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Sara Hjort Ditlevsen

Sara Hjort Ditlevsen (born 23 May 1988)[1][2] is a Danish actress, director, and screenwriter. For her role as Helene in the film Excuse Me [da] (2012), she won the Bodil Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role at the 66th Bodil Awards.

Sara Hjort Ditlevsen
Hjort Ditlevsen at the 2017 Berlin International Film Festival
Born (1988-05-23) 23 May 1988 (age 38)
Hørsholm, Denmark
EducationDanish National School of Performing Arts
Occupations
  • Actress
  • director
  • screenwriter
Years active2007–present
Spouse
Jacob Lawaetz
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(m. 2019)​
Children2
RelativesSusanne Ditlevsen (aunt)

Early life

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Hjort Ditlevsen was born in Hørsholm and raised in a housing collective in Birkerød.[1][3] Her half-sister is director Lea Hjort Mathiesen and her aunt is mathematician Susanne Ditlevsen.[4][5] She attended Aurehøj Gymnasium [da] in Gentofte.[1][6]

Career

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Acting

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Hjort Ditlevsen began acting in theater productions at the age of 10.[7] While a high school student, she made her screen debut as Katrin in the DR1 television series Performances [da] in 2007.[4][6] After high school, she briefly moved to Berlin and studied philosophy at the University of Copenhagen.[1][8] She later made her feature film debut as Sofie in Love and Rage in 2009.[9][10]

After several years of acting professionally, she was accepted into the Danish National School of Performing Arts (DASPA) in 2012.[11] While a student, she starred in the plays Heidi at Teater Grob [da] and Miss Julie at the Aarhus Theatre.[12][13] She also starred in the films Excuse Me [da] and Borgman, the former of which earned her the Bodil Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role at the 66th Bodil Awards.[4][14] She graduated from DASPA in 2016.[3][8]

Directing

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After graduating from DASPA, she directed the short films Bror [da] and Hungud [da], the latter of which was nominated for the Robert Award for Best Short Fiction/Animation at the 40th Robert Awards in 2023.[15][16][17]

Personal life

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Hjort Ditlevsen married Jacob Lawaetz at Odden Kirke [da] in Odsherred in 2019.[18] They have two children, Selma and Axel.[19][20][21]

Acting credits

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2009 Love and Rage Sofie [22]
2012 Mellem træerne [da] Anna Short film [23]
Excuse Me [da] Helene [24]
2013 2 Girls 1 Cake [da] Julie Short film [25]
Borgman Stine [26]
2015 The Disappearing Illusionist [da] Maria [27]
Heaven Victoria Short film [28]
Al Medina Sarah [29]
2018 Comic Sans Sofie [30]
2019 Daniel Signe [31]
2020 Breeder [de] Mia [32]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2007 Performances [da] Katrin 6 episodes [33]
2012–2020 Rita Molly Madsen 14 episodes [34]
2017 Below the Surface Louise Falck 8 episodes [35]
2017–2019 Perfect Places [sv] Rose 20 episodes [36]
2018–2020 The Lawyer [da] Therese Waldman 16 episodes [37]
2022 The Shift Tine 8 episodes [38]
2025 Giften i sandet [da] Marie Hansen 4 episodes [39]
2026 Stein Bagger og grådighedens ansigter Anette Uttenthal Miniseries [40]

Theater

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Year Title Role Venue Ref.
2014 Heidi Heidi Teater Grob [da] [41]
2015 Miss Julie Julie Aarhus Theatre [42]
2017 Tvang Claire Teater Katapult [da] [43]
2021 Miss Julie Katrin Bellevue Teatret [44]

Music videos

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Year Title Artist Role Ref.
2021 "Gourmet" Nikoline [da] Aphrodite [45]

Other credits

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Year Title Director Writer Notes Ref.
2018 Europa No Yes Short film [15]
2019 Bror [da] Yes Yes Short film [16]
2021 Hungud [da] Yes Yes Short film [17]

