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

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

Career

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

Film

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

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

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

References

  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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