Actor profile

Paprika Steen

3rd November 1964 Frederiksberg, Denmark Acting

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Paprika Steen (born 3 November 1964) is a Danish actress and film director best known for her performances in the films Festen, The Idiots and Open Hearts. Steen was the first Danish actress since Karin Nellemose in 1949 to win both Best Actress (for Okay) and Best Supporting Actress (Open Hearts) in the same year at the Robert Festival, the Danish equivalent of the Oscars. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paprika Steen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

51 Movies 25 TV Shows 76 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Mango poster

Mango 6th November 2025 as Joan

Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever poster

Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever 14th December 2023 as Kramer

Tove’s Room poster

Tove’s Room 22nd June 2023 as Tove Ditlevsen

The Idiots Who Started The Party poster

The Idiots Who Started The Party 13th October 2020 as Sig selv

Domino poster

Domino 31st May 2019 as Hanne Hansen

That Time of Year poster

That Time of Year 8th November 2018 as Katrine

Undercover poster

Undercover 24th November 2016 as Hanne

Antboy 3 poster

Antboy 3 11th February 2016 as Alicia Dufort

Silent Heart poster

Silent Heart 13th November 2014 as Heidi

The Psychiatric Ward poster

The Psychiatric Ward 29th May 2014 as Acacia

Weekendfar poster

Weekendfar 8th September 2013 as Helle

Love Is All You Need poster

Love Is All You Need 6th September 2012 as Benedikte

Keep the Lights On poster

Keep the Lights On 27th July 2012 as Karen

Superclasico poster

Superclasico 17th March 2011 as Anna

Skeletons poster

Skeletons 16th July 2010 as Jane

Everything Will Be Fine poster

Everything Will Be Fine 28th January 2010 as Siri

Applause poster

Applause 24th September 2009 as Thea Barfoed

Fear Me Not poster

Fear Me Not 19th December 2008 as Sigrid

The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1 poster

The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1 25th December 2007 as Ursula Østdal

The Substitute poster

The Substitute 13th March 2007 as Ulla Harms, Vikaren

Snart kommer tiden poster

Snart kommer tiden 30th March 2006 as Rebecca

Forty Shades of Blue poster

Forty Shades of Blue 7th December 2005 as Lonni

The Celebration in Retrospect poster

The Celebration in Retrospect 18th November 2005 as self

Run 1st October 2005

Adam's Apples poster

Adam's Apples 15th April 2005 as Sarah

Stealing Rembrandt poster

Stealing Rembrandt 17th May 2003 as Charlotte

The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear poster

The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear 18th December 2002 as Female Bear (voice)

Open Hearts poster

Open Hearts 6th September 2002 as Marie

Okay poster

Okay 27th March 2002 as Nete

Prop and Berta poster

Prop and Berta 26th January 2001 as Berta (voice)

The Name of This Film Is Dogme95 poster

The Name of This Film Is Dogme95 1st November 2000 as Self

Help! I'm a Fish poster

Help! I'm a Fish 6th October 2000 as Mother (voice)

Dancer in the Dark poster

Dancer in the Dark 1st September 2000 as Woman on Night Shift

Max poster

Max 17th March 2000 as Zeborah

Solen er så rød 1st January 2000 as Moren

The One and Only poster

The One and Only 1st April 1999 as Stella

Mifune poster

Mifune 12th March 1999 as Pernille

The Little Knight poster

The Little Knight 12th February 1999 as (voice)

The Humiliated poster

The Humiliated 30th October 1998 as Self / High Class Lady

The Celebration poster

The Celebration 19th June 1998 as Helene

The Idiots poster

The Idiots 28th April 1998 as High Class Lady

Hannibal and Jerry poster

Hannibal and Jerry 7th February 1997 as Mor

The Biggest Heroes poster

The Biggest Heroes 8th November 1996 as Lisbeth

Den store kul-tur 1st January 1996 as Elisabeth

Just a Girl poster

Just a Girl 15th December 1995 as Seamstress

Frække Frida og de frygtløse spioner poster

Frække Frida og de frygtløse spioner 18th March 1994 as Lonni

Black Harvest poster

Black Harvest 5th November 1993 as Pige på Ravnsholt

Last Round poster

Last Round 16th June 1993 as Sosters semme

Rami og Julie poster

Rami og Julie 4th March 1988 as Linda

Rita as Ellen

The X-Gene Project as Karen Hamilton

Insider poster

Insider 4th May 2025 as Sig selv

Families Like Ours poster

Families Like Ours 20th October 2024 as Fanny

NamaStay poster

NamaStay 21st June 2024 as Charlotte

All Exclusive poster

All Exclusive 7th December 2022 as Sig selv

Dansk films bedste poster

Dansk films bedste 2nd March 2022 as Sig selv

Kulturdynastier poster

Kulturdynastier 10th April 2018 as Self (Arkiv)

The City and the City poster

The City and the City 6th April 2018 as Professor Mona Ul-Nadi

Below the Surface poster

Below the Surface 2nd April 2017 as Naja Toft

Modus poster

Modus 23rd September 2015 as Alva Roos

Lykke poster

Lykke 2nd January 2011 as Lene Leth

Live from Bremen poster

Live from Bremen 25th September 2009 as Forskellige roller

Mikkel og guldkortet poster

Mikkel og guldkortet 1st December 2008 as Birgitte

Zulu Awards poster

Zulu Awards 27th February 2008 as Host

Der Kommissar und das Meer poster

Der Kommissar und das Meer 21st December 2007 as Line Anders

Biker Mice from Mars poster

Biker Mice from Mars 26th August 2006 as Charlene 'Charley' Davidson (voice)

The Befallen poster

The Befallen 28th September 2003 as Charlotte

Defense poster

Defense 21st September 2003 as Pernille Karmark

Troll Tales poster

Troll Tales 10th September 2000 as Gimpe (stemme)

Hvem vil være millionær? Classic poster

Hvem vil være millionær? Classic 9th September 1999 as Paprika Steen

Lex & Klatten poster

Lex & Klatten 1st January 1997

Juletestamentet poster

Juletestamentet 1st December 1995 as Mie

Fæhår og Harzen poster

Fæhår og Harzen 28th August 1995 as Lajla

Jeg ville ønske for dig poster

Jeg ville ønske for dig 3rd January 1995 as Vibse Mortensen

The Shadow of Freedom poster

The Shadow of Freedom 30th October 1994 as Girl at the Bar

Biker Mice from Mars poster

Biker Mice from Mars 18th September 1993 as Charlene 'Charley' Davidson (voice)