Birgitte Hjort Sørensen

Birgitte Hjort Sørensen born 16 January 1982 is a Danish actress She has been nominated for three Robert Awards and one Bodil Award Born in Hillerød and raised in Birkerød Sørensen aspired to an acting career after watching the West End production of the musical Chicago while at school She graduated from the Danish National School of Performing Arts Her acting debut was in a minor role in the television series The Eagle in 2005 She followed this by playing Roxie Hart in a Copenhagen production of Chicago and later on the West End Sørensens breakthrough role was as journalist Katrine Fønsmark in the television political drama Borgen 20102013 Description above from the Wikipedia article Birgitte Hjort Sørensen licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia