Jessica Dinnage

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Jessica Dinnage
Born (1993-10-22) 22 October 1993 (age 30)
OccupationActress

Jessica Dinnage (born 22 October 1993) is a Danish actress. She is best known for her role as Lea in Netflix's TV series The Rain. In 2019, Dinnage won a Robert Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role at the Danish Film Academy Robert Awards for her performance as Iben in the 2018 film The Guilty.

Early life[edit]

Jessica Dinnage studied at the Danish National School of Performing Arts (Den Danske Scenekunstskole) in Copenhagen.[1]

Career[edit]

Dinnage made her screen acting debut in Charlotte Sieling's film The Man in 2017. This was followed in 2018 with a main role in Gustav Möller's 2018 film The Guilty institutioner/den-dansk alongside Jakob Cedergren, about a police search for a kidnapped woman,[2] which was selected as Denmark's official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards.[3] Later in 2018, she starred alongside Alba August, Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen and Angela Bundalovic as Lea in the Netflix series The Rain, which tells the story of a group of people trying to survive six years after a deadly virus carried in the rain wiped out nearly all humans in Scandinavia.[4]

In 2019, Dinnage won a Robert Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role at the Danish Film Academy annual Robert Awards for her performance as Iben in The Guilty.[5]

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2017 Dan Dream Baker's Maiden [6]
2017 The Man Lilly
2018 The Guilty Iben Voice role[3]
2019 Ninna Jeanette [6]
2020 A Perfectly Normal Family Naja Danish: En Helt Almindelig Familie[6]
2022 Unruly Sørine Danish: Ustyrlig[6]

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2018–2019 The Rain Lea Main role[4]
2021 Fars Drenge (Daddy's Boys) Lærke Episode 1.8

Awards and nominations[edit]

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2019 Danish Film Academy Robert Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role The Guilty Won [5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Jessica Dinnage - Former student". Den Dansk Skenekunst skole (Danish National School of Performing Arts). 2016. Archived from the original on 15 May 2018.
  2. ^ "The Guiltye". Music Box Theatre. 2019.
  3. ^ a b "The Guilty "Den Skyldige"". hamptonsfilmfest.org. 2019.
  4. ^ a b "The Rain". misofilm.dk. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  5. ^ a b "The guilty victor at the Robert Awards". ekkofilm.dk. 3 February 2019. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021.
  6. ^ a b c d "Jessica Dinnage". dfi.dk. 2023.

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