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Paprika Steen(I)

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Paprika Steen
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Families Like Ours (2024)
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In Okay (2002), director and actress Paprika Steen shows off her multi- faceted acting talent as the loud-mouthed control freak Nete. This is her first major part for which she has already been nominated for the Best Actress Award from the European Film Academy. She has won the Danish Academy Award for her supporting role in the mega-hit Den eneste ene (The One and Only, 1999).

These nominations attest to Paprika Steen's strong performances, given in a number of smaller, but memorable parts, for example as an upper-class snob in The Idiots (1998) (The Idiots), a touchingly nerdy beautician in The One and Only (1999) (The Only One), and as a strong, slightly-neurotic sister in the mega-hit The Celebration (1998) (The Celebration).

Steen's considerable dramatic talent and potential is reinforced by a strong sense of humor that shines through in her work. While audiences may laugh hard, Steen remains sympathetic to the characters she portrays. The web of intertwined character flaws and potential is revealed with a light touch. It is the empathy that she evokes for her characters that makes her work memorable.
BornNovember 3, 1964
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    • Awards
      • 22 wins & 22 nominations total

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    Known for

    Applause (2009)
    Applause
    6.7
    • Thea Barfoed
    • 2009
    The Substitute (2007)
    The Substitute
    5.8
    • Ulla Harms
    • 2007
    Paprika Steen in Okay (2002)
    Okay
    6.6
    • Nete
    • 2002
    The One and Only (1999)
    The One and Only
    6.9
    • Stella
    • 1999

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    Actress



    • Mango
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    • Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Paprika Steen, Esben Smed, Amaryllis April Maltha August, Magnus Millang, Helene Reingaard Neumann, and Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt in Families Like Ours (2024)
      Families Like Ours
      6.5
      TV Mini Series
      • Fanny
      • 2024
    • Lars Brygmann and Paprika Steen in NamaStay (2024)
      NamaStay
      5.5
      TV Series
      • Charlotte
      • 2024
    • Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever (2023)
      Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever
      5.8
      • Kramer
      • 2023
    • Tove's Room (2023)
      Tove's Room
      7.0
      • Tove Ditlevsen
      • 2023
    • Gillian Anderson, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Viola Davis in The First Lady (2022)
      The First Lady
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Hortense Bloomer
      • 2022
    • The Inspector and the Sea (2007)
      The Inspector and the Sea
      4.8
      TV Series
      • Line Anders
      • 2007–2021
    • Angela Bundalovic, Emma Sehested Høeg, and Frederikke Dahl Hansen in Limboland (2020)
      Limboland
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Marianne
      • 2021
    • Rita
      4.6
      TV Movie
      • Ellen
      • 2020
    • Guy Pearce, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Eriq Ebouaney, Carice van Houten, Hamid Krim, and Bouzan Hadawi in Domino (2019)
      Domino
      4.5
      • Hanne Hansen
      • 2019
    • Gods of Medicine
      TV Series
      • Monica Norman
      • 2018
    • That Time of Year (2018)
      That Time of Year
      6.2
      • Katrine
      • 2018
    • The City and the City (2018)
      The City and the City
      6.3
      TV Mini Series
      • Professor Mona UI-Nadi
      • 2018
    • Melinda Kinnaman and Henrik Norlén in Modus (2015)
      Modus
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Alva Roos
      • 2017
    • Gidseltagningen (2017)
      Gidseltagningen
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Naja Toft
      • 2017
    • Undercover (2016)
      Undercover
      4.0
      • Hanne
      • 2016

    Director



    • Mikael Birkkjær, Carsten Bjørnlund, Lars Brygmann, Line Kruse, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Jacob Lohmann, Rasmus Bjerg, Martin Greis-Rosenthal, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Lise Baastrup, Amanda Collin, Katrine Greis-Rosenthal, and Merete Mærkedahl in Fathers and Mothers (2022)
      Fathers and Mothers
      5.8
      • Director
      • 2022
    • That Time of Year (2018)
      That Time of Year
      6.2
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Til døden os skiller (2007)
      Til døden os skiller
      5.6
      • Director
      • 2007
    • Aftermath (2004)
      Aftermath
      6.8
      • Director
      • 2004

    Writer



    • That Time of Year (2018)
      That Time of Year
      6.2
      • idea
      • 2018
    • Martin Brygmann, Peter Frödin, Hella Joof, and Paprika Steen in Lex & Klatten (1997)
      Lex & Klatten
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 1997

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    Theatrical Version
    Trailer 2:09
    Theatrical Version
    Applause
    Trailer 2:11
    Applause
    Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration
    Trailer 1:30
    Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration
    Adam's Apples
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    Adam's Apples

    Personal details

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    • Height
      • 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
    • Born
      • November 3, 1964
      • Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Spouse
      • Mikael Chr. Rieks? - present (1 child)

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      Had to apply for the Acting School of Odense Theater 13 times before getting accepted.

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