Katrine Michelsen (21 January 1966 – 17 January 2009) was a Danish model and actress.

Career

Michelsen's first role as an actress was a small role in ''Cyklen'', a project film at the Danish film academy. Shortly after school she got a role in a TV play by

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and Astrid Saalbach. In the play, she is a strong and politically committed woman. Later she became a nude model in ''

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'' and '. This gave her roles in two horror films and two erotic films in Italy from 1986. In ''

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'' by

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, Trine Michelsen is a maid who arouses the inhabitants of a house erotically. The film was a success in Italy. The following year came

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's ' which was even more erotic. The same year she played opposite

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in the splatter film '' Spettri'' directed by . Her last Italian film was the 1987 thriller '' Le foto di Gioia'' by

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. Her only American film came in 1988 in a small role in '' The Girl in a Swing'',

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's adaptation of

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' novel by the same name. Lack of success made her focus on her modelling career, but she returned to acting in 1994 playing a prostitute in 's unemployment drama ''Eva''. In 1998 she was the most nude collectivist in

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's Dogme-film ''

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''.

Personal life

Michelsen was the daughter of journalist and author

Ole Michelsen OLE, Ole or Olé may refer to: * Olé, a cheering expression used in Spain * Ole (name), a male given name, includes a list of people named Ole * Overhead lines equipment, used to transmit electrical energy to trams, trolleybuses or trains Co ...

and his wife Nina Varberg, who died in a car accident four years after Trine's birth. She was without contact with her father for years until they were reconciled in the 1990s.Dorte Remar & Ole Michelsen: ''Jeg vil gerne dele min sorg med andre'' (Kristeligt Dagblad, 3 October 2010) In April 2005, she told publicly that she had cancer. In December, it had spread to most of her body. Michelsen died 17 January 2009 in a nursing home in Emdrup. She was buried at Frederiksberg Church.

Film

* ''

'' (1986) * ' (1987) * '' Spettri'' (1987) * '' Le foto di Gioia'' (1987) * '' The Girl on a Swing'' (1988) * '' Trines fantasier'' (1994) * ''

'' (1998) * ' (1998) * ' (1999)

Tv-series

* '' En verden der blegner'' (1984) * ''Eva'' (1994)

Referencer

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