Stine Stengade (born 1 June 1972) is a Danish actress best known for her leading role in the 2001

Dogme 95 Dogme 95 is a 1995 avant-garde filmmaking movement founded by the Danish directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg, who created the "Dogme 95 Manifesto" and the "Vows of Chastity" ( da, kyskhedsløfter). These were rules to create films ...

film '' Kira's Reason: A Love Story'' (Original title: '' En Kærlighedshistorie'').

Biography

Stine Stengade was born in

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan a ...

on 1 June 1972. She attended

Kalundborg Gymnasium Kalundborg Gymnasium ( da, Kalundborg Gymnasium og HF) is a municipal gymnasium in Kalundborg Municipality, Denmark. Established on 12 August 1957 as a high school, the first rector was R. Stig Hansen. , the rector is Peter Abildgaard Andersen, w ...

and graduated from the Danish National School of Theater in 1998. Stengade debuted on screen in the 1996 film ''Den Attende.'' In 2000 she achieved notoriety in Denmark as the femme fatale Lisbeth Gordon in the popular Danish television crime series ''Edderkoppen''. The following year she played the leading role in the award-winning

film '' Kira's Reason: A Love Story''. For her performance Stengade received both the

Bodil Award The Bodil Awards are the major Danish film awards given by the Danish Film Critics Association. The awards are presented annually at a ceremony in Copenhagen. Established in 1948, it is one of the oldest film awards in Europe. The awards are give ...

and the

Robert Award The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

for Best Actress of 2001. Stengade has appeared in several television series including ''Rejseholdet'' and ''Langt fra Las Vegas''. She performed in the popular film '' Nynne'' (2006) and was again nominated for the Bodil Award as Best Actress for her role in the dramatic film '' Prag''.

Personal life

Stengade divorced her first husband, then lived together with the Danish film director

Ole Christian Madsen Ole Christian Madsen (born 18 June 1966) is a Danish film director and script writer. Among his most successful projects are the movies '' Flame & Citron'', '' Prag'', '' Angels in Fast Motion'' ( da. ''Nordkraft'') and the TV series ''Rejseholdet ...

, who directed her in ''

Kira's Reason ''Kira's Reason: A Love Story'' ( da, En Kærlighedshistorie) is a 2001 Danish drama directed by Ole Christian Madsen and written by Madsen and Mogens Rukov. The film stars Stine Stengade in a character study of a young mother who, released a ...

'' ( da, En Kærlighedshistorie), a film which explores a difficult marital break-up.

Filmography

Actress

* Dicte .... Nina Storm (10 episodes, 2016) *'' Kapgang'' (2014) *'' Above Suspicion (Series 3)'' (2011) *''

Room 304 ''Room 304'' ( da, Værelse 304) is a 2011 Danish drama film directed by Birgitte Stærmose. Cast * Mikael Birkkjær as Kasper * Stine Stengade as Nina * David Dencik as Martin * Luan Jaha as Agim * Ariadna Gil as Teresa * Lourdes Faberes as ...

'' (2011) *''

Those Who Kill ''Those Who Kill'' ( da, Den som dræber) is a Danish crime TV series from 2011, which follows a fictitious unit within Copenhagen Police which specialises in investigating serial murders. The series was aired as five two-part stories in Denmar ...

'' (2011) .... Andrea Lorck *'' Borgen'' (2010) .... Henriette Klitgaard *''Den du frygter'' (2008) .... Ellen... a.k.a. ''

Fear Me Not ''Fear Me Not'' ( da, Den du frygter) is a Danish psychological thriller film released in 2008, directed by Kristian Levring.O'Hehir, Andrew (April 24, 2009)Handicapping Manhattan’s spring movie fling. Salon.com The film premiered at the Toront ...

'' (International: English title) *''Spillets regler'' (2008)... a.k.a. Moving Up (International: English title) *'' Flammen & Citronen (2008) .... Ketty ... a.k.a. The Flame and the Lemon (USA title)'' *''Daisy Diamond'' (2007) .... Casting director *''Forsvunden'' (2006) .... Mia... a.k.a. '' Embrace Me'' (International: English title) *'' Prag'' .... Maja... a.k.a. Prague (International: English title) *'' Nynne'' (2005) .... Natasha *''Glashus'' (2005) *''Forsvar'' .... Ellen Brahe (4 episodes, 2004)... a.k.a. Defense (English title) *''Helligtrekongersaften'' (2004) (TV) .... Viola *''The Fairytaler'' .... Additional Voices (3 episodes, 2004) *''Se dagens lys'' (2003) (TV) .... Blå Kollega *''Annas dag'' (2003) .... Maria *''Rejseholdet''.... Miriam (1 episode, 2002)... a.k.a. Unit One (English title) *'' En Kærlighedshistorie'' (2001) .... Kira... a.k.a. Kira's Reason: A Love Story *''

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'' .... Anne (3 episodes, 2001) *''Edderkoppen'' (2000) TV mini-series .... Lisbeth Gordan *''Zacharias Carl Borg'' (2000) .... Anna *''Attende, Den (1996) .... Pia ... a.k.a. The Eighteens

Self

*''Meyerheim'' .... Herself (1 episode, 2007) *''Vild med dans'' (2005) TV series .... Herself - Participant (season 1) *''Bodilprisen 2005 (2005) (TV) .... Herself *''Bag kameraet: En kærlighedshistorie'' (2002) (V) (uncredited) .... Herself/Kira

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stengade, Stine Danish film actresses Danish television actresses Danish women comedians Actresses from Copenhagen Living people 1972 births Best Actress Robert Award winners