Kirsten Olesen
Kirsten Olesen is a Danish actress who since 1979 has been with Copenhagen's Royal Danish Theatre. In Denmark, she is known above all for taking the part of Agnes, a housemaid, in the popular television series Matador. Internationally, she has starred in the title role of Lars von Trier's Medea.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.1994 |
| Birthday | 1949-05-10 |
| Place of Birth | Aarhus, Danmark |
| Also Known As |
1990
Spring Tide
5/12
Franco lives in a rough part of Copenhagen. His hooker mother has little time for him. Franco drifts into a life of crime, repeatedly confronting the...
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Spring Tide
1988
Time Out
3.333/3
Drama about a young Dane who has traveled to America to find the father he can hardly remember. In New Mexico he gets to know the daughter of a politi...
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Time Out
1989
Medea
6.49/81
Medea after having helped the man she loves, Jason, and given him to birth two children, is driven into fury and vengeful madness after he decides to...
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Medea
2007
Daisy Diamond
5.6/54
A tragic story about Anna who dreams of one thing only: making it as an actress. She moves from Sweden to Copenhagen to pursue her dream. But fate has...
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Daisy Diamond
2005
Accused
6.673/49
On the surface Henrik and Nina Christofferson are an ordinary family living happily. But they have a problem. Their daughter, Stine, a difficult 14 ye...
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Accused
2021
As in Heaven
6.1/34
One day at the end of the 1800s, 14-year-old Lise’s life is changed forever. She is the eldest of her siblings, the first in her family to go to schoo...
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As in Heaven
2011
Rebounce
4.4/12
REBOUNCE is a colorful, tough and powerful film featuring Frederikke Dahl Hansen in the leading role. She plays opposite Anne Sofie Espersen and Dar S...
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Rebounce
2013
Hvor lyset kommer ind
0/0
Elisa's husband is paralyzed after a traffic accident. She takes care of him at home, but it is difficult. Elisa's in-laws do not believe she can hand...
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Hvor lyset kommer ind
2022
Stains
0/0
An artist finds herself at a residency in the northern part of Jutland. Her need for control in every aspect of her life is challenged… both by hersel...
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Stains
1978
In My Life
4.313/8
A young man finds love and settles down, but when his young wife spirals into depression they both have decisions to make.
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In My Life
1981
Truck-driver
6/5
This trucker road movie tells the story of four men driving 30-ton meat-carriers in shuttle service between Denmark and Italy. Against their will, the...
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Truck-driver
2004
In Your Hands
5.806/18
Anna, a young theology graduate, starts work as a prison chaplain. She becomes especially concerned about one inmate, Kate, regarded as difficult and...
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In Your Hands
2009
When Heaven Falls
5.7/3
Sara was placed in care aged 11. Now 28 she hears her mother has died. She goes to the funeral and realises her brother and father don't recognise her...
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When Heaven Falls
1981
Sigurd Fafnersbane
0/0
An animated retelling of the legendary hero Sigurd of Norse folklore.
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Sigurd Fafnersbane
2011
Something in the Air
4.7/7
When clairvoyant Pernille meets Journalist Daniel, who is on a mission to write an exposé about Fact & Fiction in the clairvoyant world, Daniel fa...
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Something in the Air
1978
Did Somebody Laugh?
8.667/6
The late 1930s. A young enemployed, unskilled worker walks through the streets of Copenhagen, sustaining himself partly on the dole and free soup-kitc...
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Did Somebody Laugh?
1982
Images of Liberation
6.75/12
A German officer visits his Danish mistress after the occupation of Denmark has ended.
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Images of Liberation
2015
In Your Arms
5.9/9
When Maria meets Niels for the first time, he comes across as an angry and unsympathetic young man. His chronic illness has been concentrated into a s...
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In Your Arms
1984
My Granny's House
5/4
Danish author Soya's acidly funny turn-of-the-century memoir novel turned into a robust black comedy. After his mother's death, tiny tot Søren goes to...
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My Granny's House
2015
The Sun Has Died
10/1
A young woman is terrorized while working the night shift, cleaning a remote kindergarten, in this intense first-person horror film.
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The Sun Has Died
1981
Helligtrekongersaften
0/0
Disguised as a man, Viola (Kirsten Olesen) is stranded in the wonderland of Illyria where she awakens the love of the beautiful Olivia (Susse Wold). V...
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Helligtrekongersaften
1985
Elise
4.25/4
In a sexual and romantic drama of intrigue, lies, and gossip, a young woman over a long period of time, has children by both men, her husband and love...
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Elise
2017
Robin
3.8/5
You can run into anything in the Danish woods, but a naked woman covered in blood is not something you see every day. Her name is Robin and she not on...
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Robin
2018
Wildwitch
4.9/47
12-year-old Clara is just like any other girl, until one day a mysterious black cat scratches her. Clara soon discovers that she can communicate with...
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Wildwitch
1980
That's me too
7.333/3
Stine is eighteen and has finished school. Her parents have are divorced, and the father has a new wife. Stine is not so anxious finding a regular job...
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That's me too
2007
The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar II
5.426/27
In 1361 the Danish King Valdemar's troops approached the city walls of Visby, Gotland. Meanwhile, a young woman named Sigrid was leaving tracks all ov...
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The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar II
1987
Sorg-agre
4.667/3
The story takes place on a manor in the late 18th century, where the widow Ane Marie's son is suspected of burning down a barn. If the lord of the man...
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Sorg-agre
2015
The Stranger
3.8/3
Tommy is not doing much of anything with his life or the money he has inherited except smoking weed. His parents have high hopes for him and he is bou...
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The Stranger
1999
Indien
7/1
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Indien
2005
Bare Holger
4.25/4
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Bare Holger
2001
Trækfugle
5.5/2
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Trækfugle
2020
Food Club
5.625/12
Three longtime girlfriends from elementary school, very different women, have one thing in common: they are in the fall of their lives and they all fe...
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Food Club
1984
The Boy Who Disappeared
8.5/2
Fed up with his quarreling middle class parents, thirteen-year-old Jonas runs away from home. He seeks his freedom in the woods, where he befriends a...
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The Boy Who Disappeared
1985
Johannes' hemmelighed
8/2
Johannes is upset because his parents have divorced and because his father never phones him. Before going to bed he wants his mother to read something...
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Johannes' hemmelighed
1988
Rødtotterne og Tyrannos
5/2
Seven 12-year-olds fight against property speculators and local officials who intend to replace a treasured forest with a concrete building jungle.
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Rødtotterne og Tyrannos
1998
Albert
6/7
When Albert's best friend Egon goes missing, Albert embarks on an adventure to find him. Along the way he meets Sabrina and together they must save Eg...
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Albert
2016
Ein Sommer in Dänemark
5.4/5
Translator Lena Feldhusen travels to Copenhagen to supposedly research the Danish writer Karen Blixen. However, there is another reason behind the tri...
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Ein Sommer in Dänemark
2023
Året der gik- 2023
0/0
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Året der gik- 2023
2025
Madklubben: Hjemme Igen
5.714/7
The three friends, Marie, Berling, and Vanja, are back home. They’ve moved in together in a large, beautiful house with high ceilings and a weekly din...
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Madklubben: Hjemme Igen
Tre Søstre
0/0
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