Trine Dyrholm
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Trine Dyrholm is a Danish
actress, singer and songwriter. Dyrholm received national attention when she placed third in the Danish, Dansk Melodi Grand Prix as a 14-year-old singer. Four years later, she again achieved national recognition when she won the Bodil Award for Best Actress in her debut film: the teenage romance Springflod. Dyrholm has won the Bodil Award for Best Actress three times and a Bodil award for Best Supporting Actress once as well as a two Robert Award
s for acting.
) at the Odense Teater and in summer stock in Den Fynske Landsby
. In 1987, at 14 years old, Dyrholm made her breakthrough as the lead singer in Trine & The Moonlighters when the group placed third in the Danish Melodi Grand Prix with the song Danse i måneskin (Dancing in Moonlight). After her Grand Prix success, Dyrholm recorded a CD of her own songs.
Dyrholm attended the Statens Teaterskole (Danish National School of Theatre
) from 1991 to 1995. In 1995, she debuted in En skærsommernatsdrøm
at Grønnegårds Teatret. Dyrholm earned national recognition with her screen debut in the 1990 teenage romance Springflod for which she received the 1991 Bodil Award for Best Actress. That same year, she earned glowing reviews for her role in the TV production of Hosekrammeren. Thereafter she appeared in Morten Lorentzen's films Casanova (1990) and Cecilie (1991), and then Thomas Vinterberg
's De største helte (The Greatest Heroes) in 1996. In 1998, Dyrholm played the role of the hotel maid in the first Dogme 95
film, Festen (The Celebration
).
In 2004, Dyrholm played the role of Kate in Kim Fupz Aakeson's drama Forbrydelser (International title: In Your Hands) for which she won both the Bodil Award and the Robert Award
. In 2005, Dyrholm again received the Bodil for her leading role in the thriller Fluerne på væggen (Flies on the Wall). The following year, Dyrholm again won both the Bodil and Robert awards for the quirky satire En Soap
. In 2007, Trine Dyrholm was again nominated for both the Bodil and Robert awards for her supporting role in Simon Staho
's film Daisy Diamond.
She sang songs for the comedy show "Mr. Nice Guy". Three songs from "Mr. Nice Guy" with lyrics by Peter Lund Madsen and Anders Lund Madsen and music by Kim Larsen were released as an EP entitled Mr. Nice Guy
. The songs were sung by the leading actress for the comedy play, Trine Dylholm, and musical accompaniment by Emil de Waal's band. The EP has been number one on the Danish music charts for a total of 62 weeks. Altogether, it has stayed in the Top 20 from December 17, 2004 until November 2, 2007, more than 136 weeks on the charts.
Danish language
Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...
actress, singer and songwriter. Dyrholm received national attention when she placed third in the Danish, Dansk Melodi Grand Prix as a 14-year-old singer. Four years later, she again achieved national recognition when she won the Bodil Award for Best Actress in her debut film: the teenage romance Springflod. Dyrholm has won the Bodil Award for Best Actress three times and a Bodil award for Best Supporting Actress once as well as a two Robert Award
Robert Award
The Robert statue is a Danish film prize awarded each year by the Film Academy of Denmark. It is the Danish equivalent of the American Oscars. The award, voted only by academy members, is acknowledgement by Danish industry colleagues of a person's or film's outstanding contributions during the...
s for acting.
Career
When Dyrholm was eight years old, she began performing with the Odense orchestra. At the age of 10, she performed in Et juleeventyr (A Christmas CarolA Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol is a novella by English author Charles Dickens first published by Chapman & Hall on 17 December 1843. The story tells of sour and stingy Ebenezer Scrooge's ideological, ethical, and emotional transformation after the supernatural visits of Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of...
) at the Odense Teater and in summer stock in Den Fynske Landsby
The Funen Village
The Funen Village is a Danish open air museum located in the Fruens Bøge district of Odense. It features 25 buildings from Funish villages, most of which date to the 18th and 19th century....
. In 1987, at 14 years old, Dyrholm made her breakthrough as the lead singer in Trine & The Moonlighters when the group placed third in the Danish Melodi Grand Prix with the song Danse i måneskin (Dancing in Moonlight). After her Grand Prix success, Dyrholm recorded a CD of her own songs.
