Beate Karoline Bille (born 17 November 1976) is a Danish actress and member of the Bille noble family.

About

She has received a Shooting Star Award at the 2006

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. She has had roles in several Danish films and television series, including the leading role in

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's 2005 film ''

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'', for which she received the Shooting Star Award. The film also received the

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and multiple awards at the 2006

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. In ''Manslaughter'', she portrays a young left-wing activist involved in an affair with her former teacher, portrayed by

Jesper Christensen Jesper Christensen (; born 16 May 1948) is a Danish actor. A veteran of European cinema, he has made the transition to English language projects, including '' The Interpreter'' and '' Revelations''. He has also appeared as the mysterious vill ...

. In ' (2005), she plays opposite

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. She has appeared in

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winning Danish TV series such as ''Unit One'', ''Taxa'', ''Ørnen'', and ''Nikolaj og Julie''. She attended the Danish National School of Theatre from 2000 to 2004. She is the daughter of actor

Joen Bille Joen Steensen Bille (born 11 April 1944 in Frederiksberg) is a Danish actor. He is a member of the noble Bille family, and is also a great-grandson of Henrik Ibsen and Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. He is the son of Irene Ibsen and grandson of Norwegia ...

and art historian

Bente Scavenius Bente Christina Brønnum Scavenius (born 12 December 1944, in Stockholm) is a Danish art historian, art critic and author. She has taught at the University of Copenhagen and Aarhus University, and has written more than 20 books. She has also been ...

, and is a member of the ancient noble

Bille family Bille may refer to: * Bille (given name) * Bille (surname) *Bille (Elbe), a river in Germany * Billé, a French commune *Bille (noble family) The Bille family (also spelled ''Bilde'') is a Danish noble family. Its members have played a promin ...

. Her grandmother is novelist

Irene Ibsen Bille Irene Ibsen Bille (10 September 1901 – 22 February 1985) (née Irene Ibsen) was a Norwegian novelist and playwright. She was born in Kristiania as a daughter of Prime Minister Sigurd Ibsen. She was a sister of Tancred Ibsen, paternal granddaug ...

, a daughter of the Norwegian Prime Minister

Sigurd Ibsen Sigurd Ibsen (23 December 1859 – 14 April 1930) was a Norwegian writer, lawyer and statesman, who served as the prime minister of Norway in Stockholm (1903–1905) and played a central role in the dissolution of the union between Norway an ...

and granddaughter of

Henrik Ibsen Henrik Johan Ibsen (; ; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright, poet and actor. Ibsen is considered the world's pre-eminent dramatist of the 19th century and is often referred to as "the father of modern drama." He pioneered ...

and

Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson ( , ; 8 December 1832 – 26 April 1910) was a Norwegian writer who received the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature "as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry, which has always been distinguished ...

. She is also a descendant of

Tycho Brahe Tycho Brahe ( ; ; born Tyge Ottesen Brahe, ; 14 December 154624 October 1601), generally called Tycho for short, was a Danish astronomer of the Renaissance, known for his comprehensive and unprecedentedly accurate astronomical observations. He ...

, whose mother was also named Beate Bille.

Filmography

* ' (1998) * '' Dybt vand'' (1999) * ''

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'' (TV) (1999) * ''

Nikolaj og Julie ''Nikolaj og Julie'' is a 2002 Danish drama television series created by Adam Price and produced by DR1, and starred Peter Mygind and Sofie Gråbøl. Plot Nikolaj and Julie, form a young couple who reunite in Copenhagen, marrying soon after hav ...

'' (TV) (2003) * ' (2005) * ''

'' (2005) * '' Ørnen'' (TV) (2005) * ''

Fidibus Fidibus is a Danish film by Hella Joof from 2006. It was first presented at the Roskilde Festival in the summer of 2006, but did not debut in cinemas until October 13. Starring *Rudi Køhnke as Kalle, the main character *Jonatan Spang, a Danish ...

'' (2006) * '' Island of Lost Souls'' (2007) * ''

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 ...

'' (2008) * '' Deroute'' (TV) (2008) * ' (2008) * '' Harmsaga'' (short film) (2008) * ''

Der Kommissar und das Meer ''Der Kommissar und das Meer'' (Swedish title: ''Kommissarien och havet'') is a German-Swedish television series. It is loosely based on the crime novels by Mari Jungstedt. The series has been broadcast in Germany since 2007 on channels ZDF ...

'' (TV) (2008) * ''

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'' (TV) (2009) * ' (TV) (2009) * ' (TV) (2009) * ''

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'' (TV) (2012) * '' Black Widows'' (TV) (2016–2017)

Awards

* Shooting Star Award, 2006

References

External links

* 1976 births 20th-century Danish nobility 21st-century Danish nobility 21st-century Danish actresses

Beate Beata or Beate is a female given name or Portuguese surname that occurs in several cultures and languages, including Italian, German, Polish, and Swedish, and which is derived from the Latin ''beatus'', meaning " blessed".''Behind the Name'' ...

Danish film actresses Danish stage actresses Ibsen family Living people {{Denmark-actor-stub