Helena Beata Maria af Sandeberg (

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, 1 September 1971) is a Swedish

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Early life

Helena af Sandeberg was born on 1 September 1971 in

, Stockholm County,

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and grew up in

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, Stockholm County, Sweden. She studied at

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and

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. The af Sandeberg family is part of the

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Career

In 2013, af Sandberg hosted the ''

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'' on

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and appeared on SVT's ''

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'' in October 2014.

Personal life

From 2005 to 2010, she was married to the director Alexander Mørk-Eidem with whom she had a son, Alfred. In 2013, she married the actor and musician Fredrik Lycke and in 2014 their daughter was born. They divorced in 2017. She owns the production company Alfredo Film och teater AB.

Selected filmography

*1997 - ''

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'' (TV) *1997 - ''

9 millimeter ''9 millimeter'' is a Swedish crime/drama film premiered in 1997. Plot The film is about Malik (played by Paolo Roberto), a young man with immigrant roots living in a Stockholm suburb, who is living in a world of crime and violence. But wh ...

'' *1998 - '' Zingo'' *1999 - ''

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'' *1999 - '' Sjätte dagen'' (TV) *1999 - ''

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'' (TV) *2002 - '' Heja Björn'' (TV) *2003 - ''

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'' (TV) *2003 - ''

Tur & retur ''Tur & retur'' ("Round-trip") is a 2003 Swedish comedy film, directed and written by Ella Lemhagen. Plot It is Friday afternoon and children all over the country with divorced parents are packing their bags to spend the weekend with their other ...

'' *2005 - ''

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'' *2006 - ''

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'' (TV) *2008 - '' Oskyldigt dömd'' (TV) *2010 - ''

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'' *2012 - '' The Hypnotist'' *2012 - '' Blondie'' *2019 – ''

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'' (Netflix Series) *2021 – ''Dough'' (TV)

References

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