Ann Eleonora Jørgensen

Acting

Ann Eleonora Jørgensen

Born October 16, 1965 · Hjørring, Danmark (age 60)

Ann Eleonora Jørgensen (born 16 October 1965 in Hjørring, Denmark) is a Danish film, television and stage actor. She is best known for her television work in TAXA (1997 - 1999) and Forbrydelsen (The Killing) (2007), and for her film roles in Italian for Beginners (2000), for which she won a Robert Award for Best Supporting Actress, and In Your Hands (2004), for which she won the audience award at…

Known For

AngelsAngels
Angels
MovieCrimeDrama
Out of prison and out of chances, Kevin Nielsen shows up at his parents' silver wedding anniversary uninvited and triggers a reunion no one is ready for.
Italian for BeginnersItalian for Beginners · 2000
Italian for Beginners
★ 6.52000
MovieComedyDrama
Several lonely hearts in a semi-provincial suburb of a town in Denmark use a beginner's course in Italian as the platform to meet the romance of their lives. The film, which unspools the connections and family drama shared between the students, complies with several aesthetic principles of Dogme 95 movement.
Agatha and the StormAgatha and the Storm · 2004
Agatha and the Storm
★ 6.12004
MovieComedyRomance
The story of a middle-aged bookshop owner, who becomes embroiled in a surreal swirl of romance and family secrets of infidelity, her energy levels registering in bursts of electrical interference - causing lightbulbs, traffic lights, toasters and computers to spontaneously spark and malfunction.
In Your HandsIn Your Hands · 2004
In Your Hands
★ 5.82004
MovieDrama
Anna, a young theology graduate, starts work as a prison chaplain. She becomes especially concerned about one inmate, Kate, regarded as difficult and withdrawn, but whom the other inmates credit with mysterious healing powers.
Acts of LoveActs of Love · 2025
Acts of Love
★ 6.82025
MovieDrama
Hanna lives in a New Age Christian community in rural Denmark and longs to have a child. But her sheltered life starts to unravel as the unexpected arrival of her younger brother Jakob stirs up long-buried memories of their troubled past. Will his arrival threaten Hanna’s dream of becoming a mother? And will the members of the community be able to live up to their own rules and beliefs, when they are confronted with the question: who gets to decide over love?
FatsoFatso · 2008
Fatso
★ 5.52008
MovieComedyDrama
Overweight loner Rino spends his days in seclusion, until his dad rents a room to an overtly sexual girl who challenges Rino to break down his walls.
The Idiots Who Started The PartyThe Idiots Who Started The Party · 2020
The Idiots Who Started The Party
★ 6.02020
MovieDocumentary
Danish film has never felt stronger on the international stage than it did with the Dogme films, which at the world premiere of 'The Party' and 'The Idiots' during the Cannes Film Festival in 1998 put Denmark on the film world map. Another eight films under the strict Dogme rules followed and created great international careers for several of the talents in front of and behind the handheld camera. Thomas Vinterberg, Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, Paprika Steen, Ulrich Thomsen, Trine Dyrholm, Iben Hjejle, Anders W. Berthelsen, Lone Scherfig, Sonja Richter and many more of the country's greatest filmmakers look back on when Denmark became Dogme.
On Our OwnOn Our Own · 1998
On Our Own
★ 6.71998
MovieComedyDrama
Three siblings ingeniously avoid being sent off to a children's home while their solo-mother serves a short sentence in a prison for shoplifting. Rather than have the news leak out and have to be escorted off with the eccentric welfare officer, they invent a 'never present' dad who is looking after them.

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