MAJ-BRITT MATHIESEN

Maj-Britt Mathiesen is a Danish actress and  creative producer. 

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She is soon to star in DR's series GENERATIONER. Filming starts in the fall. Right now you can see Maj-Britt in  ORKESTRET and recently in KRAG & VIRKNER as the legendary fashionjournalist Didder Rønlund on DR, and  in Christoffer Boe's recent film; TASTE OF HUNGER. In recent years Maj-Britt starred in the Danish tv drama HERRENS VEJE produced by DR (with Lars Mikkelsen in the lead role) and in MEN & HENS with Mads Mikkelsen. She also appeared in the TV 2 series RITA, the DR series NÅR STØVET HAR LAGT SIG, GRÆNSELAND, THE BRIDGE, and the Netflix series EQUINOX  and THE RAIN  and more.

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Previously she has been starring in films such as Oscar winning director Susanne Bier's BROTHERS, Anders Thomas Jensen's MEN AND CHICKEN, and Christoffer Boe's GLISTRUP & SPIES.

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Maj-Britt Mathiesen is educated in Cph, NYC and St. Petersburg, and since she lived and worked in Paris, Berlin and London, she speaks and acts in; danish, english, german and french.

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In addition to performing she was appointed by the Danish Minister of Culture as chair of The Art Council "Working Grants for the Performing Art". Furthermore she is curating Masterclasses with international artists for the Danish National School of Performing Arts. 

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Maj-Britt co-founded the production company Eklektisk Teater in 1999 working with directors such as Richard Foreman, Dieter Berner  and Volker Schmidt, and later headed Teaterøen. © Photo by Ida Wang.