Hella Joof (born 1 November 1962) is a Danish actress and director. She was born to a Danish mother and an aristocratic Gambian father who belonged to the Joof dynasty.[1]
Hella Joof | |
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| Born | 1 November 1962 |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, film director |
| Years active | 1990–present |
Joof directed En kort en lang (2001), Oh Happy Day (2004) and Fidibus (2006). Her feature film debut En kort en lang was seen by ten percent of the Danish population, and her second feature Oh Happy Day, was sold to Disney for a US remake.[2] Shake It All About was entered into the 24th Moscow International Film Festival.[3] She has hosted Bullerfnis and other children's TV-programs, but was also the voice of the title character in the hardcore pornographic film Constance (1998).
As an actress, Joof is best known for award-winning performances as supporting characters in such comedies as Hannibal & Jerry (1997), Den eneste ene (1999), and Humørkort-stativ-sælgerens søn (2002). Joof appears as one of the three judges in the Television Show Talent 09 a Danish adaption of Britain's Got Talent.
In 2016, her film Almost Perfect (2012, Sover Dolly på ryggen?) was aired in Latin America, the United States and Africa by the TV channel Eurochannel.[4]
Filmography
edit| Work | Year | Credit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Inclusive | 2014 | Direction | Feature |
| Woolfert | 2013 | Voice | Short fiction |
| Almost Perfect (Sover Dolly på ryggen?) | 2012 | Direction | Feature |
| The Talent Thief | 2012 | Appearance | Feature |
| Anstalten | 2011 | Direction | TV series |
| Sammy's adventures: The secret passage | 2010 | Voice | Feature |
| Hush Little Baby | 2009 | Direction | Feature |
| Album | 2008 | Direction | TV series |
| Linan yökirja | 2007 | Direction | Feature |
| Rene hjerter | 2006 | Executive producer | Feature |
| The ugly duckling and me | 2006 | Voice | Feature |
| Easy Skanking | 2006 | Direction | Feature |
| Hjerteflimmer | 2006 | Sarahs klient | TV series |
| Oh Happy Day | 2004 | Direction | Feature |
| Normalerweize | 2004 | Appearance | TV series |
| Someone Like Hodder | 2003 | Skolepsykolog | Feature |
| The man who couldn't say no | 2002 | Bolette, hans eks-kæreste | Feature |
| Shake It All About | 2001 | Direction | Feature |
| Den eneste ene | 1999 | Dame fra adoptionsnævnet | Feature |
| Constance | 1999 | Narrator | Feature |
| Blyppernes første år | 1999 | Vivi | TV series |
| Mimi and the movers | 1998 | Pernille | Feature |
| Election Night | 1998 | Kvinde | Short fiction |
| Sinan's wedding | 1997 | Puk | Short fiction |
| Hannibal & Jerry | 1997 | Hell, politidame | Feature |
| The greatest heroes | 1996 | Eva | Feature |
| Snooks in the limelight | 1994 | Ditte | Feature |
| Stormfulde hjerter | 1994 | Appearance | TV film |
| Bullerfnis | 1990 | Appearance | TV series |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Så snakker vi ikke neger om det!". www.b.dk (in Danish). October 24, 2004. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
- ^ "Hella Joof". Filmdatabasen. Danish Film Institute. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
- ^ "24th Moscow International Film Festival (2002)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-03-28. Retrieved 2013-03-31.
- ^ "Eurochannel – April 2016 – Eurochannel Grid + Programming Highlights Africa – Eurochannel". Eurochannel: The European TV channel – European movies, TV series and music (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2016-03-07.
External links
edit- Hella Joof at IMDb
- Hella Joof in the Danish Film Database
- Hella Joof's Almost Perfect on
- Eurochannel.
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