Sofia Helin
Also Known As: Sofia Margareta Helin, ソフィア・ヘリン, Sofia Margareta Götschenhjelm Helin, سوفیا هلین
Biography: Sofia Margareta Götschenhjelm Helin (born April 25, 1972 in Hovsta in Närke, Örebro) is a Swedish actress best known for the Guldbagge nomination she got for her role in Dalecarlians (Swedish: Masjävlar). Sofia Helin graduated from the Theater Academy in Stockholm in 2001. In 1994-1996 she went to Calle Flygares theater school. She has lived in Linghem outside Linköping. She has played in several films, including At Point Blank (Rånarna) where she had the leading role of chief inspector Klara. In 2004 she had another leading role as Mia in Masjävlar. It was in that movie she made her breakthrough. In 2007 she got a further leading role as Cecilia Algottsdotter in Jan Guillou's The Knight Templar (Crusades trilogy) about Arn Magnusson. She is also included in the new Swedish animated movie Metropia, which was released in the cinema in October 2009. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sofia Helin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Hovsta, Sweden
Birthday: April 25, 1972
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Gender: Female
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At Point Blank
Overview: A gang of highly efficient and cold hearted robbers strike against a number of banks in Stockholm. The investigation ends up with the criminal detective Klara and the SWAT commander Greger Krona, who together lead the hunt for the robbers. Their investigation takes them in a dangerous direction that proves to have unforeseen consequences. The hunt for the robbers is intense and their methods become more refined and terrifying. Klara ends up in the line of fire, both literally and figuratively, and the investigation takes her in a direction that she could never have imagined.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2003-12-13
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Dalecarlians
Overview: Mia returns from Stockholm to her parents' home in a small town in Dalecarlia (Dalarna) to celebrate her father's 70th birthday. Her elder sisters Eivor and Gunilla welcome her, but their different lifestyles prevent them from really communicating. The tension builds, and the party that should be a celebration turns out to be a turning point for the family and their friends
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2004-12-17
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Nina Frisk
Overview: Nina Frisk is a flight attendant who loves flying. She is happy above the clouds, far away from her dysfunctional family and superficial love life. But then one day Nina meets Marcus and his son William, and falls helplessly in love. For the first time ever in her life, Nina begins to long for a family of her own. But Nina soon discovers that life on earth can be just as turbulent as in the sky.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2007-03-09
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Arn: The Knight Templar
Overview: Arn, the son of a high-ranking Swedish nobleman is educated in a monastery and sent to the Holy Land as a knight templar to do penance for a forbidden love.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2007-12-25
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Metropia
Overview: In the near future, oil reserves are nearly depleted and Europe is connected by series of underground tunnels. While navigating these tunnels, Roger hears voices, one in particular. Seeking a way to rid himself of the voice only leads Roger deeper into a bizarre conspiracy of control - mind and body.
Genres: Animation Drama Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-10-21
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Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama
Overview: A documentary that investigates the phenomenon of Scandinavian crime drama and its worldwide success.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2014-10-03
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Asa-Nisse - Welcome to Knohult
Overview: In Knohult things havn't changed much. Eulalia is tired of Nisse who's engaged in all sorts of inventions in his workshop or poaching in the forest rather than to repair the water pump. When Eulalia in protest begins swimming in soft drinks and water the plants with spirit Åsa-Nisse sees nothing else to do but to repair the pump. As with all his inventions he adds a few extra features ... When he starts the machine the ground rumbles and up comes oil instead of water! Now, not only Åsa-Nisse, but the whole Knohult sees their chance to become wealthy! But "Dunderpumpen", as he calles the invention, turns out to be stronger than anyone had imagined, and when shady Scanian oil magnates with support of the Swedish government wants their share of the pie Knohult declares themselves a republic...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2011-02-11
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Bloodbrothers
Overview: 30-year-old Jon is released after seven years in prison and decides to put all his criminal activities behind him and start a new life.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2005-12-02
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Ragnarok
Overview: Archaeologist Sigurd Svendsen discovers that the Oseberg ship hides a secret from the Viking Age. Along with his two children put Sigurd out on a quest to find the truth. The mystery leads them into "No Man's Land" between Norway and Russia where no man traveling in modern times. Old runes take on new meaning when the secret they uncover is more frightening than anyone could have imagined.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2013-10-04
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Beck 16 - The Last Witness
Overview: A series of grisly murders where the victims faces have been removed by acid starts to turn up around Stockholm. Detective Martin Beck and Gunvald Larsson are once again drawn into the darkness.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2002-04-17
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The Snowman
Overview: Detective Harry Hole investigates the disappearance of a woman whose pink scarf is found wrapped around an ominous looking snowman.
