Sofie Cappelen

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Sofie Cappelen
Born (1982-02-02) February 2, 1982 (age 40)
NationalityNorwegian
OccupationActress

Sofie Stange Cappelen (born February 2, 1982) [1] is a Norwegian actress.

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Biography

Cappelen began her career as a child actor. She was a member of the Jorunn Kirkenær Children's Ballet, and made several TV appearances as a dancer and actor, including on NRK in the 1989 Christmas series Vertshuset den gyldne hale  [ no ] and in the children's show Midt i Smørøyet  [ no ]. At the age of 11, she made her stage debut at the National Theatre of Norway in Sverre Brandt's Reisen til Julestjernen .[ citation needed ]

At 13, she played the lead role of Rikke Eriksen in the feature film Aldri mer 13! ("Never Again 13!"), directed by Sirin Eide  [ no ]. [2]

She played Victoria Lunde on the long-running prime-time soap opera Hotel Cæsar , from its first season in 1998, when she was 16. [3] After four years' absence while living in New York and studying acting at the Lee Strasberg Institute, [2] she returned to the role in 2009. [4] [5]

In 2003 she played Inga, the female lead in the Israeli comedy Halleluja , which won at the Haifa International Film Festival.[ citation needed ]

Other work

She has published two children's books, Godnattareglen (2011) and Bjørnis og de røde prikkene (2015). [6] [7] She owns the publishing company Eventyrforlaget and practices as a clinical psychologist. [8]

Personal life

She is a member of the Cappelen family. Her father is writer Anders Cappelen  [ no ] and her grandfather was the dramatist Peder Wright Cappelen. [9]

While in New York, she married American designer Brendon Babenzien; [10] they subsequently divorced. She has a daughter, born in 2011, with photographer Alexander Kayiambakis. [2] [11]

Filmography

Television

Films

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