Sofie Gråbøl

Sofie Gråbøl

Known for
Acting
Born
July 30, 1968 (age 58)
Birthplace
Frederiksberg, Danmark

Biography

Sofie Gråbøl (Danish pronunciation: [sofiːˀə ˈɡ̊ʁɔb̥øl]; born 30 July 1968) is a Danish actress. She has starred in a series of films, starting with the lead role in the 1986 film version of Tove Ditlevsen's novel Barndommens gade and at 17 playing alongside Max von Sydow in Pelle the Conqueror. On television she has starred in Taxa and Nikolaj og Julie. Gråbøl had become known in Denmark for playing emotional roles, but she achieved international fame as the cool and distant lead character Detective Inspector Sarah Lund in three series of Forbrydelsen (The Killing). Forbrydelsen played on BBC4 with great success, winning a BAFTA award, and bringing Gråbøl celebrity status in the UK. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sofie Gråbøl, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

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Filmography

2026
What Lies Between Us poster

What Lies Between Us

Movie · as Sarah

2026
Det danske filmmirakel poster

Det danske filmmirakel

TV · as Sig selv · 6 eps

2025
The Last Viking poster

The Last Viking

Movie · as Margrethe

2025
Grevinde Danner poster

Grevinde Danner

Movie · as Grevinde Danner (stemme)

2025
Yesterday I Lived Forever poster

Yesterday I Lived Forever

Movie · as The Golden Woman

2024
Danske tv-seriers bedste poster

Danske tv-seriers bedste

TV · as Sig selv · 6 eps

2023
Prisoner poster

Prisoner

TV · as Miriam · 6 eps

2022
Rose poster

Rose

Movie · as Inger

2022
Attachment poster

Attachment

Movie · as Chana

2022
Wild Men poster

Wild Men

Movie · as Anne

2022
Melvin Kakooza Show poster

Melvin Kakooza Show

TV · as Sig selv · 1 ep

2022
The Shift poster

The Shift

TV · as Ella · 10 eps

2022
Dansk films bedste poster

Dansk films bedste

TV · as Sig selv · 6 eps

2021
The Venus Effect poster

The Venus Effect

Movie · as Gitte

2021
The Chestnut Man poster

The Chestnut Man

TV · as Marie Hølst · 6 eps

2020
Building Happiness poster

Building Happiness

Movie · as Self

2020
Us poster

Us

TV · as Freja · 3 eps

2020
The Undoing poster

The Undoing

TV · as Catherine Stamper · 3 eps

2019
Resin poster

Resin

Movie · as Maria

2019
Gentleman Jack poster

Gentleman Jack

TV · as Queen Marie · 1 ep

2018
The House That Jack Built poster

The House That Jack Built

Movie · as Lady 3

2018
That Time of Year poster

That Time of Year

Movie · as Barbara

2018
X&Y poster

X&Y

Movie · as Sofie

2018
Liberty poster

Liberty

TV · as Kirsten · 5 eps

2017
Tæt på sandheden poster

Tæt på sandheden

TV · as Medvirkende i sketch · 1 ep

2016
The Day Will Come poster

The Day Will Come

Movie · as Lærer Lilian Hammershøj

2016
The Other World poster

The Other World

TV · as Dronningen · 24 eps

2015
Goodbye Theresienstadt poster

Goodbye Theresienstadt

Movie · as Narration (da)

2015
Fortitude poster

Fortitude

TV · as Governor Odegard · 25 eps

2014
Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama poster

Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama

Movie · as Self

2014
In Real Life poster

In Real Life

Movie · as Mille

2013
The Hour of the Lynx poster

The Hour of the Lynx

Movie · as Helen

2012
From The Killing to Borgen: The Danish Secret of Success

From The Killing to Borgen: The Danish Secret of Success

Movie · as Self

2009
Skavlan poster

Skavlan

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2008
Det Sjove Køn poster

Det Sjove Køn

Movie

2007
Daisy Diamond poster

Daisy Diamond

Movie · as Sofie Gråbøl

2007
The Substitute poster

The Substitute

Movie · as Carls Mor

2007
The Killing poster

The Killing

TV · as Sarah Lund · 40 eps

2006
The Boss of It All poster

The Boss of It All

Movie · as Kisser

2005
Accused poster

Accused

Movie · as Nina

2005
True Spirit poster

True Spirit

Movie · as Lærke

2004
Aftermath poster

Aftermath

Movie · as Britt

2003
Livsforsikringen

Livsforsikringen

Movie · as Judith

2002
Nikolaj and Julie poster

Nikolaj and Julie

TV · as Julie Krogh Andersen · 22 eps

2001
Count Axel poster

Count Axel

Movie · as Leonora Amalie

2000
Flickering Lights poster

Flickering Lights

Movie · as Hanne

1999
Mifune poster

Mifune

Movie · as Claire

1999
The One and Only poster

The One and Only

Movie · as Mulle

1997
Credo poster

Credo

Movie · as Mona

1997
Isle of Darkness poster

Isle of Darkness

Movie · as Julie

1997
Sinan's Wedding poster

Sinan's Wedding

Movie · as Cherie

1997
Taxa poster

Taxa

TV · as Anna · 7 eps

1996
Groovy Days poster

Groovy Days

Movie

1996
Danish Girls Show Everything poster

Danish Girls Show Everything

Movie · as Herself

1996
Den store kul-tur

Den store kul-tur

Movie · as Maibrit

1995
Pan poster

Pan

Movie · as Edvarda Mack

1995
Carmen & Babyface poster

Carmen & Babyface

Movie · as Carmen

1994
Nightwatch poster

Nightwatch

Movie · as Kalinka

1993
The Screaming Throats poster

The Screaming Throats

Movie · as Anita Schulz

1993
Black Harvest poster

Black Harvest

Movie · as Clara Uldahl-Ege

1993
Tvangsritualer

Tvangsritualer

Movie

1992
The Silent Touch poster

The Silent Touch

Movie · as Annette Berg

1992
Absolutely Fabulous poster

Absolutely Fabulous

TV · as Sarah Lund · 1 ep

1991
Hay Fever poster

Hay Fever

Movie · as Bank Clerk

1988
Rami og Julie poster

Rami og Julie

Movie · as Julie

1987
Pelle the Conqueror poster

Pelle the Conqueror

Movie · as Miss Sine - Mrs. Kongstrup's Niece

1987
Sorg-agre poster

Sorg-agre

Movie · as Ungfruen

1986
Barndommens gade poster

Barndommens gade

Movie · as Ester

1986
The Wolf at the Door poster

The Wolf at the Door

Movie · as Judith Molard