Genres: Crime Thriller Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-08-24
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That Good Night
Overview: A moving and memorable family drama about a terminally ill writer who wants to be reconciled with his long-abandoned son.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-06-20
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Man Divided
Overview: Year 2095. The world is ravaged by ecological disaster. Oceans have risen and all natural freshwater is gone. Fang Rung has undergone molecular fission in order to send his other half, code name Gordon Thomas, back in time to the year 2017. Gordon goes in search of scientist Mona Lindkvist whose ground-breaking research was lost before it could save the world. When Fang Rung loses contact with Gordon he sees no alternative but to travel back to 2017 himself trying to locate his other half before the world's balances are irreparably damaged. It's a race against time for Fang Rung to save himself and the world.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2017-11-16
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The Divine Order
Overview: Nora is a young housewife and mother, living in a quaint little village with her husband and their two sons. The Swiss countryside is untouched by the major social upheavals the movement of 1968 has brought about. Nora’s life is not affected either; she is a quiet person who is liked by everybody – until she starts to publicly fight for women’s suffrage, which the men are due to vote on in a ballot on February 7, 1971.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2017-03-09
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Good Advice
Overview: It is the early 1980's. Ten-year-old Rasmus is tired of his parents never listening to him and decides to run away from home. But before leaving he records a cassette tape with different advice on how to handle life. His mother is pregnant and he plans to leave the tape for his unborn brother.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2008-11-21
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Lifeboat
Overview: Iben and Thomas, a couple from Scandinavia, are on vacation on a sail boat in the Greek archipelago. Suddenly, one night, Iben hear a cry for help from the water.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2018-10-01
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The Ballad of Marie Nord and Her Clients
Overview: Marie is a social worker in an immigrant dense suburb. Outside her daily work she runs a youth center, leads courses and functions as parole officer for young Belem, who has served time in a correctional center. She also takes care of Belem's son, Ray, when Ray's mother is at work. Belem's release from prison coincides with the appearance of an irritatingly nosy economist from the social services head quarters, curious about Marie's impressing but costly work. As pressure mounts, Marie's true feelings rise to the surface and her methods and motives are questioned.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2008-10-17
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Arn: The Kingdom at Road's End
Overview: Arn has served his term in the Holy land and returns home to be reunited with his beloved Cecilia. When he returns home, he discovers that political forces tries to separate him and Cecilia - but thanks to queen Blanka they can finally get married. Arn knows that war is looming and with his martial knowledge he starts to build an army at his new home at Forsvik.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama History
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2008-08-22
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Älskade du
Overview: A young woman is on her way to her ex boyfriend. She wants to see him again. A subjective portrayal of a woman's inner settlement.
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Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2003-08-16
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The Emigrants
Overview: Sweden, 1849. A poverty-stricken family decides to move to America in the hope of finding a better and more prosperous life. Although they know the journey will be dangerous and the pressure of facing a new life in a strange and wild land is great, they are determined to succeed.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2021-12-25
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Four Shades of Brown
Overview: An eccentric millionaire dies at a manor in Dalarna in Sweden, leaving behind three sons and a mistress. One of four parallel stories about parents and children. Four sides of Sweden. Four shades of brown.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2004-01-25
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