Josephine Bornebusch | |
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![]() Bornebusch in 2013 | |
Born | Leyla Jerrie Josephine Bornebusch 12 September 1981
Stockholm, Sweden |
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Children | 2 |
Leyla Jerrie Josephine Bornebusch (born 12 September 1981) is a Swedish actress and director.
Bornebusch was involved in Vår teater, a children's theatre, as a child. [1] She began her acting career in the Swedish drama series Rederiet in 1999 and a year later, she starred alongside Alexander Skarsgård in the films White Water Fury and Wings of Glass. [2] [3] In 2002, Bornebusch again acted in a film alongside Skarsgård as one of the lead roles of the film The Dog Trick. [4] She starred in the comedy show Playa del Sol on SVT1. [5] She was also one of the regular hosts of Fredag Hela Veckan, a Swedish version of Saturday Night Live. She starred as the character "Mickan" in the comedy series Solsidan. [5]
Bornebusch is a writer, associate producer, and female lead opposite Greg Poehler in Welcome to Sweden which was broadcast on TV4 in Sweden and on NBC in the United States. [3] The series was cancelled on 28 July 2015. [6]
Bornebusch wrote and directed the TV series Älska mig in which she also plays the lead role, the series premiered in October 2019, with a second season starting in April 2020. [7] In 2020 she directed Orca, that she co-wrote with Gunnar AK Järvstad.
In July 2014, Bornebusch revealed that she was pregnant with her first child. [8] In late August of the same year, she gave birth to a son. [9] In November 2016, her second child, a daughter, was born.
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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1999 | Rederiet | Madeleine Boisse de Blaque | 11 episodes | |
2000 | Hotel Seger | Charlotte Ivarsson | ||
2007–2009 | Playa del Sol | Linn | 12 episodes | |
2008 | Irene Huss | Charlotte von Knecht | 1 episode | |
2008 | Oskyldigt dömd | Annika Schalin | 1 episode | |
2009 | The Inspector and the Sea | Lisa Mattson | Episode: "The Dying Dandy" | |
2010 | Solsidan | Mikaela "Mickan" Schiller | Main role | |
2014–2015 | Welcome to Sweden | Emma Wiik | Main role | |
2019–2020 | Älska mig | Clara | Main role, writer, director | |
2024 | Baby Reindeer | – | Director (episodes 5–7) |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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1983 | Moderna människor | The Little Child | ||
2000 | White Water Fury | Susanne | ||
2000 | Wings of Glass | Lotta | ||
2002 | The Dog Trick | Mia | ||
2008 | Kung Fu Panda | Voice, Swedish dub | ||
2008 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | Voice, Swedish dub | ||
2008 | The Elephant Princess | Voice, Swedish dub | ||
2009 | Kenny Begins | Thug 3 | ||
2009 | Scenes from a Celebrity Life | Josephine Bornebusch | ||
2009 | Så olika | Milou | ||
2013 | Love and Lemons | Lussan | ||
2020 | Orca | Matilda |