Beate Karoline Bille (born 17 November 1976) is a Danish actress and member of the Bille noble family.
![]() | This article uses bare URLs, which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot. (August 2022) |
Beate Bille | |
---|---|
Born | Beate Karoline Bille (1976-11-17) 17 November 1976 (age 45) |
Nationality | Danish |
Occupation | Actress |
Spouse | Magnus Nordenhof Jønck (married 2013–present) |
Children | 2 |
She has received a Shooting Star Award at the 2006 Berlin International Film Festival.[1][2] She has had roles in several Danish films and television series, including the leading role in Per Fly's 2005 film Manslaughter, for which she received the Shooting Star Award. The film also received the Nordic Council Film Prize and multiple awards at the 2006 Bodil Awards. In Manslaughter, she portrays a young left-wing activist involved in an affair with her former teacher, portrayed by Jesper Christensen. In Die blaue Grenze [de] (2005), she plays opposite Hanna Schygulla. She has appeared in Emmy winning Danish TV series such as Unit One, Taxa, Ørnen, and Nikolaj og Julie.
She attended the Danish National School of Theatre from 2000 to 2004.
She is the daughter of actor Joen Bille and art historian Bente Scavenius, and is a member of the ancient noble Bille family. Her grandmother is novelist Irene Ibsen Bille, a daughter of the Norwegian Prime Minister Sigurd Ibsen and granddaughter of Henrik Ibsen and Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson.[3] She is also a descendant of Tycho Brahe, whose mother was also named Beate Bille.
Henrik Ibsen's family | ||
---|---|---|
Ancestors and birth relatives | Grandparents Henrich Ibsen, Johanne Plesner, Johan Andreas Altenburg, Hedevig Christine Paus, Ole Paus (step grandfather), parents Knud Ibsen and Marichen Altenburg, sister Hedvig Ibsen, uncles Christian Cornelius Paus, Henrik Johan Paus, Christopher Blom Paus, great-aunt Kristine Cathrine Ploug (née Altenburg), first cousin Ole Paus, nephew Carl Stousland, first cousin once removed Christopher de Paus | ![]() |
Wife, family-in-law and issue | Wife Suzannah Ibsen (née Thoresen), step mother-in-law Magdalene Thoresen, son Sigurd Ibsen, daughter-in-law Bergliot Ibsen (née Bjørnson), grandson Tancred Ibsen, granddaughter Irene Ibsen Bille (née Ibsen), grandson's wife Lillebil Ibsen (née Krohn), great-grandsons Tancred Ibsen Jr. and Joen Bille, great-great-granddaughters Nora Ibsen and Beate Bille | |
See also: Ibsen family – Related families: Paus, Plesner, Blom, Bille |
General | |
---|---|
National libraries | |
Biographical dictionaries | |
Other |
|
![]() | This article about a Danish actor is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |