Jessica Dinnage (born 22 October 1993) is a Danish actress. She is best known for her role as Lea in Netflix's TV series The Rain. In 2019, Dinnage won a Robert Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role at the Danish Film Academy Robert Awards for her performance as Iben in the 2018 film The Guilty.
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Born | (1993-11-22) November 22, 1993 (age 28) |
Occupation | Actress |
Jessica Dinnage studied at the Danish National School of Performing Arts (Den Danske Scenekunstskole) in Copenhagen.[1][2]
Jessica Dinnage made her screen acting debut Charlotte Sieling's film The Man in 2017. This was followed in 2018 with a main role in Gustav Möller's 2018 film The Guilty institutioner/den-dansk alongside Jakob Cedergren, about a police search for a kidnapped woman,[3] which was selected as Denmark’s official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the academy awards.[4] Later in 2018, she starred alongside Alba August and Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen and Angela Bundalovic as Lea in the Netflix series The Rain, which tells the story of a group of people trying to survive six years after a deadly virus carried in the rain wiped out nearly all humans in Scandinavia.
In 2019, Dinnage won a Robert Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role at the Danish Film Academy annual Robert Awards for her performance as Iben in the 2018 film The Guilty.[5]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2017 | Dan Dream[6] | Baker's Maiden | |
2017 | The Man | Lilly | |
2018 | The Guilty[4] | Iben | Voice role |
2019 | Ninna[7] | Jeanette | |
2020 | A Perfectly Normal Family[8] | Naja | Danish: En Helt Almindelig Familie |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2018–2019 | The Rain | Lea | Main role |
Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2019 | Danish Film Academy Robert Awards | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | The Guilty | Won | [5] |
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