Dyrholm attended the Statens Teaterskole (Danish National School of Theatre
Danish National School of Theatre and Contemporary Dance
The Danish National School of Theatre and Contemporary Dance is an acting and performance school in Copenhagen, Denmark.The institution is divided into two autonomous units, the Danish National School of Theatre and the Danish National School of Contemporary Dance...
) from 1991 to 1995. In 1995, she debuted in En skærsommernatsdrøm
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a play that was written by William Shakespeare. It is believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta...
at Grønnegårds Teatret. Dyrholm earned national recognition with her screen debut in the 1990 teenage romance Springflod for which she received the 1991 Bodil Award for Best Actress. That same year, she earned glowing reviews for her role in the TV production of Hosekrammeren. Thereafter she appeared in Morten Lorentzen's films Casanova (1990) and Cecilie (1991), and then Thomas Vinterberg
Thomas Vinterberg
Thomas Vinterberg 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....
's De største helte (The Greatest Heroes) in 1996. In 1998, Dyrholm played the role of the hotel maid in the first Dogme 95
Dogme 95
Dogme 95 was an avant-garde filmmaking movement started in 1995 by the Danish directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg, who created the "Dogme 95 Manifesto" and the "Vow of Chastity". These were rules to create filmmaking based on the traditional values of story, acting, and theme, and...
film, Festen (The Celebration
The Celebration
The Celebration is a 1998 Danish film, produced by Nimbus Film and directed by Thomas Vinterberg. Its original Danish title is Festen , and it was released under this title in the UK....
).
In 2004, Dyrholm played the role of Kate in Kim Fupz Aakeson's drama Forbrydelser (International title: In Your Hands) for which she won both the Bodil Award and the Robert Award
Robert Award
The Robert statue is a Danish film prize awarded each year by the Film Academy of Denmark. It is the Danish equivalent of the American Oscars. The award, voted only by academy members, is acknowledgement by Danish industry colleagues of a person's or film's outstanding contributions during the...
. In 2005, Dyrholm again received the Bodil for her leading role in the thriller Fluerne på væggen (Flies on the Wall). The following year, Dyrholm again won both the Bodil and Robert awards for the quirky satire En Soap
En Soap
A Soap, , is a Danish melodramatic comedy film directed by Pernille Fischer Christensen which incorporates many of the austere techniques of Dogme style. The movie, starring Trine Dyrholm and David Dencik, follows the turbulent love story between an abrasive beauty clinic owner and a depressed...
. In 2007, Trine Dyrholm was again nominated for both the Bodil and Robert awards for her supporting role in Simon Staho
Simon Staho
Danish film director Simon Staho has worked with a number of renowned Swedish actors, including Mikael Persbrandt, Noomi Rapace, Erland Josephson, Lena Endre, Lena Olin, Pernilla August, Michael Nyqvist, and Maria Bonnevie...
's film Daisy Diamond.
She sang songs for the comedy show "Mr. Nice Guy". Three songs from "Mr. Nice Guy" with lyrics by Peter Lund Madsen and Anders Lund Madsen and music by Kim Larsen were released as an EP entitled Mr. Nice Guy
Mr. Nice Guy (EP)
Mr Nice Guy is an EP by Danish actress, singer songwriter Trine Dyrholm containing three songs composed for the comedy show of same name "Mr. Nice Guy" showing at the Bellevue Teatret....
. The songs were sung by the leading actress for the comedy play, Trine Dylholm, and musical accompaniment by Emil de Waal's band. The EP has been number one on the Danish music charts for a total of 62 weeks. Altogether, it has stayed in the Top 20 from December 17, 2004 until November 2, 2007, more than 136 weeks on the charts.
