Jessica Dinnage
Jessica Dinnage | |
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| Born | 22 October 1993 |
| Occupation | Actress |
Jessica Dinnage (born 22 October 1993) is a Danish actress. She is best known for her role as Lea in Netflix's TV series The Rain. In 2019, Dinnage won a Robert Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role at the Danish Film Academy Robert Awards for her performance as Iben in the 2018 film The Guilty.
Early life
[edit]Jessica Dinnage studied at the Danish National School of Performing Arts (Den Danske Scenekunstskole) in Copenhagen.[1]
Career
[edit]Dinnage made her screen acting debut in Charlotte Sieling's film The Man in 2017. This was followed in 2018 with a main role in Gustav Möller's 2018 film The Guilty institutioner/den-dansk alongside Jakob Cedergren, about a police search for a kidnapped woman,[2] which was selected as Denmark's official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards.[3] Later in 2018, she starred alongside Alba August, Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen and Angela Bundalovic as Lea in the Netflix series The Rain, which tells the story of a group of people trying to survive six years after a deadly virus carried in the rain wiped out nearly all humans in Scandinavia.[4]
In 2019, Dinnage won a Robert Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role at the Danish Film Academy annual Robert Awards for her performance as Iben in The Guilty.[5]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Dan Dream | Baker's Maiden | [6] |
| 2017 | The Man | Lilly | |
| 2018 | The Guilty | Iben | Voice role[3] |
| 2019 | Ninna | Jeanette | [6] |
| 2020 | A Perfectly Normal Family | Naja | Danish: En Helt Almindelig Familie[6] |
| 2022 | Unruly | Sørine | Danish: Ustyrlig[6] |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018–2019 | The Rain | Lea | Main role[4] |
| 2021 | Fars Drenge (Daddy's Boys) | Lærke | Episode 1.8 |
Awards and nominations
[edit]| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Danish Film Academy Robert Awards | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | The Guilty | Won | [5] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Jessica Dinnage - Former student". Den Dansk Skenekunst skole (Danish National School of Performing Arts). 2016. Archived from the original on 15 May 2018.
- ^ "The Guiltye". Music Box Theatre. 2019.
- ^ a b "The Guilty "Den Skyldige"". hamptonsfilmfest.org. 2019.
- ^ a b "The Rain". misofilm.dk. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ a b "The guilty victor at the Robert Awards". ekkofilm.dk. 3 February 2019. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Jessica Dinnage". dfi.dk. 2023.
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