Flora Ofelia

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Flora Ofelia Hofmann Lindahl (born July 14, 2005), better known as Flora Ofelia, is a Danish singer and actress who won the MGP 2015 singing competition with her song "Du Du Du" and has since appeared in the television series {{Interlanguage link|Cry Wolf (Danish TV series)|lt=Cry Wolf|da|Ulven kommer}} (2020) and the feature film {{Interlanguage link|As in Heaven (2021 film)|lt=As in Heaven|da|Du som er i himlen}} (2021).

Early life

Hofmann Lindahl was born on July 14, 2005, and grew up in Bisserup in Southwest Zealand.{{Cite web |date=2018-07-11 |title=Billedserie: Unge skuespillere skrev autografer |url=https://www.sn.dk/danmark/billedserie-unge-skuespillere-skrev-autografer/ |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=Sjællandske Nyheder |language=da-DK}}{{Cite web |date=2022-07-10 |title=16-årigt stjernefrø er ung i en voksenverden: »Jeg skal træffe nogle andre beslutninger end mange andre på min alder. Og nogle af dem er store« |url=https://politiken.dk/kultur/art8839421/%C2%BBJeg-skal-tr%C3%A6ffe-nogle-andre-beslutninger-end-mange-andre-p%C3%A5-min-alder.-Og-nogle-af-dem-er-store%C2%AB |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=Politiken |language=da-DK}} Her sister, Freja-Bella, participated in the 2012 season of MGP Junior, a Danish youth song contest.{{Cite web |date=2022-02-16 |title=Flora Ofelia: "Jeg bliver også uvenner med min mor og glemmer at tage tallerkener ud fra mit værelse" |url=https://www.viunge.dk/kultur/kendte/flora-ofelia-jeg-bliver-ogsaa-uvenner-med-min-mor-og-glemmer-tage-tallerkener-ud-fra |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=Vi Unge |language=da}} Her father, Jesper Hofmann, is a composer, producer and member of the band {{Interlanguage link|Innocent Blood (band)|lt=Innocent Blood|da|Innocent Blood (musikgruppe)}}, while her mother is a hairdresser who owns the hair salon Madame Grøn in Næstved.{{Cite web |last=Tabart |first=Malene |date=2022-02-06 |title=Flora Ofelia er morgendagens stjerne i dansk film: »Niv mig, så jeg kan vågne!« |url=https://soundvenue.com/film/2022/02/flora-er-morgendagens-stjerne-i-dansk-film-niv-mig-saa-jeg-kan-vaagne-472218 |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=SOUNDVENUE.COM |language=da-DK}} To film the television series {{Interlanguage link|Cry Wolf (Danish TV series)|lt=Cry Wolf|da|Ulven kommer}}, Hofmann Lindahl lived for almost a year in Vesterbro with her godparents. She attended the Herlufsholm School for elementary school and Sankt Annæ Gymnasium for high school.

Career

Hofmann Lindahl won the 2015 season of MGP Junior at the age of nine with the song "Du Du Du". She released the song "Fantastic Fantasy" in the run-up to the 2016 season of MGP Junior, using the DKK 50,000 that she had won the previous year to produce a music video.{{Cite web |last=Olling |first=Jakob |title=Flora Ofelia laver musikvideo for sejrspenge |url=https://www.tv2east.dk/naestved/flora-ofelia-laver-musikvideo-sejrspenge |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=TV2 ØST |language=da}} In 2016, she voiced Sofie in the animated film Finding Santa.{{Cite web |title=Flora Ofelia Hoffmann Lindahl |url=https://www.dfi.dk/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/person/flora-ofelia-hoffmann-lindahl |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=www.dfi.dk |language=da}} In 2018, she played the elf girl Neia in {{Interlanguage link|Land of Glass|da|Landet af glas}}.

Hofmann Lindahl had her breakthrough in 2020, when she played the leading role of Holly in the DR1 series Cry Wolf, for which she received a Robert Award for Best Actress in a Leading Television Role in February 2021. She was the youngest person to win this award, at the age of 15.{{Cite web |last=Freudendal |first=Jakob |date=2021-09-26 |title=Dansk stortalent vinder fornem international skuespillerpris som den yngste nogensinde |url=https://soundvenue.com/film/2021/09/dansk-stortalent-vinder-fornem-international-skuespillerpris-som-den-yngste-nogensinde-460551 |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=SOUNDVENUE.COM |language=da-DK}}{{Cite web |date=2021-02-06 |title=Ungt stjerneskud stjal hovedpris for næsen af Trine Dyrholm, da 'den danske Oscar' blev uddelt |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/kultur/film/ungt-stjerneskud-stjal-hovedpris-naesen-af-trine-dyrholm-da-den-danske-oscar |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=DR |language=da-DK}} She was then cast in {{Interlanguage link|Tea Lindeburg|de}}'s debut feature film {{Interlanguage link|As in Heaven (2021 film)|lt=As in Heaven|da|Du som er i himlen}}, based on the 1912 autobiographical novel {{Interlanguage link|A Night of Death|da|En Dødsnat (roman)}} by Marie Bregendahl, in which Hofmann Lindahl played the lead role of Lise.{{Cite web |last=Dam |first=Freja |date=2022-02-09 |title=’Du som er i himlen’: Barsk debut med strålende stortalent lykkes, hvor mange danske film har fejlet |url=https://soundvenue.com/film/2022/02/du-som-er-i-himlen-barsk-debut-med-straalende-stortalent-lykkes-hvor-mange-danske-film-har-fejlet-472791 |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=SOUNDVENUE.COM |language=da-DK}} She won the Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance for this role at the San Sebastián International Film Festival in September 2021.{{Cite web |title=Du som er i himlen henter to priser i San Sebastian |url=https://www.dfi.dk/nyheder/du-som-er-i-himlen-henter-priser-i-san-sebastian |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=www.dfi.dk |language=da}}{{efn|She shared the award with American actress Jessica Chastain, who won it for her role in The Eyes of Tammy Faye.|group=note}} {{Cite news |agency=Reuters |date=2021-09-27 |title=Jessica Chastain, Flora Ofelia Hofmann Lindahl share top acting prize at San Sebastian Film Festival |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/jessica-chastain-flora-ofelia-hofmann-lindahl-share-top-acting-prize-at-san-sebastian-film-festival/article36691275.ece |access-date=2024-03-23 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}} She was once again the youngest person to win this award.{{Cite web |date=2021-09-26 |title=Fredag fik hun at vide, at hun skulle skynde sig til San Sebastian. Lørdag aften fandt hun ud af hvorfor |url=https://politiken.dk/kultur/film_og_tv/art8396348/Fredag-fik-hun-at-vide-at-hun-skulle-skynde-sig-til-San-Sebastian.-L%C3%B8rdag-aften-fandt-hun-ud-af-hvorfor |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=Politiken |language=da-DK}} That same month, she signed a contract with the British agency United Agents.

In 2023, she appeared alongside Trine Dyrholm in Michael Noer's film Birthday Girl.{{Cite web |last=Kristiansen |first=Mathilde Johanne |date=2024-01-24 |title=Trine Dyrholm og Flora Ofelia tager på mor-datter-druktur i traileren til ‘Birthday Girl’ |url=https://soundvenue.com/film/2024/01/trine-dyrholm-og-flora-ofelia-tager-paa-mor-datter-druktur-i-traileren-til-birthday-girl-555131 |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=SOUNDVENUE.COM |language=da-DK}}