WJulie Brochorst Andersen is a Danish actress. Her acting career began by accident, when as a 15-year-old, she participated in a casting at school and went on to star in the teenage drama Hold om mig.
WGwili Andre was a Danish model and actress who had a brief career in Hollywood films.
WGertrude Barrison, birth name Gertrud Bareisen, (1880–1946) was a Danish-born singer, dancer and risqué cabaret performer who emigrated to the United States with her family as a child. In the late 1890s, she gained considerable success performing with her four older sisters Lona, Sophia, Inger and Olga, initially in the United States, but later in European cities including Paris, Berlin and Budapest. Together they were known as the Five Sisters Barrison. After they separated, Gertrude continued her career as a dancer and dance teacher based in Vienna. She married the Austrian singer and artist Carl Hollitzer with whom she performed at the city's Nachtlicht and Fledermaus cabarets. They divorced without children in 1910. Barrison continued teaching and presenting solo performances in Europe, eventually moving to Copenhagen in later life.
WMarguerite Blanche was a Danish actress notable for her starring roles in British silent films. She was born in Copenhagen as Margaret Jessen, but emigrated to Britain where she made twelve films for director-producers such as Cecil Hepworth and Sidney Morgan. Her final film was Morgan's The Woman of the Iron Bracelets in 1920. Morgan then replaced her as the star of his films with his own daughter Joan Morgan.
WCharlotte Helene Frederikke Bournonville (1832–1911) was a Danish opera singer and actress. Daughter of the celebrated Danish ballet master, August Bournonville, she first sang in Stockholm in 1857 before joining the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen two years later. She is also remembered for giving singing lessons to the daughters of King Christian IX. In appreciation of her services, the king elevated her to the status of Kongelig Kammersanger in 1863.
WStephanie Corneliussen is a Danish actress, and a model best known for her role as Joanna Wellick in Mr. Robot.
WLaura Drasbæk is a Danish actress. She appeared in more than thirty films since 1990.
WSofie Gråbøl is a Danish actress. She has starred in a number of films, with her breakthrough role in the 1986 Danish film Early Spring, directed by Astrid Henning-Jensen, playing the lead role in the film version of Tove Ditlevsen's novel Barndommens gade when she was 17 years old. On television she has starred in Taxa and Nikolaj og Julie.
WErhardine Adolphine "Ravnsberg" Hansen née Rantzau was a Danish actress who was active at the Royal Danish Theatre in the period 1833-1861. She was married to royal chamber singer Jørgen Christian Hansen.
WLiv Hansen is a British-Danish actress, author, photographer and businesswoman. She is known for her quirky strong-willed onscreen presence.
WRudi Hansen is a Danish former actress.
WBetty Mathilde Hennings née Schnell (1850–1939) was a Danish actress who entered the Royal Danish Theatre as a ballet dancer but in 1870 turned to acting, first performing in Molière's The School for Wives. She later became known for her roles in the plays of Henrik Ibsen, especially as Nora in A Doll's House.
WLone Hertz is a Danish film actress. She has appeared in 40 films since 1951.
WEllen Gunilla Hillingsø is a Danish actress who is known primarily for her work in films. She is also a voice actress, narrating audio books.
WIben Hjejle is a Danish actress, notable for starring in the Stephen Frears film High Fidelity (2000). In Denmark, she is perhaps best known for appearing in the Danish television sitcom Langt fra Las Vegas and playing the girlfriend of Danish comedian Casper Christensen, her former real life partner. She also plays Christensen's girlfriend in the sitcom Klovn (Clown) and the title role in the TV crime series Dicte.
WSolbjørg Højfeldt is a Danish actress. She has performed in more than fifty films since 1978. She is married to Danish actor Henning Jensen.
WSidse Babett Knudsen is a Danish actress who works in theatre, television, and film. Knudsen made her screen debut in the 1997 improvisational comedy Let's Get Lost, for which she received both the Robert and Bodil awards for Best Actress.
WMia Lyhne is a Danish film and television actress. She came to the attention of a wider public after her participation in the 2005 first season of the Danish version of Dancing with the Stars, but she is probably best known for her role on the 2005-2009 Danish sitcom Klovn, playing Mia, the girlfriend of comedian Frank Hvam.
WTove Maës was a Danish actress of stage, television and film best known for her starring roles in the series of "Morten Korch" films, in particular The Red Horses. Maës was a three-time recipient of the Bodil Award for Best Actress, winning in 1954, 1971, and 1983.
WOsa Massen was a Danish actress who became a successful movie actress in Hollywood. She became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1941.
WKarin Nellemose, was a Danish actress in the theatre and in Danish cinema. She was the sister of sculptor Knud Nellemose (1908–1997). In Matador she plays a significant role as the confused spinster Misse Møhge.
