---
name: "Bo Petersen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bo-petersen"
fi1m_id: "bo-petersen"
imdb_id: "nm0676775"
tmdb_id: 1888327
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "24 March 1955"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-06T04:36:21.048449+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Bo Petersen

## Identity

Bo Petersen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bo-petersen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bo-petersen
- **IMDb ID:** nm0676775
- **TMDB ID:** 1888327
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0676775/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1888327

Actor. Born 24 March 1955 in Queenstown, South Africa.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 24 March 1955, Queenstown, South Africa
- **Also known as:** Bo Peterson
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0676775/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1888327

## Biography

Bo Petersen is a South African actress, director and voice coach. Born in Queenstown on 24 March 1955, she studied drama at the University of Cape Town from 1973 to 1976. She worked extensively in South African theatre, film and television from the late 1970s, appearing in productions at the Market Theatre and Baxter Theatre, and later settled in the United States.

Her screen credits include Karen Detmer in *Chronicle* (2012), Judge Brown in *Wake of Death* (2004), Arctic Scientist 1 in *The Bone Snatcher* (2003) and Esterhuyse's Wife in *Endgame* (2009). She has also worked as a dialogue coach on films including *Safe House* (2012) and directed several stage productions, receiving Fleur du Cap and other theatre awards and nominations.

*Sources: imdb.com, esat.sun.ac.za, bopetersen.biz.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Chronicle* (2012), Fi1m 72, as Karen Detmer — [page](https://film.one/film/chronicle.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *House Party: Tonight's the Night* (2013), Dialogue Coach
- *Jail Caesar* (2012), as Aurelia
- *Chronicle* (2012), as Karen Detmer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/chronicle.md)
- *Endgame* (2009), as Esterhuyse's Wife
- *Wake of Death* (2004), as Judge Brown
- *The Bone Snatcher* (2003), as Arctic Scientist 1
- *Citizen Verdict* (2003), as Anna Patterson
- *Pavement* (2002), as Mrs. Orenbach

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