Filmography
| Year | Danish Title | International title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Hævnen In a Better World In a Better World is a 2010 Danish-Swedish drama thriller film written by Anders Thomas Jensen and directed by Susanne Bier. The film stars Mikael Persbrandt, Trine Dyrholm, and Ulrich Thomsen in a story which takes place in small-town Denmark and a refugee camp in Africa.A Danish majority... |
In a Better World In a Better World In a Better World is a 2010 Danish-Swedish drama thriller film written by Anders Thomas Jensen and directed by Susanne Bier. The film stars Mikael Persbrandt, Trine Dyrholm, and Ulrich Thomsen in a story which takes place in small-town Denmark and a refugee camp in Africa.A Danish majority... |
Marianne | |
| 2008 | Disco ormene | Sunshine Barry & the Disco Worms | (voice) | |
| 2008 | Lille soldat | Little Soldier | Lotte | |
| 2008 | Usynlige, De | Troubled Water | Agnes | |
| 2008 | Dansen | Everybody's Dancing | Annika | |
| 2007 | Daisy Diamond | Daisy Diamond | Director of animation film | nominated for Bodil Award for Best Supporting Actress nominated for Robert Award Robert Award The Robert statue is a Danish film prize awarded each year by the Film Academy of Denmark. It is the Danish equivalent of the American Oscars. The award, voted only by academy members, is acknowledgement by Danish industry colleagues of a person's or film's outstanding contributions during the... for Best Supporting Actress |
| 2007 | Fremkaldt | Fremkaldt | Rikke | |
| 2006 | Offscreen Offscreen Offscreen is a 2006 Danish film directed by Christoffer Boe, who also wrote the screenplay together with Knud Romer Jørgensen. With an odd mixture of fiction and reality, it tells the peculiar story of a man who films himself for a whole year in a quest for invisibility.-Cast:*Nicolas Bro --... |
Offscreen Offscreen Offscreen is a 2006 Danish film directed by Christoffer Boe, who also wrote the screenplay together with Knud Romer Jørgensen. With an odd mixture of fiction and reality, it tells the peculiar story of a man who films himself for a whole year in a quest for invisibility.-Cast:*Nicolas Bro --... |
herself | nominated for Robert Award Robert Award The Robert statue is a Danish film prize awarded each year by the Film Academy of Denmark. It is the Danish equivalent of the American Oscars. The award, voted only by academy members, is acknowledgement by Danish industry colleagues of a person's or film's outstanding contributions during the... for Best Supporting Actress |
| 2006 | Happy Feet Happy Feet Happy Feet is a 2006 American-Australian computer-animated family film with music, directed and co-written by George Miller. It was produced at Sydney-based visual effects and animation studio Animal Logic for Warner Bros., Village Roadshow Pictures and Kingdom Feature Productions and was released... |
Happy Feet Happy Feet Happy Feet is a 2006 American-Australian computer-animated family film with music, directed and co-written by George Miller. It was produced at Sydney-based visual effects and animation studio Animal Logic for Warner Bros., Village Roadshow Pictures and Kingdom Feature Productions and was released... |
voice | Danish version |
| 2006 | Der var engang en dreng | Skymaster | Pancake Lady | |
| 2006 | Istedgade | Istedgade | Sofie | |
| 2006 | Sophie | Sophie | Sophie | |
| 2006 | En Soap En Soap A Soap, , is a Danish melodramatic comedy film directed by Pernille Fischer Christensen which incorporates many of the austere techniques of Dogme style. The movie, starring Trine Dyrholm and David Dencik, follows the turbulent love story between an abrasive beauty clinic owner and a depressed... |
A Soap En Soap A Soap, , is a Danish melodramatic comedy film directed by Pernille Fischer Christensen which incorporates many of the austere techniques of Dogme style. The movie, starring Trine Dyrholm and David Dencik, follows the turbulent love story between an abrasive beauty clinic owner and a depressed... |
Charlotte | won Bodil Award for Best Actress won Robert Award Robert Award The Robert statue is a Danish film prize awarded each year by the Film Academy of Denmark. It is the Danish equivalent of the American Oscars. The award, voted only by academy members, is acknowledgement by Danish industry colleagues of a person's or film's outstanding contributions during the... for Best Actress |
| 2005 | Robotter Robots (film) Robots is a 2005 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Blue Sky Studios for 20th Century Fox, and was released theatrically on March 11, 2005. The story was created by Chris Wedge and William Joyce, a children's book author/illustrator. The two were trying to create a film version of... |
