Sidse Babett Knudsen
(Actor)
.. Birgitte Nyborg Christensen
Born:
November 22, 1968
Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
Trivia:
Spent part of her childhood in Africa while her parents did volunteer work. Moved to Paris at age 18 to study acting, including spending some time at a school for miming. Worked in the theatre upon returning to Denmark before making her film debut in the mostly-improvised Let's Get Lost (1997). Played the lead in a pilot production of Dogville (from Danish director Lars von Trier), to make sure the staging of the film would work; Nicole Kidman eventually played the role in the feature film. Was nominated for an International Emmy Award for her work on Bergen.
Birgitte Hjort Sørensen
(Actor)
.. Katrine Fønsmark
Born:
January 16, 1982
Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
Trivia:
Cast in the 2007 Copenhagen production of Chicago, playing Roxie Hart, while still at drama school; she later transferred to the West End production. Spent the summer before filming Borgen training with news teams and interviewing reporters. Played Virgilia, opposite Tom Hiddleston's as the title character, in Shakepeare's Coriolanus at the Donmar Warehouse in London in 2013.
Mikael Birkkjær
(Actor)
.. Philip Christensen
Christoph Bastrup
(Actor)
.. Journalist
Peter Mygind
(Actor)
.. Michael Laugesen
Signe Egholm Olsen
(Actor)
Lars Mikkelsen
(Actor)
Born:
May 06, 1964
Birthplace: Gladsaxe, Denmark
Trivia:
Grew up in a working-class neighborhood of Copenhagen. Speaks four languages (Danish, Swedish, German and English). Learned English from Monty Python's TV series and comedy albums. Is a fan of British TV mysteries. Left college to become a mime and street juggler. Knighted by Queen Margreth II of Denmark in 2011.
Laura Allen Müller Smith
(Actor)
Gitte Siem Christensen
(Actor)
Angunnguaq Larsen
(Actor)
Mikkel Boe Følsgaard
(Actor)
Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen
(Actor)
Johanne Louise Schmidt
(Actor)
Pilou Asbæk
(Actor)
.. Kasper Juul
Born:
March 02, 1982
Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
Trivia:
Parents are successful art gallery owners in Denmark. Rose to fame on the Danish series Borgen, where he played a political spin doctor. Named one of the European Film Production's Shooting Stars in 2011. Filmed the movie A Hijacking (2012) off the coast of Somalia on a ship that had previously been hijacked, with former crew members standing in as extras.