Hella Joof

Actress and director. Born 1/11 1962, Denmark. Graduated in acting from Odense Drama School, 1990.

Hella Joof has made appearances on stage, television and in film. She co-hosted the children's TV program, 'Bullerfnis' (1990-1992) with great success. Along with Peter Frödin, Paprika Steen and Martin Brygmann, she formed the musical-satirical theatre group 'Lex og Klatten,' later 'Det brune punktum' (without Steen), producing several popular stage shows, televsion shows and CD releases.

As a film actor, she has mostly played comic supporting roles: The funny girlfriend in Thomas Vinterberg's 'The Greatest Heroes' (1996) the raw policewoman in Wikke & Rasmussen's 'Hannibal & Jerry' (1997) and the hypercorrect adoption case worker in Susanne Bier's 'The One and Only' (1999).

Social satire and self-irony in relation to subjects like gender roles, ethnic minorities, media and the Danish cultural scene characterizes both her performances and her directorial work.

Joof made her feature film debut with the romantic comedy 'Shake It All About,' (2001), which was a hit at the boxoffice. So were her following films 'Oh Happy Day' (2004), 'Easy Skanking' (2006), 'Almost Perfect' (2012), 'All Inclusive' (2014) and 'Happy Ending' (2018). Films mixing broad humour with a serious core dealing with relationships and contemporary issues like sexuality, modern family structures and divorce.