Robots Robots (film) Robots is a 2005 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Blue Sky Studios for 20th Century Fox, and was released theatrically on March 11, 2005. The story was created by Chris Wedge and William Joyce, a children's book author/illustrator. The two were trying to create a film version of... |
voice | Danish version |
| 2005 | Fluerne på væggen | Flies on the Wall | My Larsen | won Bodil Award for Best Actress |
| 2005 | Den store dag | The Big Day | Signe | |
| 2005 | H.C. Andersens eventyr The Fairytaler The Fairytaler is a 2004 Danish animated television series of the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen.... |
The Fairytaler The Fairytaler The Fairytaler is a 2004 Danish animated television series of the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen.... |
Additional Voices | TV (5 episodes, 2005) |
| 2004 | Forbrydelser | In Your Hands | Kate | won Bodil Award for Best Supporting Actress won Robert Award Robert Award The Robert statue is a Danish film prize awarded each year by the Film Academy of Denmark. It is the Danish equivalent of the American Oscars. The award, voted only by academy members, is acknowledgement by Danish industry colleagues of a person's or film's outstanding contributions during the... for Best Supporting Actress |
| 2003 | Tvilling | Gemini | Julie | |
| 2003 | Afgrunden | The Tenth Muse (film) | Siv | |
| 2002 | Okay | Okay | Trisse | |
| 2002 | Bungalow Bungalow (film) Bungalow is a 2002 German film directed by Ulrich Köhler and starring Lennie Burmeister, Trine Dyrholm, Devid Striesow, and Nicole Gläser.- Plot :... |
Bungalow Bungalow (film) Bungalow is a 2002 German film directed by Ulrich Köhler and starring Lennie Burmeister, Trine Dyrholm, Devid Striesow, and Nicole Gläser.- Plot :... |
Lene | |
| 2001 | P.O.V. P.O.V. POV is a Public Broadcasting Service Public television series which features independent nonfiction films. POV is a cinema term for "point of view".... |
P.O.V. P.O.V. POV is a Public Broadcasting Service Public television series which features independent nonfiction films. POV is a cinema term for "point of view".... |
Kamilla | |
| 2001 | Line Knutzon's Torben Toben | Torben Toben | Agga | Television |
| 2000 | Edderkoppen | Edderkoppen | Topsy | TV miniseries |
| 1999 | I Kina spiser de hunde In China They Eat Dogs In China They Eat Dogs , , is a Danish action comedy film directed by Lasse Spang Olsen.The main roles are played by Kim Bodnia and Dejan Čukić... |
In China They Eat Dogs In China They Eat Dogs In China They Eat Dogs , , is a Danish action comedy film directed by Lasse Spang Olsen.The main roles are played by Kim Bodnia and Dejan Čukić... |
Hanne | |
| 1999 | Taxa | Taxi | Stine Jensen | Television (35 episodes, 1997–1999) |
| 1999 | Indien | India (1999 film) | April | |
| 1998 | Festen The Celebration The Celebration is a 1998 Danish film, produced by Nimbus Film and directed by Thomas Vinterberg. Its original Danish title is Festen , and it was released under this title in the UK.... |
The Celebration The Celebration The Celebration is a 1998 Danish film, produced by Nimbus Film and directed by Thomas Vinterberg. Its original Danish title is Festen , and it was released under this title in the UK.... |
Pia | |
| 1998 | Kys, kærlighed og kroner | Regular Thing | Katja | |
| 1997 | Herkules Hercules (1997 film) Hercules is a 1997 American animated film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The thirty-fifth animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, the film was directed by Ron Clements and John Musker... |
Hercules Hercules (1997 film) Hercules is a 1997 American animated film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The thirty-fifth animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, the film was directed by Ron Clements and John Musker... |
voice | Danish version |
| 1996 | De Største helte | The Biggest Heroes | Pernille | |
| 1996 | Skyernes skygge rammer mig | Shadow of the Clouds | Lis | |
| 1991 | Cecilia | Cecilia | Cecilia | Television |
| 1990 | Casanova | Casanova | Gurli | |
| 1990 | Springflod | Springflod | Pauline | won Bodil Award for Best Actress |
Discography
- 1987: Danse i Måneskin, Eldorado Records
- 1988: Blå & Hvide Striber, (with Rock-Nalle), Banzai Records
- 1988: Et Frossent Ojeblik, It's Magic
- 2004: Mr. Nice GuyMr. Nice Guy (EP)Mr Nice Guy is an EP by Danish actress, singer songwriter Trine Dyrholm containing three songs composed for the comedy show of same name "Mr. Nice Guy" showing at the Bellevue Teatret....
- 2005: Den Store Day
External links
- Trine Dyrholm at IMDb
- Trine Dyrholm at Den Danske Film Database (in Danish)