Flora Ofelia
Flora Ofelia Hofmann Lindahl (born July 14, 2005), better known as Flora Ofelia, is a Danish singer and actress who won the MGP 2015 singing competition with her song "Du Du Du Du" and has since appeared in the television series Cry Wolf (2020) and the feature film As in Heaven (2021).
Early life[edit]
Hofmann Lindahl was born on July 14, 2005, and grew up in Bisserup in Southwest Zealand.[1][2] Her sister, Freja-Bella, participated in the 2012 season of MGP Junior, a Danish youth song contest.[3] Her father, Jesper Hofmann, is a composer, producer and member of the band Innocent Blood, while her mother is a hairdresser who owns the hair salon Madame Grøn in Næstved.[4] To film the television series Cry Wolf, Hofmann Lindahl lived for almost a year in Vesterbro with her godparents.[2] She attended the Herlufsholm School for elementary school and Sankt Annæ Gymnasium for high school.[2][4]
Career[edit]
Hofmann Lindahl won the 2015 season of MGP Junior at the age of nine with the song "Du Du Du Du".[2] She released the song "Fantastic Fantasy" in the run-up to the 2016 season of MGP Junior, using the DKK 50,000 that she had won the previous year to produce a music video.[5] In 2016, she voiced Sofie in the animated film Finding Santa.[4][6] In 2018, she played the elf girl Neia in Land of Glass.[3][6]
Hofmann Lindahl had her breakthrough in 2020, when she played the leading role of Holly in the DR1 series Cry Wolf, for which she received a Robert Award for Best Actress in a Leading Television Role in February 2021. She was the youngest person to win this award, at the age of 15.[7][8] She was then cast in Tea Lindeburg's debut feature film As in Heaven, based on the 1912 autobiographical novel A Night of Death by Marie Bregendahl, in which Hofmann Lindahl played the lead role of Lise.[9] She won the Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance for this role at the San Sebastián International Film Festival in September 2021.[10][11][note 1] [12] She was once again the youngest person to win this award.[11] That same month, she signed a contract with the British agency United Agents.[4]
In 2023, she appeared alongside Trine Dyrholm in Michael Noer's film Birthday Girl.[13]
Notes[edit]
- ^ She shared the award with American actress Jessica Chastain, who won it for her role in The Eyes of Tammy Faye.[10]
References[edit]
- ^ "Billedserie: Unge skuespillere skrev autografer". Sjællandske Nyheder (in Danish). 2018-07-11. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
- ^ a b c d "16-årigt stjernefrø er ung i en voksenverden: »Jeg skal træffe nogle andre beslutninger end mange andre på min alder. Og nogle af dem er store«". Politiken (in Danish). 2022-07-10. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
- ^ a b "Flora Ofelia: "Jeg bliver også uvenner med min mor og glemmer at tage tallerkener ud fra mit værelse"". Vi Unge (in Danish). 2022-02-16. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
- ^ a b c d Tabart, Malene (2022-02-06). "Flora Ofelia er morgendagens stjerne i dansk film: »Niv mig, så jeg kan vågne!«". SOUNDVENUE.COM (in Danish). Retrieved 2024-03-23.
- ^ Olling, Jakob. "Flora Ofelia laver musikvideo for sejrspenge". TV2 ØST (in Danish). Retrieved 2024-03-23.
- ^ a b "Flora Ofelia Hoffmann Lindahl". www.dfi.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2024-03-23.
- ^ Freudendal, Jakob (2021-09-26). "Dansk stortalent vinder fornem international skuespillerpris som den yngste nogensinde". SOUNDVENUE.COM (in Danish). Retrieved 2024-03-23.
- ^ "Ungt stjerneskud stjal hovedpris for næsen af Trine Dyrholm, da 'den danske Oscar' blev uddelt". DR (in Danish). 2021-02-06. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
- ^ Dam, Freja (2022-02-09). "'Du som er i himlen': Barsk debut med strålende stortalent lykkes, hvor mange danske film har fejlet". SOUNDVENUE.COM (in Danish). Retrieved 2024-03-23.
- ^ a b "Du som er i himlen henter to priser i San Sebastian". www.dfi.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2024-03-23.
- ^ a b "Fredag fik hun at vide, at hun skulle skynde sig til San Sebastian. Lørdag aften fandt hun ud af hvorfor". Politiken (in Danish). 2021-09-26. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
- ^ "Jessica Chastain, Flora Ofelia Hofmann Lindahl share top acting prize at San Sebastian Film Festival". The Hindu. Reuters. 2021-09-27. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
- ^ Kristiansen, Mathilde Johanne (2024-01-24). "Trine Dyrholm og Flora Ofelia tager på mor-datter-druktur i traileren til 'Birthday Girl'". SOUNDVENUE.COM (in Danish). Retrieved 2024-03-23.