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

Sofie Cappelen
Born (1982-02-02) February 2, 1982 (age 42)
NationalityNorwegian
OccupationActress

Biography

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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

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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

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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

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Television

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Films

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References

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  1. ^ "Det Skjerde", Fosna-Folket, February 2, 2010, p. 16 (in Nynorsk).
  2. ^ a b c Ida B. Klokk, "- Jeg skilte meg ut. Som 13-åring drakk, røyket og kysset Sofie Cappelen på lerretet", Nettavisen, December 17, 2011 (in Norwegian).
  3. ^ Øyvind Rønning, "Sossen og Sofie", Dagbladet, August 26, 1998 (in Norwegian).
  4. ^ Catherine Gonsholt Ighanian, "Hun gjør comeback i 'Hotel Cæsar'", Verdens Gang, January 2, 2009 (in Norwegian).
  5. ^ Tore Waskaas, " Comeback i 'Hotel Cæsar': 'Victoria' vender tilbake med en mørk hemmelighet", TV2, February 4, 2009 [January 2, 2009] (in Norwegian).
  6. ^ "Bjørnis og de røde prikkene", Haugenbok, retrieved 6 June 2022 (in Norwegian).
  7. ^ "Det Skjer på Svalbard", Svalbardposten, November 20, 2015, p. 17 (in Nynorsk).
  8. ^ Sofie Cappelen, Regnskapstall, retrieved June 6, 2022.
  9. ^ Verdens Gang, December 17, 2011, p. 92 (in Norwegian).
  10. ^ Dagbladet, February 27, 2009, p. 69 (in Norwegian).
  11. ^ Malini Gaare Bjørnstad, "- Jeg forsto ikke verdien av vennskap. Sofie Cappelen holdt seg mye for seg selv da hun vokste opp", Se og Hør, December 17, 2011 (in Norwegian).
  12. ^ Vertshuset Den Gyldne Hale med tegn og tale, Episode 13, NRK (in Norwegian).
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