedy by British playwright Willy Russell. It is a play for two actors set entirely in the office of an Open University tutor. Commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company, ''Educating Rita'' premièred at The Wa ...

'' – Rita Susan White * 2012 Nørrebros Theater: ''

Next to Normal ''Next to Normal'' (stylized in all lowercase) is a 2008 American rock musical with book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey and music by Tom Kitt. The story centers on a mother who struggles with worsening bipolar disorder and the effects that managing ...

'' – Diana Goodman * 2011 Royal Danish Theatre: ''Mågen'' – Nina * 2010 Royal Danish Theatre: ''

My Fair Lady ''My Fair Lady'' is a musical based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play ''Pygmalion'', with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story concerns Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl who takes speech lessons f ...

'' – Eliza Doolittle * 2009 Odense Teater: ''

Breaking the Waves ''Breaking the Waves'' is a 1996 psychological drama film directed and co-written by Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier and starring English stage actress Emily Watson as her feature film acting debut. Set in the Scottish Highlands in the early 197 ...

'' – Bess * 2007 Odense Teater: ''Guitaristerne'' – Kim * 2007 Odense Teater: ''

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' is a children's novel written by author L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow. It is the first novel in the Oz series of books. A Kansas farm girl named Dorothy ends up in the magical Land of Oz after s ...

'' – Dorothy * 2007 Odense Teater: ''

Peter Pan Peter Pan is a fictional character created by List of Scottish novelists, Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie. A free-spirited and mischievous young boy who can fly and Puer aeternus, never grows up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending ...

'' – Wendy * 2006 Odense Teater: ''

Erasmus Montanus ''Erasmus Montanus'' is a satirical play about academic snobbery set in rural Denmark. Written by Ludvig Holberg in 1722, the script was first published in 1731 and performed in 1747. Today, it is among Holberg's most frequently performed works. ...

'' – Lisbed * 2006 Odense Teater: ''

A Christmas Carol ''A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas'', commonly known as ''A Christmas Carol'', is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843 and illustrated by John Leech. ''A Christmas C ...

'' – Bella

Filmography

Film

TV series

Video games

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stenspil, Cecilie 1979 births Living people People from Glostrup Municipality Danish film actresses Danish stage actresses Danish television actresses Danish video game actresses Danish voice actresses Danish people of Faroese descent 21st-century Danish actresses