Sofie Gråbøl (Danish pronunciation: [sofiːˀə ˈɡ̊ʁɔb̥øl]; born 30 July 1968) is a Danish actress. She has starred in a series of films, starting with the lead role in the 1986 film version of Tove Ditlevsen's novel Barndommens gade and at 17 playing alongside Max von Sydow in Pelle the Conqueror. On television she has starred in Taxa and Nikolaj og Julie. Gråbøl had become known in Denmark for playing emotional roles, but she achieved international fame as the cool and distant lead character Detective Inspector Sarah Lund in three series of Forbrydelsen (The Killing). Forbrydelsen played on BBC4 with great success, winning a BAFTA award, and bringing Gråbøl celebrity status in the UK. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sofie Gråbøl, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2026What Lies Between Us — Sarah
• 2025Grevinde Danner — Grevinde Danner (stemme)
• 2025The Last Viking — Margrethe
• 2025Yesterday I Lived Forever — The Golden Woman
• Danske tv-seriers bedste — Sig selv
• Prisoner — Miriam
• 2022Attachment — Chana
• Dansk films bedste — Sig selv
• Melvin Kakooza Show — Sig selv
• 2022Rose — Inger
• The Shift — Ella
• 2022Wild Men — Anne
• The Chestnut Man — Marie Hølst
• 2021The Venus Effect — Gitte
• The Undoing — Catherine Stamper
• Us — Freja
• Gentleman Jack — Queen Marie
• 2019Resin — Maria
• Liberty — Kirsten
• 2018That Time of Year — Barbara
• 2018The House That Jack Built — Lady 3
• 2018X&Y — Sofie
• The Day Will Come — Lærer Lilian
• Tæt på sandheden — Medvirkende i sketch
• 2016The Day Will Come — Lærer Lilian Hammershøj
• The Other World — Dronningen
• Fortitude — Governor Odegard
• 2015Goodbye Theresienstadt — Narration (da)
• 2014In Real Life — Mille
• 2013The Hour of the Lynx — Helen
• 2008Det Sjove Køn
• 2007Daisy Diamond — Sofie Gråbøl
• The Killing — Sarah Lund
• 2007The Substitute — Carls Mor
• 2006The Boss of It All — Kisser
• 2005Accused — Nina
• 2005True Spirit — Lærke
• 2004Aftermath — Britt
• 2003Livsforsikringen — Judith
• Nikolaj and Julie — Julie Krogh Andersen
• 2001Count Axel — Leonora Amalie
• 2000Flickering Lights — Hanne
• 1999Mifune — Claire
• 1999The One and Only — Mulle
• 1997Credo — Mona
• 1997Isle of Darkness — Julie
• 1997Sinan's Wedding — Cherie
• Taxa — Anna
• 1996Den store kul-tur — Maibrit
• 1996Groovy Days
• 1995Carmen & Babyface — Carmen
• 1995Pan — Edvarda Mack
• 1994Nightwatch — Kalinka
• 1993Black Harvest — Clara Uldahl-Ege
• 1993The Screaming Throats — Anita Schulz
• 1993Tvangsritualer
• Absolutely Fabulous — Sarah Lund
• 1992The Silent Touch — Annette Berg
• 1991Høfeber
• 1988Rami og Julie — Julie
• 1987Pelle the Conqueror — Miss Sine - Mrs. Kongstrup's Niece
• 1987Sorg-agre — Ungfruen
• 1986Barndommens gade — Ester
• 1986The Wolf at the Door — Judith Molard

Appearances as themselves (5)

• 2020Building Happiness — Self
• 2014Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama — Self
• 2012From The Killing to Borgen: The Danish Secret of Success — Self
• Skavlan — Self - Guest
• 1996Danish Girls Show Everything — Herself