Andrea Lykke Oehlenschlæger (; born 11 August 1997) is a Danish singer and musical theatre actress. She has sung with the

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Early and personal life

Andrea (born Sara) Lykke Oehlenschlæger and her twin sister Anna (born Saba) Lykke Oehlenschlæger were born on 11 August 1997 in Addis Abbaba, Ethiopia. They were adopted from Ethiopia at eight months old and were raised in

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, Jutland, since 10 April 1998. Oehlenschlæger is married to Ludvig Brygmann, with whom she had her first child in 2023.

Career

Oehlenschlæger and her sister moved to

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, with Anna starting off as a model and entrepreneur in

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products while Oehlenschlæger herself pursued a singing and musical acting career. Her sister would then follow her footsteps in early 2023, when she replaced her in the role of Dionne for the musical ''

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'' due to Oehlenschlæger's pregnancy. In 2022, Oehlenschlæger participated in season 19 of , where she danced with Eugen Miu.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lykke Oehlenschlager, Andrea 1997 births Living people 21st-century Danish women singers Danish musical theatre actresses Danish people of Ethiopian descent Danish adoptees Danish twins