Many of us enjoy watching musicals, but beyond having fun watching them and probably telling the same thing to someone who hasn’t seen them, our taste for musicals will quickly end here. Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, on the other hand, is not like the occasional music lover, she was inspired by what we know about her after watching the American musical – Chicago during my studies.
Birgitte is now an internationally recognized Danish actress, with several notable works in film, television and theater. The actress rose to fame with her role in Borgen (2010-2013), a fictional Danish television political drama where she played the role of journalist Katrine Fønsmark. Since then, her career has been steadily progressing and we will guide you to where she came from and where she aspires to be at the earliest.
Biography of Birgitte Hjort Sørensen
Birgitte Hjort Sørensen is Danish, she was born in Hillerød (central North Zealand, north of Copenhagen, Denmark) on January 16, 1982 to parents; Christian Hjort Sørensen (father) and Kirsten Damgaard Pedersen (mother), both doctors. Her parents later moved to Birkerød, where she spent the rest of her childhood growing up with her two older sisters.
For school, the Danish actress was enrolled in Bistrup School in Birkerød and later Øregård Gymnasium in Hellerup where she served as the editor of the school magazine and chair of the student council. During one of her school trips to London, Birgitte saw the West End musical production in Chicago, which she fell in love with and began to nurture her ambition to become an actress.
Additionally, she identified as a member of a mini music school group organized by the Gladsaxe Theater which allowed her to train in musical theater for 6 months. She continued her acting education at the National School of Performing Arts in Denmark and, before graduating, made her screen debut in the 2005 television series titled The Eagle. Next is her role as Nanna in the 2006 film Tre Somre which was a Danish short film. Her other film credits early in her career were Canoe, Crush (as Lotte) both in 2007, The Funeral (as Daisy), Anja & Viktor – I Missed You (as Regitze),(as Sarah), Alliancen (Sofie) all in 2008 and Ved verdens ende where she played the character of Beate in the 2009 film.
Birgitte Hjort Sørensen struck gold in Denmark’s film industry when she starred as a journalist (Katrine Fønsmark) in the commercially successful fictional political drama series Borgen, in which she invested time, training for s fit perfectly into the character. The TV series aired from 2010 to 2013 and had 30 episodes. For her spectacular performance in the series, she was nominated for the Robert Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Television).
Following the success of Borgen and all of After being exposed to her acting prowess, Birgitte landed roles in movies and TV series as often as she was available to take them. Some of her notable cinematic works were later included Love is in the Air (2011) such as the character Camilla, 2014 Spanish-Bulgarian sci-fi titled Autómata where she starred alongside Antonio Banderas, Melanie Griffith, Robert Forster and many others like Rachel Vaucan’s character. Sørensen’s recent films include Pitch Perfect 2 (2015) as Kommissar, 3 Things (2017) as Camilla and some other works.
On television, she has done notable works like BBC 3 Bluestone 42 (2013) as Astrid in the first series, episode 3, of HBO’s Game of Thrones (2015) where she portrayed the character of Karsi in the episode “Hardhome” and his final star in Greyzone (2018) as Victoria Rahbek in the TV2 television series.
Although we’ve come to know Birgitte HjortSørensen as a film and TV actress, the Danish celebrity hasn’t completely let go of her roots. Over the years she has featured in two theater works like Mød mig på Cassiopeia (2007) at the Nørrebros theatre, Coriolan (2013-2014) at the Donmar warehouse and of course Les Liaisons Dangereuses (2016-2017) which had held at the Booth Theatre.
Body measurements – height, weight
The Danish actress stands at a height of 5 feet 6 inches who is 1.68m tall with a weight of 59 kgs which is equivalent to 130 lbs Birgitte Hjort Sørensen wears a 36 inch bra size and a waist size at the waist and hips of 26 and 35 inches, respectively.
