Johanne Louise Schmidt
Johanne Louise Schmidt (born 16 October 1983 in Skanderborg) is a Danish actress. Graduating from the Danish National School of Theatre in 2009, she began her career on stage and joined the permanent ensemble Det Røde Rum at the Royal Danish Theatre in 2011. She achieved cinematic prominence by portraying the recurring role of Rose, the assistant in Department Q, in the film adaptations of Jussi Adler-Olsen's crime novels: The Absent One (Fasandræberne, 2014), A Conspiracy of Faith (Flaskepost fra P, 2016), and The Purity of Vengeance (Journal 64, 2018). On television, she notably appeared in the drama series DNA (2019) and Min kamp (2021). She continues her film career with roles in The Exception (Undtagelsen, 2020), Bamse (2022), and Beginnings (Begyndelser, 2026). Alongside her live-action work, she regularly performs voice-over and dubbing for animated films in Danish.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Fleak as Mor (voice)
- 2025 · Beginnings as Stine
- 2024 · Hex as Lærke
- 2023 · Unsinkable as Iben
- 2023 · Oxen as Itana Kepic
- 2023 · The Land of Short Sentences as Mona
- 2022 · Carmen Curlers as Helga
- 2022 · A Lucky Man as Käte Jørgensen
- 2022 · Borgen - Power & Glory as Signe Kragh
- 2021 · True Mirror as Eva
- 2021 · White Sands as Ingeborg
- 2021 · Snow Angels as Anika
- 2019 · The Exception as Tess
- 2019 · DNA as Maria Larsen
- 2018 · The Purity of Vengeance as Rose Knudsen
- 2017 · Small Town Killers as Pernille
- 2016 · A Conspiracy of Faith as Rose Knudsen
- 2015 · Fødselsdag as Astrid
- 2015 · Krejlerkongen as Sig selv
- 2015 · Interruption as Lina
- 2014 · The Absent One as Rose Knudsen