Sandra Yi Sencindiver | |
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Born | [1] | January 30, 1980
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2000–present |
Television | The Bridge Foundation |
Sandra Yi Sencindiver (born 30 January 1980) is a Korean-born Danish-American actress, writer, and artistic director.
Born in Busan, South Korea, Sencindiver and her twin sister were adopted by an American father and Korean mother, before her father later remarried a Danish woman which saw her moving to Denmark at the age of nine years-old. As a child, she was encouraged to learn classical piano, sing, dance, and act. She wrote her first play at ten years-old. [2]
She started in Danish theatre when she was cast at the age of 20 years-old in a production of Miss Saigon . [2]
In Denmark, she appeared in successful series including The Bridge and The Killing . She also did voice work for the Assassin's Creed video game series, including the entries subtitled Valhalla and Dawn Of Ragnorök. [3] She also appeared in Backstrom . She is the artistic director of the theatre company danskdansk (Danish Danish). She wrote and appeared in her own short film Watch in 2023. [4]
Her television credits include the second series of Foundation as Rue Corintha. [5] [6] and is also known for Amazon Prime Video series The Wheel of Time as Lady Amalisa, a part she described as "so rich and fun to do". [2]
In 2024, she portrayed fashion mogul Yuji Lee in Geek Girl for Netflix. [7] That April, she was cast in the upcoming Alien: Earth television series. [8]
She has campaigned against structural reasons for a lack of diversity in the Danish film and television industry. She formed the diversity action group A Bigger Picture (Et Større Billede) alongside actresses Laura Allen Müller, Malaika B. Mosendane, Şiir Tilif, and Dorcas Joanna Hansen. Sencindiver has received invitations to meet and discuss a plan of action with the Danish Minister of Culture, the Danish Producers’ Association and The Association of Danish Film Directors, and major Scandinavian production companies and the Danish Film Institute. [9] [10]
† | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2013 | The Shooter | Sagsbehandler | |
We Are, Human, After All | The Woman | Short film | |
2015 | The Stranger | Lucy | Short film |
2017 | Shadow Boxer | Sygeplejerske 1 | Short film |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2007 | The Killing | Journalist 2 | Episode: "Afsnit 15" |
2009 | 2900 Happiness | Milla | 20 episodes |
2010 | The Protectors | Mia | 2 episodes |
2018 | The Bridge | Susanne | 8 episodes |
2019 | Follow the Money | Lin | 1 episode |
Below the Surface | Nina Sloth | 6 episodes | |
DNA | Sally | 2 episodes | |
2020 | Backstrom | Jaidee Kunchai | 5 episodes |
2021 | The Wheel of Time | Lady Amalisa | 2 episodes |
2023 | Foundation | Rue Corintha | 9 episodes |
Oxen | Sara Kaspersen | 3 episodes | |
2024 | Geek Girl | Yuji Lee | 8 episodes |
2025 | Alien: Earth † | TBA |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2020 | Assassin's Creed: Valhalla | Ljufvina / Yanli | |
2022 | Assassin's Creed Valhalla - Dawn of Ragnarök |
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