Sofie Cappelen Explained

Sofie Cappelen
Birth Date:	2 February 1982
Birth Place:	Oslo, Norway
Nationality:	Norwegian
Occupation:	Actress

Sofie Stange Cappelen (born February 2, 1982)^[1] is a Norwegian actress.

Biography

Cappelen began her career as a child actor. She was a member of the Jorunn Kirkenær Children's Ballet, and made several TV appearances as a dancer and actor, including on NRK in the 1989 Christmas series and in the children's show . At the age of 11, she made her stage debut at the National Theatre of Norway in Sverre Brandt's Reisen til Julestjernen.

At 13, she played the lead role of Rikke Eriksen in the feature film Aldri mer 13! ("Never Again 13!"), directed by .^[2]

She played Victoria Lunde on the long-running prime-time soap opera Hotel Cæsar, from its first season in 1998, when she was 16.^[3] After four years' absence while living in New York and studying acting at the Lee Strasberg Institute,^[2] she returned to the role in 2009.^{[4] [5]}

In 2003 she played Inga, the female lead in the Israeli comedy Halleluja, which won at the Haifa International Film Festival.

Other work

She has published two children's books, Godnattareglen (2011) and Bjørnis og de røde prikkene (2015).^{[6] [7]} She owns the publishing company Eventyrforlaget and practices as a clinical psychologist.^[8]

Personal life

She is a member of the Cappelen family. Her father is writer and her grandfather was the dramatist Peder Wright Cappelen.^[9]

While in New York, she married American designer Brendon Babenzien;^[10] they subsequently divorced. She has a daughter, born in 2011, with photographer Alexander Kayiambakis.^{[2] [11]}

Filmography

Television

• , (1989) as Lussi girl (credited as Sofie Cappelen Stange)^[12]
• Hotel Cæsar, (1998–, 2009–10), as Victoria Lunde
• Halleluja, (2003) as Inga

Films

• Aldri mer 13!, (1996) as Rikke
• Sophie's World, (1999) as Maid Marion

Notes and References

1. https://www.nb.no/items/273607fc599feb38fd4b6abccc17ea5a?page=15&searchText=%22Sofie%20Cappelen%22%20%221982%22 "Det Skjerde"
2. Ida B. Klokk, "- Jeg skilte meg ut. Som 13-åring drakk, røyket og kysset Sofie Cappelen på lerretet", Nettavisen, December 17, 2011 .
3. Øyvind Rønning, "Sossen og Sofie", Dagbladet, August 26, 1998 .
4. Catherine Gonsholt Ighanian, "Hun gjør comeback i 'Hotel Cæsar'", Verdens Gang, January 2, 2009 .
5. Tore Waskaas, " Comeback i 'Hotel Cæsar': 'Victoria' vender tilbake med en mørk hemmelighet", TV2, February 4, 2009 [January 2, 2009] .
6. https://www.haugenbok.no/bjornis-og-de-rode-prikkene/cappelen-sofie/9788299939201 "Bjørnis og de røde prikkene"
7. https://www.nb.no/items/d11a293fdc4ff7558fe3559266a60c00?page=15&searchText=%22Bj%C3%B8rnis%20og%20de%20r%C3%B8de%20prikkene%22 "Det Skjer på Svalbard"
8. https://www.regnskapstall.no/roller-sofie-cappelen_12762795 Sofie Cappelen
9. https://www.nb.no/search?q=%22Anders%20W.%20Cappelen%22%20%22Sofie%20Cappelen%22&mediatype=aviser&fromDate=19820202&toDate=20220603 Verdens Gang
10. https://www.nb.no/search?q=%22Brendon%20Babenzien%22&mediatype=aviser&fromDate=19820202&toDate=20220603 Dagbladet
11. Malini Gaare Bjørnstad, "- Jeg forsto ikke verdien av vennskap. Sofie Cappelen holdt seg mye for seg selv da hun vokste opp", Se og Hør, December 17, 2011 .
12. Vertshuset Den Gyldne Hale med tegn og tale, Episode 13, NRK .