Sofie GrÃ¥bøl (Danish pronunciation: [soˈfiˀə ˈkÊ ÊŒpøl]; born
30 July 1968) is a Danish actress. She has starred in a number of
films, with her breakthrough role in the 1986 Danish film Early
Spring, directed by Astrid Henning-Jensen, playing the lead role in
the film version of Tove Ditlevsen's novel Barndommens gade when she
was 17 years old. On television she has starred in Taxa and Nikolaj og
Julie.Gråbøl has become known in Denmark for playing emotional
roles, but she achieved international fame as a detectiveâ€"the cool
and distant lead character Inspector Sarah Lund in all three series of
The Killing (Danish: Forbrydelsen). In the UK it was broadcast on BBC4
with great success, winning a BAFTA award, and bringing Gråbøl
celebrity status.Gråbøl resides in Copenhagen where she has lived
all her life. Both her parents, father Kaj Fladhede Gråbøl and
mother Mette Koustrup, were architects. She has an older brother Niels
Gråbøl who is a director. Gråbøl's father left her mother when her
mother was pregnant with Gråbøl and she was brought up by her
mother. Her mother remarried to a Maoist architect and for a time they
lived in a commune.Gråbøl divorced her husband the film director
Jacob Thuesen in 2006 and has two children by him; a son, Bror, and a
daughter, Gudrun.
30 July 1968) is a Danish actress. She has starred in a number of
films, with her breakthrough role in the 1986 Danish film Early
Spring, directed by Astrid Henning-Jensen, playing the lead role in
the film version of Tove Ditlevsen's novel Barndommens gade when she
was 17 years old. On television she has starred in Taxa and Nikolaj og
Julie.Gråbøl has become known in Denmark for playing emotional
roles, but she achieved international fame as a detectiveâ€"the cool
and distant lead character Inspector Sarah Lund in all three series of
The Killing (Danish: Forbrydelsen). In the UK it was broadcast on BBC4
with great success, winning a BAFTA award, and bringing Gråbøl
celebrity status.Gråbøl resides in Copenhagen where she has lived
all her life. Both her parents, father Kaj Fladhede Gråbøl and
mother Mette Koustrup, were architects. She has an older brother Niels
Gråbøl who is a director. Gråbøl's father left her mother when her
mother was pregnant with Gråbøl and she was brought up by her
mother. Her mother remarried to a Maoist architect and for a time they
lived in a commune.Gråbøl divorced her husband the film director
Jacob Thuesen in 2006 and has two children by him; a son, Bror, and a
daughter, Gudrun.
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