Hella Joof

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Hella Joof
Born (1962-11-01) 1 November 1962 (age 58)
Birkerød, Denmark
OccupationActress, film director
Years active1990–present

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]

Joof directed En kort en lang (2001), (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 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 (1997), Den eneste ene (1999), and (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 (2012, Sover Dolly på ryggen?) was aired in Latin America, the United States and Africa by the TV channel Eurochannel.[4]

Filmography[]

Work Year Credit Notes
All Inclusive 2014 Direction Feature
2013 Voice Short fiction
(Sover Dolly på ryggen?) 2012 Direction Feature
2012 Appearance Feature
2011 Direction TV series
2010 Voice Feature
Hush Little Baby 2009 Direction Feature
Album 2008 Direction TV series
2007 Direction Feature
2006 Executive producer Feature
2006 Voice Feature
2006 Direction Feature
2006 Sarahs klient TV series
2004 Direction Feature
2004 Appearance TV series
2003 Skolepsykolog Feature
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
1999 Vivi TV series
1998 Pernille Feature
Election Night 1998 Kvinde Short fiction
1997 Puk Short fiction
1997 Hell, politidame Feature
1996 Eva Feature
1994 Ditte Feature
1994 Appearance TV film
1990 Appearance TV series

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Så snakker vi ikke neger om det!". www.b.dk (in Danish). October 24, 2004. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  2. ^ "Hella Joof". Filmdatabasen. Danish Film Institute. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
  3. ^ "24th Moscow International Film Festival (2002)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-03-28. Retrieved 2013-03-31.
  4. ^ "Eurochannel – April 2016 – Eurochannel Grid + Programming Highlights Africa – Eurochannel". Eurochannel: The European TV channel – European movies, TV series and music (in Spanish). Retrieved 2016-03-07.

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