
Kirsten Olesen
Department: Acting
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.
Known For

Time Out
1988

Spring Tide
1990

Medea
1989

Daisy Diamond
2007

Accused
2005

As in Heaven
2021

Rebounce
2011

Hvor lyset kommer ind
2013

Stains
2022

In My Life
1978

Truck-driver
1981

In Your Hands
2004

When Heaven Falls
2009

Sigurd Fafnersbane
1981

Something in the Air
2011

Did Somebody Laugh?
1978

Images of Liberation
1982

In Your Arms
2015

My Granny's House
1984

The Sun Has Died
2015

Helligtrekongersaften
1981

Elise
1985

Robin
2017

Wildwitch
2018

That's me too
1980

The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar II
2007

Sorg-agre
1987

The Stranger
2015

Indien
1999

Trækfugle
2001

Bare Holger
2005

Food Club
2020

The Boy Who Disappeared
1984

Johannes' hemmelighed
1985

Rødtotterne og Tyrannos
1988

Albert
1998

Ein Sommer in Dänemark
2016

Året der gik- 2023
2023

Madklubben: Hjemme Igen
2025

Tre Søstre
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Lysets nøgle
2007

Hotellet
2000

Vores år
1980

The Bridge
2011

This Is Us
2016

Finding Home
2018

Spise med Price
2008

The Legacy
2014

Matador
1978

Tre ludere og en lommetyv
1993

Sommer
2008

Bryggeren
1996