1981Nominee
Best Performance
Truck-driver
Kirsten Olesen
Actor
Aarhus, Danmark
May 10, 1949
Biography
Kirsten Olesen is a Danish actress who since 1979 has been with Copenhagen's Royal Danish Theatre. In Denmark, she is known above all for taking the part of Agnes, a housemaid, in the popular television series Matador. Internationally, she has starred in the title role of Lars von Trier's Medea.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2018Nominee
Best Performance
Wildwitch
2007Nominee
Best Performance
Daisy Diamond
Career Highlights
1989Highlight
Best Performance
Medea
1977Highlight
Best Performance
Troubadouren