Sofie Cappelen

Who is Sofie Cappelen?

Sofie Stange Cappelen is a Norwegian born actress.

She is the daughter of writer Anders Cappelen, the granddaughter of playwright Peder Wright Cappelen and she is a part of the Publisher branch of the Cappelen family. She first appeared on screen six years old in the Norwegian Christmas show The Golden Tail. She was a member of the Jorunn Kirkenær Children Ballet, and was cast as a dancer and actor in several TV shows growing up. Eleven years old she made her stage debut at The National Theatre of Norway as one of the child actors in Sverre Brandt's The travel to the Christmas Star.

Thirteen years old she landed her first lead in a feature film, Goodbye 13! directed by Sirin Eide. Cappelen received great reviews for her interpretation of Rikke Eriksen, and the movie won several international prizes; From 1996 to 1997 she was one of the youth actors on NRK's cult show Middle of the Egg.