Sofie Stange Cappelen (born February 2, 1982) is a Norwegian actress.

Biography

Cappelen began her career as a

child actor The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting on stage, television, or in film, movies. An adult who began their acting career as a child may also be called a child actor, or a "former child actor". Closely associa ...

. She was a member of the Jorunn Kirkenær Children's Ballet, and made several TV appearances as a dancer and actor, including on

NRK The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (), commonly known by its initialism NRK, is a Norwegian state-run, government-influenced radio and television public broadcasting company. The NRK broadcasts three national TV channels and thirteen nat ...

in the 1989 Christmas series ' and in the children's show '. At the age of 11, she made her stage debut at the National Theatre of Norway in

Sverre Brandt Sverre Brandt (3 March 1880 – 16 July 1962) was a Norwegian theatre worker and playwright, born in Trondheim. He is remembered for his children's play '' Reisen til Julestjernen'' from 1924, which has been staged numerous times at theatres i ...

's '' Reisen til Julestjernen''. At 13, she played the lead role of Rikke Eriksen in the feature film '' Aldri mer 13!'' ("Never Again 13!"), directed by .Ida B. Klokk
"- Jeg skilte meg ut. Som 13-åring drakk, røyket og kysset Sofie Cappelen på lerretet"
''Nettavisen'', December 17, 2011 . She played Victoria Lunde on the long-running prime-time soap opera ''

Hotel Cæsar ''Hotel Cæsar'' is a Norwegian soap opera that aired on TV 2 from October 24, 1998 to December 14, 2017. From 1998, the show was broadcast Monday to Friday, except during the autumn of 2006, when the show was only broadcast Monday to Thursday ...

'', from its first season in 1998, when she was 16. After four years' absence while living in New York and studying acting at the

Lee Strasberg Institute The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute (originally the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute) is an acting school founded in 1969 by the actor, director, and acting teacher Lee Strasberg. The Institute is located in Union Square on East 15th Str ...

, she returned to the role in 2009. In 2003 she played Inga, the female lead in the Israeli comedy '' Halleluja'', which won at the

Haifa International Film Festival The Haifa International Film Festival () is an annual film festival that takes place every autumn (between late September and late October), during the week-long holiday of Sukkot, in Haifa, Israel. History The festival was inaugurated in 1983 an ...

Other work

She has published two children's books, ''Godnattareglen'' (2011) and ''Bjørnis og de røde prikkene'' (2015). She owns the publishing company Eventyrforlaget and practices as a clinical psychologist.

Personal life

She is a member of the Cappelen family. Her father is writer and her grandfather was the dramatist Peder Wright Cappelen. While in New York, she married American designer Brendon Babenzien; they subsequently divorced. She has a daughter, born in 2011, with photographer Alexander Kayiambakis.Malini Gaare Bjørnstad
"- Jeg forsto ikke verdien av vennskap. Sofie Cappelen holdt seg mye for seg selv da hun vokste opp"
''Se og Hør'', December 17, 2011 .

Filmography

Television

* ', (1989) as Lussi girl (credited as Sofie Cappelen Stange)''Vertshuset Den Gyldne Hale med tegn og tale''
Episode 13
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'', (1998–, 2009–10), as Victoria Lunde * '' Halleluja'', (2003) as Inga

Films

*'' Aldri mer 13!'', (1996) as Rikke *''

Sophie's World ''Sophie's World'' () is a 1991 novel by Norwegian writer Jostein Gaarder. It follows Sophie Amundsen, a Norwegian teenager, who is introduced to the history of philosophy as she is asked "Who are you?" "Where does this world come from?" in a l ...

'', (1999) as Maid Marion

References

External links

* 1982 births Living people Sofie Norwegian child actresses Norwegian television actresses Norwegian film actresses {{Norway-actor-stub