Benedikte Hansen

Benedikte Hansen (born 24 September 1958) is a Danish actress, best known to international audiences for her role as Hanne Holm in the television series Borgen.^[1]

Hansen is the daughter of the Dr Flemming Hansen (died 2003) and his wife Aase Riegels Borch.^[2] She trained as an actress at Denmark's Statens Teaterskole. From 1983 to 1993, she was married to actor and director Gerz Feigenberg; the marriage ended in divorce. She subsequently married Laws Michael Christiansen; that marriage also ended in divorce, and she is now romantically involved with actor Viggo Sommer.^[3] In 2013, she played her first major English-language screen role, when she appeared as the Baroness in a new BBC adaptation of The Lady Vanishes.^[4]

Theatre

• My Fair Lady (1986)
• Mourning Becomes Electra (1991)
• Kjartan and Gudrun (1993)
• Antony and Cleopatra (2001)

Television

• Gøngehøvdingen (1992)
• Bryggeren (1997)
• Unit 1 (2000–2004)
• Forestillinger (2007)
• Album (2008)
• The Killing II (2009)
• Borgen (2010–2013)
• Above Suspicion: Deadly Intent (2011)
• The Lady Vanishes (2013)
• Tvillingerne & Julemanden (2013)
• Badehotellet (2014-2016)
• Tomgang (2015)

Films

• Baby Doll (1988)
• Daisy Diamond (2007)

References

1. "Nothing like a Dane: New thriller Borgen centres on a trailblazing female politician", The Independent, 5 January 2012. Accessed 26 June 2013
2. Danish Film Database (Danish). Accessed 26 March 2013
3. "Benedikte Hansen: Det er rædselsfuldt at blive skilt", BT, 19 September 2012 (Danish). Accessed 26 March 2013
4. BBC - Media Centre, "Cast announced for Fiona Seres’s adaptation of The Lady Vanishes for BBC One", 17 August 2012. Accessed 26 March 2013