Cecilie Stenspil

Danish actress

Cecilie Stenspil
Born	Cecilie Maria Stenspil (1979-10-22) 22 October 1979 (age 44) Glostrup, Denmark
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2006–present
Partner	Troels Lyby
Children	2

Cecilie Maria Stenspil (born 22 October 1979) is a Danish actress. She graduated from the School of Acting at Odense Teater in 2006.

She has had leading roles in a large number of performances at several Danish theaters, including the Royal Danish Theatre, Aarhus Theater, Odense Teater and at the Folketeateret and she has starred in several films and TV series. In addition, she has voiced a huge number of cartoon productions.

Career

As a child, Stenspil was a student at the children's theater Eventyrteatret for 5 years. Since she was 10 years old, she has voiced various cartoons and cartoon series. In addition, she has recorded a number of audio books, including Lene Kaaberbøl's Skyggeporten.^[1]

In 2009, she made her debut in front of the camera as Jasmina El-Murad in The Protectors.^[2]

She plays Mrs. Helene Aurland in all the episodes of Badehotellet on TV 2.

Cecilie Stenspil received the Ove Sprogøe Prize of DKK 30,000 on 21 December 2010, on Ove Sprogøe's 91st birthday.^[3] In addition to the mentioned award, she has received Poul Reumert's honorary scholarship, Prince Henrik's scholarship and Tagea Brandt's travel scholarship.^[4]

In 2017, she participated in Peter Langdal's Efter brylluppet together with Kasper Leisner and Barbara Moleko.

Personal life

Stenspil is the daughter of the educator Lisbeth Stenspil and Børge Krogh Samuelsen. She is the older sister of Simon Stenspil^[5] and is half Faroese.^[6]

Since 2013, Stenspil is the life partner of fellow actor Troels Lyby.^[7] They have two children together born in August 2018^[8] and again in 2020.

Theater

2016 Aarhus Theater: Fornuft og følelse – Marianne Dashwood
2013 Royal Danish Theatre, Ulvedalene: Robin Hood – Lady Marian
2013 Forum Copenhagen: Hey Jude Teaterkoncert
2012 Folketeatret: Bang og Betty – Betty Nansen
2012 Grønnegårds Teatret: Educating Rita – Rita Susan White
2012 Nørrebros Theater: Next to Normal – Diana Goodman
2011 Royal Danish Theatre: Mågen – Nina
2010 Royal Danish Theatre: My Fair Lady – Eliza Doolittle
2009 Odense Teater: Breaking the Waves – Bess
2007 Odense Teater: Guitaristerne – Kim
2007 Odense Teater: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz – Dorothy
2007 Odense Teater: Peter Pan – Wendy
2006 Odense Teater: Erasmus Montanus – Lisbed
2006 Odense Teater: A Christmas Carol – Bella

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2010	Tangled	Rapunzel	Danish dubbing
2015	Cinderella	Cinderella's mother	Danish dubbing
2015	Lang historie kort	Eva
2019	Kollision	Olivia

TV series

Year	TV series	Role	Notes
2001	Totally Spies!	Alex	Danish dubbing
2004	Winx Club	Stella	Danish dubbing
2007	Total Drama Island	Courtney	Danish dubbing
1998–2005	The Powerpuff Girls	Bellis, Div Roller	Danish dubbing
2000	X-Men: Evolution	Jean	Danish dubbing
2008	Dinosapien	Lauren	Danish dubbing
2009	The Protectors	Jasmina El-Murad
2013–present	Badehotellet	Helene Aurland

Video games

Year	Game	Role	Notes
2020	Assassin's Creed Valhalla	Eivor Varinsdottir (female) / Rosta^[9]

References

^ "SETTET.dk: Cecilie Stenspil". Archived from the original on 28 July 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2008.
^ "Billed Bladet : Se DR's nye serie-stjerne her". Archived from the original on 15 February 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2008.
^ "Cecilie Stenspil får Ove Sprogøe Prisen 2010". DR. Retrieved 2010-12-22.
^ "Hun får et kick i roller som handlekraftige kvinder". 22 October 2019. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
^ Niels Stoktoft Overgaard (1 October 2014). "Søskende spiller sammen for første gang". Dagbladet Ringkøbing-Skjern. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
^ "Livvagt bliver kendisdarling". TV 2/Fyn. Archived from the original on 22 December 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
^ "Cecilie Stenspil er ny kæreste". avisen.dk. Retrieved 2013-01-16.
^ "Må tage sønnen med på arbejde". A4 Fri. Ritzau. Archived from the original on 2019-12-22. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
^ "Assassin's Creed Valhalla's Two Eivor Actors Have Been Revealed". 30 April 2020. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.