Josephine Bornebusch
{{Short description|Swedish actress (born 1981)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Josephine Bornebusch
| image = Josephine Bornebusch -2.jpg
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| caption = Bornebusch in 2013
| birth_name = Leyla Jerrie Josephine Bornebusch
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|9|12|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Stockholm, Sweden
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| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|director}}
| children = 2
}}
Leyla Jerrie Josephine Bornebusch (born 12 September 1981) is a Swedish actress and director.
Career
Bornebusch was involved in Vår teater, a children's theatre, as a child.{{Cite web |title=Josephine Bornebusch |url=https://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/sv/item/?type=person&itemid=162765 |access-date=2022-05-22 |website=Svensk filmdatabas |language=sv |archive-date=20 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920142701/http://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/sv/item/?type=person&itemid=162765 |url-status=live}} She began her acting career in the Swedish drama series Rederiet in 1999 and a year later, she starred alongside Alexander Skarsgård in the films White Water Fury and Wings of Glass.{{cite web |url=http://www.expressen.se/noje/extra/sa-gick-det-for-skadespelarna-i-rederiet/ |title=Så gick det för skådespelarna i Rederiet | Extra | Expressen |publisher=Expressen.se |date=1 April 2010 |access-date=6 July 2014 |archive-date=2 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102225112/http://www.expressen.se/noje/extra/sa-gick-det-for-skadespelarna-i-rederiet/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.nbc.com/welcome-to-sweden/about/bio/josephine-bornebusch |title=Josephine Bornebusch |publisher=NBC |date=17 June 2014 |access-date=6 July 2014 |archive-date=15 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715153044/http://www.nbc.com/welcome-to-sweden/about/bio/josephine-bornebusch |url-status=live }} In 2002, Bornebusch again acted in a film alongside Skarsgård as one of the lead roles of the film The Dog Trick.{{cite web |url=http://www.svd.se/kultur/film/hundtricket-gar-hem_23068.svd |title=Hundtricket går hem |publisher=Svenska Dagbladet |access-date=8 July 2014 |archive-date=17 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717084500/http://www.svd.se/kultur/film/hundtricket-gar-hem_23068.svd |url-status=live}} She starred in the comedy show Playa del Sol on SVT1.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2013/08/paradigm-signs-swedish-comedy-star-josephine-bornebusch-570847/ |title=Paradigm Signs Swedish Comedy Star Josephine Bornebusch |publisher=Deadline Hollywood |date=23 August 2013 |access-date=6 July 2014 |archive-date=14 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714185948/http://www.deadline.com/2013/08/paradigm-signs-swedish-comedy-star-josephine-bornebusch/ |url-status=live }} She was also one of the regular hosts of Fredag Hela Veckan, a Swedish version of Saturday Night Live. She starred as the character "Mickan" in the comedy series Solsidan.
Bornebusch is a writer, associate producer, and female lead opposite Greg Poehler in Welcome to Sweden which was broadcast on TV4 in Sweden and on NBC in the United States. The series was cancelled on 28 July 2015.{{Cite web|url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/nbc-cancels-welcome-sweden-811682|title = NBC Cancels 'Welcome to Sweden'|date = 28 July 2015|access-date = 3 August 2015|website = The Hollywood Reporter|last = Goldberg|first = Lesley|archive-date = 30 July 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150730235056/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/nbc-cancels-welcome-sweden-811682?|url-status = live}}
Bornebusch wrote and directed the TV series Älska mig in which she also plays the lead role, the series premiered in October 2019, with a second season starting in April 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.expressen.se/noje/blogg/tvbloggen/2020/09/09/recension-alska-mig-sasong-2-viaplay/|title=Recension: Älska mig säsong 2 på Viaplay av Josephine Bornebusch|agency=Expressen|access-date=26 November 2020|archive-date=5 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201105070201/https://www.expressen.se/noje/blogg/tvbloggen/2020/09/09/recension-alska-mig-sasong-2-viaplay/|url-status=live}} In 2020 she directed Orca, that she co-wrote with Gunnar AK Järvstad. She wrote, directed, and played the leading role in the 2024 Netflix film Släpp taget (English language Let Go).{{Cite web |last=McDonnell |first=Brandy |date=May 16, 2023 |title=Josephine Bornebusch is set to LET GO for Netflix |url=https://awfj.org/blog/2023/05/16/week-in-women-josephine-bornebusch-is-set-to-let-go-for-netflix-brandy-mcdonnell-reports/ |access-date=December 4, 2024 |website=Alliance of Women Film Journalists |language=en-US}}
Personal life
In July 2014, Bornebusch revealed that she was pregnant with her first child.{{cite web |url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/article19165369.ab |title=Josephine Bornebusch är gravid | Nöjesbladet | Aftonbladet |publisher=Aftonbladet|date=1 July 2014 |access-date=6 July 2014 |archive-date=7 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707040025/http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/article19165369.ab |url-status=live }} In late August of the same year, she gave birth to a son.{{cite web|url=http://www.expressen.se/noje/josephine-bornebusch-har-blivit-mamma/|title=Josephine Bornebusch har blivit mamma|work=Expressen|access-date=20 September 2014|archive-date=23 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140823074411/http://www.expressen.se/noje/josephine-bornebusch-har-blivit-mamma/|url-status=live}} In November 2016, her second child, a daughter, was born.
Filmography
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes ! class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
|---|
| 1999
| Rederiet | Madeleine Boisse de Blaque | 11 episodes | |
| 2000
| Hotel Seger | Charlotte Ivarsson | | |
| 2007–2009
| Linn | 12 episodes | |
| 2008
| Irene Huss | Charlotte von Knecht | 1 episode | |
| 2008
| Annika Schalin | 1 episode | |
| 2009
| Lisa Mattson | Episode: "The Dying Dandy" | |
| 2010
| Solsidan | Mikaela "Mickan" Schiller | Main role | |
| 2014–2015
| Emma Wiik | Main role | |
| 2019–2020
| Clara | Main role, writer, director | |
| 2024
| – | Director {{small|(episodes 5–7)}} | |
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes ! class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
|---|
| 1983
| Moderna människor | The Little Child | | |
| 2000
| Susanne | | |
| 2000
| Lotta | | |
| 2002
| Mia | | |
| 2008
| | Voice, Swedish dub | |
| 2008
| | Voice, Swedish dub | |
| 2008
| | Voice, Swedish dub | |
| 2009
| Thug 3 | | |
| 2009
| Scenes from a Celebrity Life | Josephine Bornebusch | | |
| 2009
| Så olika | Milou | | |
| 2013
| Lussan | | |
| 2020
| Orca | Matilda | | |
| 2024
|Släpp taget |Writer, director, and Stella | | |
Discography
=Singles=
- 2011: "I'm So Happy" (Salem Al Fakir feat. Josephine Bornebusch)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0097077}}
- {{cite web|title=Josefin Bornebusch |url=http://www.sfi.se/sv/svensk-film/Filmdatabasen/?type=PERSON&itemid=162765 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110808030318/http://www.sfi.se/sv/svensk-film/Filmdatabasen/?type=PERSON&itemid=162765 |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 August 2011 |language=sv |publisher=Swedish Film Institute |access-date=25 January 2010}}
{{Subject bar |portal1= Biography |portal2= Theatre |portal3= Sweden}}
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Category:Swedish film actresses
Category:Swedish television actresses
Category:Actresses from Stockholm
Category:20th-century Swedish actresses
Category:21st-century Swedish actresses