Awards and nominations

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 Thorsen, Lotte (5 January 2012). "Dansk films nye stjerneskud har et ansigt skabt til kameraet". Politiken (in Danish). Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  2. ↑ Hjort Ditlevsen, Sara [@msditlevsen]; (24 May 2019). "Yes, I had a good bday yesterday!". Retrieved 7 April 2026 – via Instagram.
  3. 1 2 Hoff, Frederik (21 November 2019). "På Tinder-date med brormand". Filmmagasinet Ekko [da] (in Danish). Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 Hjelm Sorensen, Anne (28 June 2015). "Skuespiltalent efterlyser flere kvinderoller". Filmmagasinet Ekko [da] (in Danish). Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  5. ↑ Skarum, Sarah (18 March 2025). ""Jeg kan godt se, hvor gammel jeg er. Men så gammel er jeg jo også"". Politiken (in Danish). Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  6. 1 2 Kastrup, Kim (1 April 2007). "Jeg græd da jeg så mig selv". Ekstra Bladet (in Danish). Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  7. ↑ Lewinsky, Cille (23 July 2018). "Sara Hjort Ditlevsen om sin største hjertesorg". Alt for Damerne (in Danish). Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  8. 1 2 Lefevre Sckerl, Kirstine (4 September 2015). "Sara Ditlevsen drømmer stort". Århus Stiftstidende (in Danish). Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  9. ↑ Kjær, Birgitte (5 January 2012). "Ung skuespiller får stort gennembrud i ny dansk film". Politiken (in Danish). Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  10. ↑ Schou, Kim (31 July 2009). "Portræt af kunstneren som ung vanvittig". Kristeligt Dagblad (in Danish). Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  11. ↑ Rud, Ida (19 March 2013). "Dansk films nye stjerne fravælger filmen". Filmmagasinet Ekko [da] (in Danish). Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  12. ↑ Poder, Gert (16 June 2014). "Mandehad i kvalmeland". Arbejderen (in Danish). Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  13. ↑ Bryld, Tina (2 September 2015). "»Noget er man ikke selv kvinde over. Det har taget mig mange år at lære«". Jyllands-Posten (in Danish). Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  14. ↑ Enggaard, Michael (19 May 2013). "Sara Hjort i absurd hollandsk film". Jyllands-Posten (in Danish). Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  15. 1 2 Kildebæk, Morten (15 March 2018). "Sara Hjort Ditlevsens kortfilm om flygtningekrisen hitter på Facebook – se den her". Soundvenue [da] (in Danish). Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  16. 1 2 Povlsen, Christian (23 August 2019). "Ti danske kortfilm, du skal se på årets Odense International Film Festival". Soundvenue [da] (in Danish). Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  17. 1 2 Lebeda, Jonathan (2 September 2022). "Kunsten eller moderskabet?". Filmmagasinet Ekko [da] (in Danish). Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  18. ↑ Bay Madsen, Nanna (18 November 2019). "Dansk skuespillerinde afslører stor nyhed". Ekstra Bladet (in Danish). Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  19. ↑ Minana, Emil (24 March 2020). "Sara Hjort Ditlevsen har født". Se og Hør (in Danish). Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  20. ↑ Grønne Wigdal, Caroline (14 February 2022). "Dansk skuespiller afslører graviditet". Alt for Damerne (in Danish). Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  21. ↑ Dalgård Hansen, Laura (29 March 2026). "Så sødt! Sara Hjort Ditlevsens datter fortæller stolt om sin fødselsdagsgave". Billed Bladet (in Danish). Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  22. ↑ Nellemann, Helle (16 August 2009). "Ung stjerne: Nej til intimbarbering". TV 2 (in Danish). Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  23. ↑ Christensen, Claus (21 May 2013). "Oplev Sara Hjort på Ekko Shortlist". Filmmagasinet Ekko [da] (in Danish). Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  24. ↑ Dürr, Morten (5 January 2012). "Vakkelvorn Erling Jepsen-filmatisering". Dagbladet Børsen (in Danish). Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  25. ↑ Fiil-Jensen, Lars (10 December 2013). "Dansk kortfilm til Sundance". Det Danske Filminstitut (in Danish). Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  26. ↑ Lemercier, Fabien (19 May 2013). "Borgman: Gradual takeover of total control". Cineuropa. