Renate Reinsve (; born 24 November 1987) is a Norwegian actress. She made her film debut in '' Oslo, August 31st'' (2011), before starring in the critically acclaimed '' The Worst Person in the World'' (2021), with her performance earning her the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress, and a nomination for the

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Early life and education

Born in

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in 1987 and educated at Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo, Reinsve then joined the

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. Reinsve had a traumatic upbringing and suffers from posttraumatic stress after events which occurred when she was between nine and 16 years old. Although she has made reference to this period in her life, she is unwilling at present to go into details about what happened. After being expelled from school at 16, Reinsve left Norway for

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and stayed in a hostel in

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. Running out of money, she was given a job in the bar of the hostel by the manager as he "felt sorry for er.

Career

In 2014, she received the Hedda Award for her role in '' Besøk av gammel dame'', an adaptation of

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's play . Since 2016, she has been contracted to

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. Her films include '' Oslo, August 31st'' (2011), '' The Orheim Company'' (2012) and ''Welcome to Norway'' (2016). On television, she has been a main character in '' Nesten voksen'' and side character in ''

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''. In 2021, Reinsve played the principal character Julie in Joachim Trier's film '' The Worst Person in the World'', which premiered at the

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. On ''

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'', Reinsve mentioned that she was considering quitting acting the day before she was offered the role of Julie, and had considered carpentry as a backup plan to acting. Trier had written the part of Julie specifically for her. In 2022, she was cast opposite Sebastian Stan in Aaron Schimberg's psychological drama ''A Different Man''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Accolades

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Reinsve, Renate 1987 births Living people Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress winners Norwegian film actresses Norwegian stage actresses Norwegian television actresses Oslo National Academy of the Arts alumni People from Nedre Eiker 21st-century Norwegian actresses