Paprika Steen
Birthday: Born in 1964-11-03 in Frederiksberg, Denmark
Deathday: Alive
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Paprika Steen (born 3 November 1964) is a Danish actress and film director best known for her performances in the films Festen, The Idiots and Open Hearts. Steen was the first Danish actress since Karin Nellemose in 1949 to win both Best Actress (for Okay) and Best Supporting Actress (Open Hearts) in the same year at the Robert Festival, the Danish equivalent of the Oscars. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paprika Steen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Open Hearts
Character: Marie
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Character: High Class Lady
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Stealing Rembrandt
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The Substitute
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Okay
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Everything Will Be Fine
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The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear
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Skeletons
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Frække Frida og de frygtløse spioner
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Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever
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Character: Katrine
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Domino
Character: Hanne Hansen
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The Celebration in Retrospect
Character: self
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