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Paprika Steen

Acting

Born November 3, 1964 · Frederiksberg, Denmark

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Biography

Kirstine "Paprika" Steen is a Danish actress and director best known for her performances in Dogme 95 films Festen, The Idiots, Mifune, and Open Hearts. Steen was the first Danish actress since Karin Nellemose to win both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress in the same year at the Robert Festival, the Danish equivalent of the Oscars.

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Awards & recognition

  • Robert Award — Best Actress in a Leading Role · 2024
  • Bodil Award — Best Actress in a Supporting Role · 2012
  • Lauritzen Award · 2010
  • Robert Award — Best Actress in a Leading Role · 2010
  • Bodil Award — Best Actress in a Supporting Role · 2003
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  • Bodil Award — Best Actress in a Leading Role · 2003
  • Robert Award — Best Actress in a Leading Role · 2003
  • Robert Award — Best Actress in a Supporting Role · 2003
  • Tagea Brandt Rejselegat · 2003
  • Bodil Award — Best Actress in a Supporting Role · 2000
  • Jameson People's Choice Award — Best Actress · 2002 · nominated

Filmography24 titles

Dancer in the Dark

2000as Woman on Night Shift

The Celebration

1998as Helene

Adam's Apples

2005as Sarah

Families Like Ours

2024as Fanny

Open Hearts

2002as Marie

Mifune

1999as Pernille

Antboy 3

2016as Alicia Dufort

Last Round

1993as Sosters semme

A Fish Tale

2000as Mother (voice)

Silent Heart

2014as Heidi

The One and Only

1999as Stella

The Idiots

1998as High Class Lady

Mango

2025as Joan

Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever

2023as Kramer

Modus

2015as Alva Roos

Love Is All You Need

2012as Benedikte

Stealing Rembrandt

2003as Charlotte

The City and the City

2018as Professor Mona Ul-Nadi

Applause

2009as Thea Barfoed

Keep the Lights On

2012as Karen

Skeletons

2010as Jane

The Substitute

2007as Ulla Harms, Vikaren

Domino

2019as Hanne Hansen

Forty Shades of Blue

2005as Lonni