Ellen Jelinek

Acting

Ellen Jelinek

Born December 5, 1973 · Sollentuna, Stockholms län, Sweden (age 52)

Ellen Jelinek is a Swedish stage, film and television actress.

Known For

The New ManThe New Man · 2007
The New Man
6.62007
MovieDrama
Sweden 1951. A new society is developing, a society where there is no room for the socially and mentally weak...
Annika Bengtzon: Crime Reporter - LifetimeAnnika Bengtzon: Crime Reporter - Lifetime · 2012
Annika Bengtzon: Crime Reporter - Lifetime
6.12012
MovieDramaThriller
When David Lindholm, Sweden's most famous police officer, found shot in bed identifies herself quickly with his young wife Julia. Julia is threatened with life imprisonment for murder, both her ​​husband and her missing four year old son Alexander. However, Julia refuse. It was not her. There was another woman who shot her husband and kidnapped her son. While life is falling apart around Annika digs herself deeper into the murdered police's violent past.
HinsehäxanHinsehäxan · 2012
Hinsehäxan
7.02012
MovieDrama
About Lillemor Östlin in the 60s and 70s. Her downfall from the glamorous Stockholm nightlife to drug addiction, crime and prostitution.
Wonderful and Loved by AllWonderful and Loved by All · 2007
Wonderful and Loved by All
5.82007
MovieComedyDrama
Isabella Eklöf is an unemployed actress in her early thirties. Her friends all enjoy stable relationships, children and successful careers. In order to jump-start her life she decides to lie a bit on her next job application with unexpected consequences.
The Adventures of Halvdan VikingThe Adventures of Halvdan Viking · 2018
The Adventures of Halvdan Viking
4.82018
MovieFamilyAdventure
Halvdan is not a proper Viking. He's having a limp and is regarded by the other kids as a strange loner with no friends, except for the village blacksmith Björn who's taken care of him since Halvdan's father left on a plundering trip. Across the mighty river there's an enemy village that has been in a feud with Halvdan's tribe for as long as anyone can remember. One day during Halvdan's lonely excursions to the river he encounters Meia, the daughter of the enemy village ruler. A heart-warming and funny family adventure about bridging differences and forbidden friendship unfolds
Wallander: Before the FrostWallander: Before the Frost · 2005
Wallander: Before the Frost
5.72005
MovieCrimeThriller
A fanatical sect is suspected to be behind some horrific violent crimes in Ystad. Henning Mankell's sharp-eyed commissioner receives assistance from her daughter Linda, a newly-graduated police officer, and criminal inspector Stefan Lindman. The first of 32 films with Krister Henriksson as the popular commissioner Kurt Wallander.
The Here AfterThe Here After · 2015
The Here After
6.22015
MovieCrimeDrama
When John returns home to his father after serving time in prison, he is looking forward to starting his life afresh. However, in the local community his crime is neither forgotten nor forgiven.
CockpitCockpit · 2012
Cockpit
5.72012
MovieComedy
After getting fired from his current job as a pilot and dumped by his current wife, he seeks to find a new job. Out of desperation on the job market he disguises himself as a woman in order to get a job from Silver, a company seeking a female pilot. The lines between his female and male life as well as his personal and love life starts to become a blur which he eventually cannot handle.

Filmography

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AK3 - Dolda beslutAK3 - Dolda beslut · 2006
AK3 - Dolda beslut
2006
MovieMysteryDrama
A young art student accidentally discovers that there is a secret committee consisting of four women and twelve men in the attic of the National Museum. They decide what constitutes good art and which artists will be successful. The committee consists of museum directors, art school principals, a media personality, a famous artist, art critics, and a gallery owner. But when another male professor of photography is appointed to the art school, the students protest against the "boys' club" and complain that there are too few female teachers. The media naturally jumps on the bandwagon, and it quickly becomes a public debate. When student Ylva Zetterqvist is about to present her final exhibition, she locks her teachers in a room and pours gasoline on the walls. She wants to know why they have not chosen her to be recognized.

Ylva

WallanderWallander · 2005
Wallander
6.92005
SeriesDramaMystery
Wallander is a Swedish television series adapted from Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallander novels and starring Krister Henriksson in the title role. The 1st series of 13 films was produced in 2005 and 2006, with one taken directly from a novel and the remainder with new storylines suggested by Mankell. The 2nd series of 13 films was shown between 2009 and 2010. The stories are set in Ystad near the southern tip of Sweden. The three films Before the Frost, Mastermind, and The Secret were premiered in cinemas, with the rest first released as direct-to-DVD movies. The first episode of the second series, Hämnden, was released in Swedish cinemas in January 2009; the rest of the series was made for television. The BBC aired all 26 episodes of the Swedish television versions on BBC Four. A third and final season, containing six 90 minute episodes, will air in 2013 with Charlotta Jonsson as Linda Wallander. The first episode, adapted from the novel The Troubled Man, was released in cinemas in January 2013.

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