Jessica Dinnage | |
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 Dinnage in Unruly 2022 | |
| Born | 22 October 1993 |
| Occupation | Actress |
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 .
Jessica Dinnage studied at the Danish National School of Performing Arts (Den Danske Scenekunstskole) in Copenhagen. [1]
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]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Dan Dream | Baker's Maiden | [6] |
| 2017 | The Man | Lilly | |
| 2018 | The Guilty | Iben | Voice role [3] |
| 2019 | Ninna | Jeanette | [6] |
| 2020 | A Perfectly Normal Family | Naja | Danish: En Helt Almindelig Familie [6] |
| 2022 | Unruly | Sørine | Danish: Ustyrlig [6] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018–2019 | The Rain | Lea | Main role [4] |
| 2021 | Fars Drenge (Daddy's Boys) | Lærke | Episode 1.8 |
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Danish Film Academy Robert Awards | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | The Guilty | Won | [5] |
| 2024 | Danish Film Academy Robert Awards | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Unruly | Won | [7] |
| 2024 | Bodil Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Unruly | Won | [7] |
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