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  27. ↑ Rossing Jensen, Jorn (8 February 2013). "Inglourious Basterd becomes illusionist who disappears". Cineuropa. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  28. ↑ Monggaard, Christian (12 June 2015). "Et veritabelt genreorgie". Dagbladet Information (in Danish). Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  29. ↑ Krogsgaard Christensen, Jeppe (18 May 2016). "Helvede er at vende hjem". Berlingske (in Danish). Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  30. ↑ Popović Volarić, Janko (6 February 2018). "Film "Comic Sans" Nevija Marasovića priča puna emocija i smiješnih situacija". Nacional (in Croatian). Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  31. ↑ Nikolajsen, Lone (30 August 2019). "'Ser du månen, Daniel' er desværre kun sindsoprivende, når Esben Smed bliver mishandlet". Dagbladet Information (in Danish). Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  32. ↑ Grater, Tom (10 June 2020). "'Breeder': Watch Debut Trailer For Nordic Horror From 'Pusher' Writer". Deadline. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  33. ↑ Bjørnkjær, Kristen (23 April 2007). "Sortedams Teater som livsløgnenes holdeplads". Dagbladet Information (in Danish). Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  34. ↑ Burchardt, Caroline (27 March 2017). ""Jeg har altid skullet bevise noget"". Dagbladet Børsen (in Danish). Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  35. ↑ Barraclough, Leo (6 February 2017). "Nordic Crime Series 'Below the Surface' Boarded by Germany's ZDFneo (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  36. ↑ Baden Jensen, Susanne (10 October 2017). "Sara Hjort: Jeg bliver enormt provokeret af denne sex-myte". Alt for Damerne (in Danish). Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  37. ↑ Meldgaard Harboe, Rasmus (27 February 2018). "Dansk tv-stjerne efterlyser flere kvindelige filmskabere – og springer ud som instruktør". DR (in Danish). Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  38. ↑ Wassmann, Susse (22 June 2022). ""Det er okay som kvinde at sige: Jeg vælger mig selv"". Femina (in Danish). Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  39. ↑ Dam Nygaard, Kristian (23 April 2025). "TV 2 bekræfter forsinkelse: Udsætter tv-serie". B.T. (in Danish). Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  40. ↑ Elmelund, Rasmus (26 February 2026). "Ny Stein Bagger-serie leverer et sjældent vellykket dokumentartrick". Dagbladet Information (in Danish). Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  41. ↑ Middelboe Christensen, Anne (7 May 2014). "Spies rimer på gammel gris". Dagbladet Information (in Danish). Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  42. ↑ Husted, Kristian (8 September 2015). "Frøken Julie er for hot til tragisk kærlighed". Politiken (in Danish). Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  43. ↑ Middelboe Christensen, Anne (2 June 2017). "Glødende replikker". Dagbladet Information (in Danish). Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  44. ↑ Wallenberg, Af Lars (23 July 2021). "Pikant sexet leg med dominans og SM på Bellevue Teatret". Dagbladet Børsen (in Danish). Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  45. ↑ Christensen, Ralf (12 June 2020). "Nikoline raser mod brug-og-smid-væk – af sko, køer og af hurtig porno". Dagbladet Information (in Danish). Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  46. ↑ Monggaard, Christian (9 January 2010). "Et bredt Bodil-felt". Dagbladet Information (in Danish). Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  47. ↑ Rossing Jensen, Jorn (18 March 2013). "Lindholm's A Hijacking adds a Bodil to a Robert and other awards". Cineuropa. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  48. ↑ Salwa, Ola (3 June 2019). "Advocate comes out on top in Krakow's International Documentary Competition". Cineuropa. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  49. ↑ Pham, Annika (5 February 2013). "The Killing III, A Royal Affair are Robert Nominated". Nordisk Film & TV Fond. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  50. ↑ Christensen, Claus (4 February 2023). "Holy Spider rydder bordet ved Robert-festen". Filmmagasinet Ekko [da] (in Danish). Retrieved 7 April 2026.
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