Tammi Øst (born 1 October 1958) is a Danish actress. Øst was born in

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, and was trained at the

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in 1982. In 1988 she played the leading role of Katinka in

Max von Sydow Max von Sydow (; born Carl Adolf von Sydow; 10 April 1929 – 8 March 2020) was a Swedish and French actor. He had a 70-year career in European and American cinema, television, and theatre, appearing in more than 150 films and several television ...

's film of the same name. From 1990 to 1997 she worked at the Royal Theatre and received the

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in 1996. In 1999 she received the Reumert prize for Best leading actress. In 2012 she portrayed Birgit Eggert in the TV series '' Forbrydelsen III''. Øst was married to actor

Mikael Birkkjær Mikael Birkkjær (born 14 September 1958) is a Danish actor. Raised in Copenhagen, Birkkjær trained at Skuespillerskolen at Odense Teater in 1985. He is best known internationally for his roles as Phillip Christensen in the Danish TV political d ...

, and has two children. Her daughter, Andrea Øst Birkkjær, is an actress. She is now married to Jens Jørn Spottag.

Selected filmography

* '' Suzanne og Leonard'' (1984) * '' Min farmors hus'' (1984) * '' Når engle elsker'' (1985) * '' Katinka (Ved vejen)'' (1988) * ''Mig og Mama Mia'' – ''Tarzan mama mia'' (1989) * ''

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'' (1998) * ''

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'' (2001) * ''

En kort en lang ''Shake It All About'' ( Danish: ''En kort en lang'', literally "A Short ne a Long ne) is a 2001 Danish comedy-drama directed by Hella Joof. It was entered into the 24th Moscow International Film Festival. Plot The film is about gay couple Jør ...

'' (2001) * '' Ørnen'' (2004) * '' Rene hjerter'' (2006) * ''

Anna Pihl ''Anna Pihl'' is a Danish police drama produced by TV2. The series stars Charlotte Munck (''Kongekabale'') as the title character Anna Pihl, Peter Mygind, and Iben Hjejle (''High Fidelity'' and '' Blinkende Lygter'') as Mikala. Three seasons have ...

'' (2006 – 2008) * ''

Kvinden der drømte om en mand ''The Woman That Dreamed About a Man'' (), also known as ''The Woman Who Dreamt of a Man'', is a 2010 erotic psychological drama film directed by Per Fly and starring Sonja Richter, Marcin Dorociński and Mikael Nyqvist. The film is an internat ...

'' (2010)

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* Danish film actresses Danish stage actresses 1958 births Living people Knights of the Order of the Dannebrog {{Denmark-bio-stub