Kirsten Olesen
Biography
Kirsten Olesen is a Danish actress who since 1979 has been with Copenhagen's Royal Danish Theatre. In Denmark, she is known above all for taking the part of Agnes, a housemaid, in the popular television series Matador. Internationally, she has starred in the title role of Lars von Trier's Medea.
Movie Appearances
Spring Tide
as Paulines mor
1990
Time Out
as John's mother
1988
Medea
as Medea
1989
Daisy Diamond
as Præst
2007
Accused
as Dommer
2005
As in Heaven
2021
Rebounce
as Marianne
2011
Hvor lyset kommer ind
as Lawyer
2013
Stains
as Sonya
2022
In My Life
as Kirsten
1978
Truck-driver
as Gerda
1981
In Your Hands
as Fængselsinspektøren
2004
When Heaven Falls
as Else
2009
Sigurd Fafnersbane
as Brynhild
1981
Something in the Air
2011
Did Somebody Laugh?
as Elisabeth
1978
Images of Liberation
as Esther
1982
In Your Arms
as Mor
2015
My Granny's House
as Johanne
1984
The Sun Has Died
2015
TV Appearances
Lysets nøgle
as Maren
2007
Hotellet
as Alice Faber
2000
Vores år
as Kim Rasmussen
1980
The Bridge
as Hanne Thomsen
2011
This Is Us
2016
Finding Home
2018
Spise med Price
as Sig selv
2008
The Legacy
as Veronika
2014
Matador
as Agnes Jensen
1978
Tre ludere og en lommetyv
as Donnas lærer
1993
Sommer
as Neurologen
2008
Bryggeren
as Magnella
1996