Paprika Steen

Kirstine Paprika Steen 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 1994 to win both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress in the same year at the Robert Festival, the Danish equivalent of the Oscars.

Steen was born onNovember 1964 in Frederiksberg, Denmark, the daughter of musician and conductor Niels Jrgen Steen and the actress Avi Sagild. She is the sister of musician and actor Nikolaj Steen. Steen applied to the Acting School of Odense Theatretimes before being accepted and attending from 1988 to 1992. Steen performed on stage in Dr. Dante productions and been associated with the Royal Danish Theatre since 1997. In 1997 she wrote and performed in the satirical television series Lex og Klatten. In 1998, Steen became an active participant in the Dogme 95 film movement as the only performer to appear in the first three movies Lars Von Triers The Idiots, The Celebration by Thomas Vinterberg, and Sren KraghJacobsens Mifunes Last Song.

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