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Mette Lysdahl

Mette was born and raised in Gullestrup, a very small vilageoutside of Herning in the Danish countryside.

Mette always enjoyed traveling, her family was passionate skiers at their annual skiing holidays in Austria, however she spend most of her summer holidays in a hunting lodge in the forest in the small island Langeland in Southern Denmark. Here she enjoyed fishing for eels from the family’s wooden rowboat and building little snail castles in the forest.

Mette played several instruments from a young age and she still enjoys creating music as well as using music in her work. At the age of 15 Mette attended a Language school in Bour-nemouth, UK, it was Mette´s first time out on her own, and she fell madly in love with a Hungarian guy called Adam, who sadly never returned her feelings.

At the age of 18, she went to Melbourne, Australia, to attendyear 12 at Lauriston Girls School - and to meet Kangaroos. After finishing High School, Mette went back to Melbourne to study at Melbourne Acting School, it was here she ‘discovered’ the Meisner-technique, a technique she has worked with ever since.

In Australia Mette also had her first Scuba Dive experience. She started at the top by taking her license at The Great Barri-er Reef. Since then she has been a passionate diver, she has dived all over Asia, in Africa and also in Denmark, which she wouldn’t

recommend anyone unless they really like swimming in coldwater with ridiculously low visibility. At this point she hasachieved the level of Advanced, Rescue Diver.

Returning from Melbourne, Mette moved to Copenhagen, butafter a few years, she was longing for another adventure andwent to Hong Kong to study Drama and Film at ChineseUniversity of Hong Kong. She experienced a typhoon, learned to appreciate elevators and saw most of Asia as well as learn-ing a great deal about her self and her craft.

Mette finished her courses in Hong Kong, returned toCopenhagen and started taking classes at the Meisner School, Ophelia in Copenhagen. Later on she moved to Ber-lin, where she attended classes at Actor Space Berlin, fell in love with the city’s relaxed lifestyle and learned to speak fluent German.

At the moment Mette is working all over Europe, she still en-joys skiing, diving and all other kind of water sports (it doesn’t really matter if the water is frozen or not).

If Mette were no longer able to pursue acting, she wouldconsider working in a nursing home for wounded hedgehogs,because she feel bad about how many hedgehogs her dog has accidentally hurt throughout the years.

Awards – full list upon request2008 EMMY nomination ‘Best Drama series’ - The Killing

2011 BAFTA winner ‘Best international’ - The Killing2013 EMMY nomination ‘Best digital fiction’ - The Spiral

2013 BAFTA games award nomination ‘Best action game’ - Hitman: Absolution2015 Danish Film Academy Award nomination ‘Audience award’ - The Reunion 2

2007 Danish Critics nomination ‘Best children’s film’ - The Gold of Valhalla2013 Montreux Comedy Festival winner ‘Best Non Verbal’ - The Stunt Comedy Show

Television – full list upon request- The Killing, Danish National Television, Dir. Henrik Genz (BAFTA winner/Emmy nominee)- De 7 drab, selskabet.dk, Dir. Laurits Munch-Petersen (Dir. is student Academy Award winner)- The Spiral, Caviar, ARTE ao., Dir Hans Herbots (Emmy nominee)- Großstadtrevier, Studio Hamburg Filmproduktion, ARD, Dir. Till Franzen (Golden Camera winner)- Der Kommissar und das Meer, Network Movie, Dir. Anno Saul- SOKO Wismar, CineCentrum Berlin, ZDF, Dir. Hans-Christoph Blumenberg- Schnitzel und Dolmades, Eastart Pictures, Dir. Dennis Todorovic- The Stunt Comedy Show, Danish Broadcasting, Dir. Kasper Kristensen- Sager der nager, Danish National Television, Dir. Martin Kristensen

Film – full list upon request- Land of Mine, Nordisk Film Production, Dir. Martin Zandvliet (Opened the Auteur Section at the TIFF)- The Reunion The Funeral, Nordisk Film Production, Dir. Mikkel Serup, (Danish Film Academy Award nominee)- The Gold of Valhalla, Cosmo Film A/S, Dir. Martin Schmidt (Danish Critics nominee)- 37, Freifilm, Dir. Chris Brügge (LA Film Festival Award Winner ‘ Best Feature’)- Blodbrødre, Idefabrikken, Dir. Stefan Kjær Olsen - Anja and Viktor - burning love, Regnar Grasten Dir. Niels Nørløv- Løgnen, Fantom film, Dir. William Von Bülow- Sheol, Nepenthe Film, Dir. Daniel Mühlendorph- The Inner District, TallSmall Production, prod. Adam Daniel Denzei (pre-prod)- Schnitzel und Dolmades- the film, Eastart Pictures, Dir. Dennis Todorovic (pre-prod)

Further credits - Hitman: Absolution, IO Interactive, Dir. Scott Owen (BAFTA games award nominee)

Stage – full list upon request- Vangsaa, Mie (lead), Theatre Ophelia, Dir. Thomas Levin / Sarah Boberg - Tilgivelse (co-lead), ForumTeater, Dir. Lotte Arnsbjerg- My children, my Africa, Isabel (lead), CU drama, Dir. Julian Lamb- Dødskarrusellen, The death (co-lead), Herning Drama, Dir Anette Højlund

BASIC INFORMATIONHeight: 5´6”, 168 cmWeight: 8st 2,5lb, 115 lbs, 52 kgEyes: BlueHair: BlondLanguages: Danish (mother tongue), RP English (fluently), German (fluently), General American (basic), Scandinavian languages (basic) Danish dialects: Rigsdansk, vestjysk, østjysk, nordjysk English accents: RP, Danish, German, Dutch, Norwegian,Swedish, IcelandicGerman accents: Berlinerisch, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, IcelandicSinging voice: Soprano

CLOTHES (european sizes)Shoes: 38Shirt: 36Jeans: 36Bra: 70DD

SPECIAL SKILLSSlalom Skiing (adv.)Ballroom/Latin dancing (adv)Scuba Diver (Advanced Rescue PADI certified)Percussion (adv.)Salsa, Disco (basis)TV-presentingImprovisationDriver´s licenceFast at learning new accents and dialects

EDUCATION AND TRAININGOphelia (Meisner Technique, Copenhagen)Melbourne Acting School (Meisner Technique, Australia)Julian Lamb CUHK (Acting Tecnique, Scene study etc., Hong Kong)Nathalie Claude, Klanggewinn (German/English Accent)Nicole Rutenbeck (German Accent)Robyn Lee (Meisner Technique)Sarah Boberg (Meisner Technique)Pia Bovin (Meisner Technique)Simone Dietrich (Voice)Inge Dinesen (Voice)Peter Grell (Voice)Lykke Joergensen (RoyHart)Spang-Olsen (Stage-fight) Klaus Hjuler (Stage-fight / Stunt)Ilse Rande (Improvisation)Baard Owe (To Do, Acting Technique)Lotte Arnsbjerg (Improvisation, Acting Technique)Maj Johansen (Chekov Technique)Ulle Bengtson (Mind and body)Nielsens Dansestudio (Latin/ballroom Dances)

Member of The Danish Actors Association(SAG / AEA / AFTRA equiv.)

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