Linnea Berthelsen

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Linnea Berthelsen
Born (1993-07-13) 13 July 1993 (age 31)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Alma mater East 15 Acting School
OccupationActress
Years active2014–present

Linnea Berthelsen (born 13 July 1993) is a Danish actress, who is best known for her recurring role as Kali, also known as Eight, the sister of Eleven in the second season of the science-fiction horror Netflix original series Stranger Things .

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Personal life

Berthelsen was born in Houston, Texas, and brought up in Kalundborg. [1] [2] [3] She moved to England in 2014 to study at East 15 Acting School in Essex, and now lives in Chicago. [4]

Career

Berthelsen started acting in her early teens. [5] She made her acting debut in the short film Mirrors in 2016. She later continued to appear in short films such as Natskygge, [6] Dyspno and Cape Fear. [6] In 2015, she appeared in the Danish film Hybrid. In 2017, she was cast as Kali / Eight (a character with the ability to create hallucinations) in the Netflix original science fiction horror series Stranger Things . [7] [8] [3]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014MirrorsSigneShort film
2014Teenland [6] PatientShort film
2014AlmaAlmaShort film
2015HybridClara
2015Natskygge [6] Leading roleShort film
2015AishaAishaShort film
2015DyspnoFieShort film
2015Cape FearGabrielleShort film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2016Exitium [3] EzraPilot
2017 Stranger Things Kali Prasad / Eight3 episodes - season 2
2019The DesertNura1 episode
2020 Devs [9] Jen4 episodes

References

  1. Christensen, Mie. "En kvinde vi kan li': Linnea Berthelsen". Euroman. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  2. "Linnea Berthelsen Explains Her Character Kali's Controversial Episode 7 In the Second Season". wmagazine.com. 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 "Danish star Linnea Berthelsen also will join the Netflix sensation". hollywoodreporter.com. 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  4. "Interview Linnea Berthelsen". schonmagazine.com. 30 October 2017.
  5. Christensen, Mie. "En kvinde vi kan li': Linnea Berthelsen". Euroman. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Who plays Roman in Stranger Things 2?". Radio Times. 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  7. Roschke, Ryan. "The Awesome Thing You Don't Know About Eleven's "Sister" on Stranger Things". POPSUGAR Entertainment. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  8. "Stranger Things Actress Linnea Berthelsen on the Advice That Millie Bobby Brown Gave Her Before She Shaved Her Head". www.vogue.com. 2017. Archived from the original on 1 January 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  9. "Devs (2020) Hulu trailer, release date". startattle.com. 2019.