Amaryllis April Maltha August Is a Danish actress. She had the lead role in the television series ''

Families like Ours ''Families like Ours'' () is a 2024 drama television miniseries co-written and directed by Thomas Vinterberg. It premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival on 31 August 2024 and began airing on TV 2 on 20 October 2024. Premise Due ...

'' (2024). She is the daughter of Danish filmmaker

Bille August Bille August (; born 9 November 1948) is a Danish director, screenwriter, and cinematographer of film and television. August's 1987 film ''Pelle the Conqueror'' won the , Academy Awards, Academy Award and Golden Globe Awards, Golden Globe Awar ...

Career

August had a desire to pursue acting from a young age, but was considering a career in journalism as she felt she was too shy for an acting career. She had her first big on-screen acting part with the leading role of Laura, a high school student facing a heart-breaking dilemma in the near-future amidst a meteorological crisis, in Danish television series ''

'' co-written and directed by

Thomas Vinterberg Thomas Vinterberg (; born 19 May 1969) is a Danish film director who, along with Lars von Trier, co-founded the Dogme 95 movement in filmmaking, which established rules for simplifying movie production. He is best known for the films '' The Cele ...

, having been awarded the part over a four-month casting process involving 13 call-backs during most of which her parentage was unknown to the production crew after first auditioning for the role whilst still a student. She attended the premiere for the series at the 2024 Venice Film Festival. Under Vinterberg's guidance she trained in boxing for three months for the role to help "toughen" her demeanor. In the third episode she appeared on-screen alongside her half-sister

Asta Kamma August Asta Kamma August (born 5 November 1991) is a Swedish-Danish actress. She starred in '' The Hypnosis'' (2023), which earned her a nomination for Guldbagge Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Early life Asta Kamma August was born in Dandery ...

. She could be seen as Valentine de Villefort in French historical epic television adaptation of 19th century

Alexandre Dumas Alexandre Dumas (born Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas , was a French novelist and playwright. His works have been translated into many languages and he is one of the mos ...

novel ''

The Count of Monte Cristo ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' () is an adventure novel by the French writer Alexandre Dumas. It was serialised from 1844 to 1846, and published in book form in 1846. It is one of his most popular works, along with ''The Three Musketeers'' (184 ...

'', appearing alongside

Sam Claflin Samuel George Claflin (; born 27 June 1986) is a British actor. After graduating from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 2009, he began his acting career on television and had his first film role as Philip Swift in '' Pirates of t ...

and

Jeremy Irons Jeremy John Irons (; born 19 September 1948) is an English actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades including an Academy Award, a Tony Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards, ...

Personal life

She is the daughter of film director

and actress Sara-Marie Maltha, and half-sister to

Anders August Anders Frithiof August (born 15 June 1978 in Copenhagen) is a Denmark, Danish screenwriter for film and television. Career After graduating from the National Film School of Denmark in 2007, August wrote the short film ''Grisen'' (''The Pig''). ...

and

Alba August 1993 births Living people Actresses from Copenhagen Danish film actresses Danish television actresses English-language singers from Sweden Swedish child actresses Swedish film actresses Swedish television actresses 21st-century Danish act ...

who also work in the same industry, amongst seven siblings and half-siblings.

Filmography

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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:August, Amaryllis Date of birth unknown Living people Danish television actresses 21st-century Danish actresses Bille August