Hella Joof

Hella Joof (born 1 November 1962) is a Danish actress and director. She was born to a Danish mother and an aristocratic Gambian father who belonged to the Joof dynasty.[1]

Hella Joof
Born (1962-11-01) 1 November 1962
OccupationActress, film director
Years active1990–present

Joof directed En kort en lang (2001), Oh Happy Day (2004) and Fidibus (2006). Her feature film debut En kort en lang was seen by ten percent of the Danish population, and her second feature Oh Happy Day, was sold to Disney for a US remake.[2] Shake It All About was entered into the 24th Moscow International Film Festival.[3] She has hosted Bullerfnis and other children's TV-programs, but was also the voice of the title character in the hardcore pornographic film Constance (1998).

As an actress, Joof is best known for award-winning performances as supporting characters in such comedies as Hannibal & Jerry (1997), Den eneste ene (1999), and Humørkort-stativ-sælgerens søn (2002). Joof appears as one of the three judges in the Television Show Talent 09 a Danish adaption of Britain's Got Talent.

In 2016, her film Almost Perfect (2012, Sover Dolly på ryggen?) was aired in Latin America, the United States and Africa by the TV channel Eurochannel.[4]

Filmography

Work Year Credit Notes
All Inclusive2014DirectionFeature
Woolfert2013VoiceShort fiction
Almost Perfect (Sover Dolly på ryggen?)2012DirectionFeature
The Talent Thief2012AppearanceFeature
Anstalten2011DirectionTV series
Sammy's adventures: The secret passage2010VoiceFeature
Hush Little Baby2009DirectionFeature
Album2008DirectionTV series
Linan yökirja2007DirectionFeature
Rene hjerter2006Executive producerFeature
The ugly duckling and me2006VoiceFeature
Easy Skanking2006DirectionFeature
Hjerteflimmer2006Sarahs klientTV series
Oh Happy Day2004DirectionFeature
Normalerweize2004AppearanceTV series
Someone Like Hodder2003SkolepsykologFeature
The man who couldn't say no2002Bolette, hans eks-kæresteFeature
Shake It All About2001DirectionFeature
Den eneste ene1999Dame fra adoptionsnævnetFeature
Constance1999NarratorFeature
Blyppernes første år1999ViviTV series
Mimi and the movers1998PernilleFeature
Election Night1998KvindeShort fiction
Sinan's wedding1997PukShort fiction
Hannibal & Jerry1997Hell, politidameFeature
The greatest heroes1996EvaFeature
Snooks in the limelight1994DitteFeature
Stormfulde hjerter1994AppearanceTV film
Bullerfnis1990AppearanceTV series

See also

References

  1. "Så snakker vi ikke neger om det!". www.b.dk (in Danish). October 24, 2004. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  2. "Hella Joof". Filmdatabasen. Danish Film Institute. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
  3. "24th Moscow International Film Festival (2002)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-03-28. Retrieved 2013-03-31.
  4. "Eurochannel – April 2016 – Eurochannel Grid + Programming Highlights Africa – Eurochannel". Eurochannel: The European TV channel – European movies, TV series and music (in Spanish). Retrieved 2016-03-07.
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