Leyla Jerrie Josephine Bornebusch (born 12 September 1981) is a Swedish actress.
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Born | Leyla Jerrie Josephine Bornebusch (1981-09-12) 12 September 1981 (age 40) Stockholm, Sweden |
Occupation | Actress |
Children | 2 |
Bornebusch was involved in Vår teater, a children's theatre, as a child.[1] She began her acting career in the Swedish drama series Rederiet in 1999 and a year later, she starred alongside Alexander Skarsgård in the films White Water Fury and Wings of Glass.[2][3] In 2002, Bornebusch again acted in a film alongside Skarsgård as one of the lead roles of the film The Dog Trick.[4] She was an actress in the comedy show Playa del Sol on SVT1.[5] She was also one of the regular hosts of Fredag Hela Veckan, a Swedish version of Saturday Night Live. She starred as the character "Mickan" in the comedy series Solsidan.[5]
Bornebusch is a writer, associate producer, and female lead opposite Greg Poehler in Welcome to Sweden which was broadcast on TV4 in Sweden and on NBC in the United States.[3] The series was cancelled on 28 July 2015.[6]
Bornebusch wrote and directed the TV series Älska mig in which she also plays the lead role, the series premiered in October 2019, with a second season starting in April 2020.[7]
In July 2014, Bornebusch revealed that she was pregnant with her first child.[8] In late August of the same year, she gave birth to a son.[9] In November 2016, her second child, a daughter, was born.