Sofie Gråbøl
Sofie Gråbøl
30.07.1968 (56 gadi) (Frederiksberg, Denmark)
Sofie Gråbøl (Danish pronunciation: [sofiːˀə ˈɡʁɔbøl]; born 30 July 1968) is a Danish actress. She has starred in a number of films, with her breakthrough role in the 1986 Danish film Early Spring, directed by Astrid Henning-Jensen, playing the lead role in the film version of Tove Ditlevsen's novel Barndommens gade when she was 17 years old. On television she has starred in Taxa and Nikolaj og Julie.Gråbøl has become known in Denmark for playing emotional roles, but she achieved international fame as a detective—the cool and distant lead character Inspector Sarah Lund in all three series of The Killing (Danish: Forbrydelsen) played on BBC4 with great success, winning a BAFTA award, and bringing Gråbøl celebrity status in the UK.