WMathilde Nielsen was a Danish actress in the theatre and in Danish cinema. She was known as a figure of matriarchy in Danish film.
WOda Laurenze Helmine Nielsen née Larsen (1851–1936) was a highly acclaimed Danish actress who performed both in private theatres in Copenhagen and at the Royal Danish Theatre. Inspired by French actresses, she played the roles of attractive young women, for example in the title roles of Frøken Nitouche and Victorien Sardou's Dora. She later took on roles where she sang, imitating the French singer Yvette Guilbert. This increased her popularity not only in Scandinavia but also in the United States where she performed for Danish audiences. One of her favourite roles in later life was Grevinde Danner in Sven Leopold's Hos Grevinden.
WGhita Nørby is a Danish actress with 117 film credits to her name from 1956–2005, making her one of the most active Danish actresses ever. She was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, the daughter of opera singer Einar Nørby (1896–1983). She studied two years at the Danish Royal Theatre, and was an actress there from 1956–1959.
WDeepika Padukone is an Indian actress and producer who works in Hindi films. One of the highest-paid actresses in India, her accolades include three Filmfare Awards. She features in listings of the nation's most popular personalities, and Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2018.
WNina, Baroness van Pallandt is a Danish singer and actress.
WJohanne Agnete Theresia Pedersen-Dan née Betzonich (1860–1934) was a Danish actress, singer and sculptor. After performing in plays and operettas in Copenhagen until 1888, she devoted the rest of her life to sculpture, frequently exhibiting her work at Charlottenborg. Johanne Pedersen-Dan and her husband Hans Peder Pedersen-Dan lived and worked in Hvidovre Rytterskole in Hvidovre from 1912 to 1936.
WClara Pontoppidan, also known as Clara Wieth, was a Danish actress. She worked mainly in Swedish and Danish silent films, including A Victim of the Mormons.
WBirgitte Price was a Danish actress of the 1950s and 1960s.
WBodil Rosing was a Danish-American film actress in the silent and sound eras.
WEmilie Kirstine Valborg Sannom (1886–1931) was a Danish silent film actress and aerial acrobat. Throwing herself into the castle moat in Nordisk Film's Hamlet (1911), she became the first stunt woman in Danish cinema. She went on to play dangerous roles in numerous films, sometimes as the leading actress. Sannon retired from the cinema in 1923 but continued to perform on the stage, in circuses or making risky parachute jumps. In 1931, at an air show in Grenaa, some 8,000 spectators saw her fall to her death when her parachute failed to open.
WCharlotte Sieling is a Danish actress and film director. She began her career as an actress in the mid-1980s. In the 2000s, she turned to film directing, working on a number of successful DR TV series such as the Emmy-winning Unit One, The Killing, The Bridge and the BAFTA-winning Borgen. She had her feature film debut with Above the Street, Below the Water in 2009. Her success as a director of TV series has more recently brought her to the US where her work includes directing two episodes of Homeland.
WInger Stender (1912–1989) was a Danish actress of stage, film and television whose sophisticated elegance and classic beauty earned her the description of Denmark's version of Marlene Dietrich.
WAnette Støvelbæk is a Danish actress. She was born in Copenhagen and is married to actor Lars Mikkelsen.
WEmma Alice Thomsen née Lange was an attractive Danish actress who performed mainly in Vaudeville productions at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen. Described as "the world's most beautiful women" by the Norwegian painter Christian Krohg, she was given a wider repertoire than would normally have been possible for an actress without formal training, thanks in part to her sweet singing voice. She progressed over the years, performing in more serious works, for example as Portia in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice and Elisabeth in Heiberg's Elverhøj.
WSandra Birgitte Toksvig is a British-Danish writer, comedian, broadcaster, actor, podcaster, and producer on British radio, stage, and television. She is also a political activist, having co-founded the Women's Equality Party in 2015. She has written plays, novels, and books for children. In 1994, she came out as a lesbian.
WEmilie Ullerup is a Danish actress. She is best known for playing Ashley Magnus on the television series Sanctuary and Bree O'Brien on the Hallmark Channel drama series Chesapeake Shores.
WAnne Marie Vessel Schlüter is a Danish ballet dancer who joined the Royal Danish Ballet in 1965. After retiring from the stage in 1988, she headed the Royal Danish Theatre's ballet school until 2006, maintaining the traditional Danish style of August Bournonville. In 1989 she married Poul Schlüter who served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 1982 to 1993.
WLily Weiding is a Danish actress. She has appeared in 31 films and television shows since 1942. She starred in the film Be Dear to Me, which was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival.
WMarie Charlotte Wiehe-Berény (Hansen), born August 28th 1865 in Copenhagen - September 4th 1947 in Skodsborg, was a Danish actor, ballet dancer and singer.