Jessica Dinnage

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Jessica Dinnage
Born (1993-10-22) 22 October 1993 (age 30)
OccupationActress

Jessica Dinnage (born 22 October 1993) is a Danish actress. She is best known for her role as Lea in Netflix's TV series The Rain . In 2019, Dinnage won a Robert Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role at the Danish Film Academy Robert Awards for her performance as Iben in the 2018 film The Guilty .

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Early life

Jessica Dinnage studied at the Danish National School of Performing Arts (Den Danske Scenekunstskole) in Copenhagen. [1]

Career

Dinnage made her screen acting debut in Charlotte Sieling's film The Man in 2017. This was followed in 2018 with a main role in Gustav Möller's 2018 film The Guilty institutioner/den-dansk alongside Jakob Cedergren, about a police search for a kidnapped woman, [2] which was selected as Denmark's official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards. [3] Later in 2018, she starred alongside Alba August, Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen and Angela Bundalovic as Lea in the Netflix series The Rain , which tells the story of a group of people trying to survive six years after a deadly virus carried in the rain wiped out nearly all humans in Scandinavia. [4]

In 2019, Dinnage won a Robert Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role at the Danish Film Academy annual Robert Awards for her performance as Iben in The Guilty. [5]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2017Dan DreamBaker's Maiden [6]
2017The ManLilly
2018 The Guilty IbenVoice role [3]
2019NinnaJeanette [6]
2020 A Perfectly Normal Family NajaDanish: En Helt Almindelig Familie [6]
2022 Unruly SørineDanish: Ustyrlig [6]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2018–2019 The Rain LeaMain role [4]
2021Fars Drenge (Daddy's Boys)LærkeEpisode 1.8

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2019 Danish Film Academy Robert Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role The Guilty Won [5]

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