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EUROPEAN SHOOTING STARS 2023

Kristine Kujath Thorp • Actress

"Art has a huge responsibility in showing the world and educate people trough emotions"

by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2023: The Norwegian actress discusses cinema as a tool to change the world and how that plays an important key in her profession

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Kristine Kujath Thorp is a Norwegian-born actress who currently lives in Copenhagen, Denmark. She is best known for her work in films and TV series such as Betrayed and My Different Ways. For her work in The Burning Sea [+see also:
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, she received a Best Actress nomination at the 2022 Amanda Awards. In 2021, Thorp starred in the award-winning Norwegian dramedy Ninjababy [+see also:
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interview: Yngvild Sve Flikke
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 for which she won an Amanda Award as Best Actress. Ninjababy won the SXSW Film Festival Audience Award Global and the award for Best Comedy at the European Film Festival, 2021. Its success both in Norway and internationally brought Thorp to the attention of audiences worldwide for her portrayal of the lead character, Rakel. In 2022, Thorp was cast in leading roles in Kristoffer Borgli’s Norwegian feature Sick of Myself [+see also:
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interview: Kristoffer Borgli
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, which had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, and in the Danish film The Great Silence [+see also:
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, directed by Katrine Brocks, which premiered at San Sebastián International Film Festival and will hit the cinemas in early 2023. Thorp recently finished shooting Nikolaj Arcel’s new epic historical drama The Promised Land [+see also:
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Now selected for EFP's 2023 Shooting Stars, she talks to us.

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