Ellen Hillingsø is a Danish actress who has done her primary work in films. She is also a voice actress, narrating audio books.

Career

Primarily a film actress, Hillingsø made her debut in the farce Huller i suppen in 1988, playing a small role alongside the comic duo John and Aage (Povl Erik Carstensen

Povl Erik Carstensen

Povl Erik Carstensen is a Danish comedian, actor and jazz double bassist. Appearing both on film and TV and as a live stand-up, he is best known for his role as Aage in the comic duo of John and Aage on Canal 2, alongside Morten Lorentzen and for his work with Thomas Wivel...

 and Morten Lorentzen

Morten Lorentzen

Morten Lorentzen is a Danish comedian, actor and film director. He is the son of the composer Bent Lorentzen. Appearing both on film and TV and as a live stand-up, he is best known for his role as John in the comic duo of John and Aage on Canal 2, alongside Povl Erik Carstensen...

). After appearing in En verden til forskel (1989), she began as a stage actress, appearing at the Århus Theatre from 1990-94.

In 1996, Hillingsø appeared in Peter Thorsboe's drama, Krystalbarnet in which she starred with Mirosław Baka

Mirosław Baka

Mirosław Baka is a Polish actor. He appeared in the comedy television series Bao-Bab, czyli zielono mi in 2003.-References:...

, Grażyna Barszczewska and Helene Egelund. In 1999 she starred in Søren Kragh-Jacobsen

Søren Kragh-Jacobsen

Søren Kragh-Jacobsen is a Danish film director, musician, and song writer. He was one of the founders and practitioners of the Dogme95 project, for creating films without artificial technology or techniques.-Early career:...

's Mifune's Last Song

Mifune's Last Song

Mifune's Last Song , 1999, is the third film to be made according to the "Dogme 95" group rules. It was directed by Søren Kragh-Jacobsen. The film was a great success in Denmark and an international blockbuster, ranked among the ten best-selling Danish films worldwide.It was produced by Nimbus...

alongside Iben Hjejle

Iben Hjejle

Iben Hjejle is a Danish actress, notable for starring in the John Cusack film High Fidelity . 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 real life boyfriend...

, Anders Hove

Anders Hove

Anders Hove was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Fåberg.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from the Market towns of Hedmark and Oppland counties in 1945, and was re-elected on two occasions.Hove held various positions in Lillehammer city council, and served as...

, Sofie Gråbøl and Paprika Steen

Paprika Steen

Paprika Steen is a Danish actress and film director best known for her performances in the films Festen, The Idiots and Open Hearts...

. In 2007 she appeared in Karlas kabale

Karlas kabale

Karlas Kabale is a 2007 Danish movie based on the 2003 book of the same title written by Renée Simonsen, the film is directed by Charlotte Sachs Bostrup....

, based on the 2003 book of the same title written by Renée Simonsen

Renee Simonsen

Renée Toft Simonsen is a former model from Denmark, who currently works as a writer. Simonsen was one of the most successful models in the world during the 1980s.- Biography :...

. Also in 2007 she starred in the Danish television police drama, Anna Pihl

Anna Pihl

Anna Pihl is a Danish police drama produced by TV2. The series stars Charlotte Munck as the title character Anna Pihl, Peter Mygind, and Iben Hjejle as Mikala...

.

In 2010 she starred in the film Eksperimentet

Eksperimentet

Eksperimentet is a 2010 Danish drama film written and directed by Louise Friedberg, and starring Ellen Hillingsø. The film premiered on 28 August 2010 in the Katuaq Culture Centre in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland...

, directed by Louise Friedberg. The film deals with social experiments and the problem of cultural genocide

Cultural genocide

Cultural genocide is a term that lawyer Raphael Lemkin proposed in 1933 as a component to genocide. The term was considered in the 1948 United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples juxtaposed next to the term ethnocide, but it was removed in the final document, replaced with...

 in Greenland. The film premiered on 28 August 2010 in the Katuaq Culture Centre

Katuaq Culture Centre

Katuaq is a cultural centre in Nuuk, Greenland. It is used for concerts, exhibitions, conferences, and as a cinema. Designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen, it was inaugurated on February 15, 1997.-Building:...

 in Nuuk

Nuuk

Nuuk, is the capital of Greenland, the northernmost capital in North America and the largest city in Greenland. Located in the Nuup Kangerlua fjord, the city lies on the eastern shore of the Labrador Sea and on the west coast of Sermersooq. Nuuk is the largest cultural and economic center in...

, the capital of Greenland

Greenland

Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...

.

Aside from her work as an actress, Hillingsø has done notable work as a voice actress in cartoons, film and TV, and in audio books.

Personal life

Hillingsø is the daughter of the retired Danish general Kjeld Hillingsø and Bridget Hillingsø. As the goddaughter of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark

Margrethe II of Denmark

Margrethe II is the Queen regnant of the Kingdom of Denmark. In 1972 she became the first female monarch of Denmark since Margaret I, ruler of the Scandinavian countries in 1375-1412 during the Kalmar Union.-Early life:...

, Hillingsø often attends royal functions and events. She is married to Christoffer Castenskiold.

She's also , Lars Hillingso's niece , a famous designer

Film

• Huller i suppen (1988)
• En verden til forskel (1989)
• Krystalbarnet (1996)
• Sekten (1997)
• Mifunes sidste sang (1999)
• Klinkevals (1999)
• Når lysterne tændes (2001)
• Jolly Roger (2001)
• En kort en lang (2001)
• Olsen-banden Junior (2001)
• Drengen der ville gøre det umulige
• Floden (2002 - stemme)
• Silkevejen (2004)
• Opbrud (2005)
• Afrejsen (2005)
• Allegro (2005)
• Den Rette Ånd (2005)
• Sprængfarlig bombe (2006)
• Anja og Viktor - brændende kærlighed (2007)
• Karlas kabale
  Karlas kabale
  Karlas Kabale is a 2007 Danish movie based on the 2003 book of the same title written by Renée Simonsen, the film is directed by Charlotte Sachs Bostrup....
  
  (2007)
• En forelskelse (2008)
• Maj & Charlie (2008)
• Karla og Katrine (2009)
• Over gaden under vandet (2009)
• Karla og Jonas (2010)
• Eksperimentet
  Eksperimentet
  Eksperimentet is a 2010 Danish drama film written and directed by Louise Friedberg, and starring Ellen Hillingsø. The film premiered on 28 August 2010 in the Katuaq Culture Centre in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland...
  
  (2010)

TV

• Hvor svært kan det være (2002)
• Absalons hemmelighed (2006)
• Anna Pihl
  Anna Pihl
  Anna Pihl is a Danish police drama produced by TV2. The series stars Charlotte Munck as the title character Anna Pihl, Peter Mygind, and Iben Hjejle as Mikala...
  
  (2007)
• Album (2008)
• Livvagterne (2009)

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