Line Arlien-Søborg

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Line Arlien-Søborg
Born (1966-07-25) 25 July 1966 (age 59)
Århus, Denmark
OccupationsActress
director
Years active1981–present

Line Arlien-Søborg (born 25 July 1966) is a Danish former actress and film director. In 1984, she received the Bodil and Robert Best Actress awards for the film Skønheden og udyret.

Film career

In 1981, Arlien-Søborg first received attention for her role as the conniving schoolgirl, Anne-Mette, in Nils Malmros's coming-of-age drama Tree of Knowledge (Kundskabens træ). Filming for the role was performed over a two-year period, while Arlien-Søborg was 13 to 15 years old, to realistically show her character's physical and emotional maturation. Two years later, Arlien-Søborg performed the lead in Malmros' 1983 drama Skønheden og udyret (Beauty and the Beast). Malmos wrote the role of the sexually blossoming 16-year-old Mette specifically for Arlien-Søborg for which she was awarded both the 1984 Bodil and Robert awards for Best Actress.[1]

In 1986 Arlien-Søborg performed in the Danish television miniseries Kaj Munk and she once again performed for Malmros in his 1989 film Århus by Night [da; fi]. After completing an education in literature history, she worked for Denmark's DR Television studio where she wrote and directed the miniseries Derude med snøren.[2] Arlien-Søborg subsequently worked as an assistant director for Malmros on two films, 2002's At kende sandheden (Facing the Truth) and Kærestesorger (in post-production in 2008).

She dissolved her friendship with Malmros in 2013 following the release of his autobiographical film Sorrow and Joy (Danish: Sorg og glæde). Arlien-Søborg said that the film's portrayal of a mutual flirtation between her teenage self and Malmros was false; and that she believed Malmros had fictionalized the episode to absolve himself of sexualizing and trying to seduce a child.[3]

Since 2014, Arlien-Søborg has worked as a teacher in Danish Language and Media Studies at a Gymnasium (upper secondary school) in Skanderborg.[4]

Personal life

Arlien-Søborg lives in Risskov with her husband and their two children.[4]

Filmography

YearTitleOriginal titleCreditNotes
1981Tree of KnowledgeKundskabens træActress ... Anne-Mette
1983Beauty and the BeastSkønheden og udyretActress ... Mettewon Bodil Award for Best Actress
won Robert Award for Best Actress
1986Kaj MunkKaj MunkActress ... Lisbeth(TV miniseries)
1989Århus by Night [da; fi]Århus by Night [da; fi]Actress ... Lisa
1998Derude med snørenDerude med snørenDirector
writer		(TV miniseries)
2002At kende sandhedenFacing the TruthAssistant Director
2008KærestesorgerKærestesorgerAssistant Director(post-production)

References

  1. ↑ Morten Piil (2006). Danske filmskuespillere (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Gyldendal. p. 21. ISBN 978-87-02-02104-2.
  2. ↑ Ravn, Viggo Lepoutre & Søren Nielsen "Kundskabens Træ". Archived from the original on 20 April 2008. Retrieved 4 August 2008.Delfinen, nr. 85, maj 2001
  3. ↑ Christensen, Claus (23 June 2014). "TEMA: Baseret på virkeligheden". Ekko (in Danish).
  4. 1 2 Quist, Dorte (25 July 2016). "Den intrigante Anne-Mette fra "Kundskabens Træ" er i dag gymnasielærer i Skanderborg-Odder". Billed Bladet. Danish. Retrieved 7 November 2017.