--- name: "Sonja Richter" canonical: "https://film.one/person/sonja-richter" fi1m_id: "sonja-richter" imdb_id: "nm1003081" tmdb_id: 1017 wikidata_id: "Q454250" roles: ["Actor"] born: "4 January 1974" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-24T11:02:11.050263+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." --- # Sonja Richter ## Identity Sonja Richter - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sonja-richter - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** sonja-richter - **IMDb ID:** nm1003081 - **TMDB ID:** 1017 - **Wikidata ID:** Q454250 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonja_Richter, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q454250, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1003081/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1017 Actor. Born 4 January 1974 in Esbjerg, Danmark. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 4 January 1974, Esbjerg, Danmark - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonja_Richter, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q454250, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1003081/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1017 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Homesman*](https://film.one/film/the-homesman.md) (72) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Sonja Richter is a Danish actress. She was born on 4 January 1974 in Esbjerg and trained at Odense Theatre's Acting School, graduating in 1999. She has performed at the Royal Danish Theatre and other Danish stages, including roles in productions of works by Strindberg, Shakespeare and Schiller. Richter's film roles include Cecilie in *Open Hearts* (2002), for which she received Bodil and Robert Award nominations, Merete Lynggaard in *The Keeper of Lost Causes* (2013) and Gro Svendsen in *The Homesman* (2014). She has also appeared in television series including *The Bridge* (as Lise Friis Andersen) and *The Killing* (as Marie Borch). In 2004 she received the Shooting Stars Award at the Berlin International Film Festival, and in 2007 the Crown Prince Couple's Culture Prize. *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *The Homesman* (2014), Fi1m 72, as Gro Svendsen — [page](https://film.one/film/the-homesman.md) ## Complete filmography (50) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Love Untamed* (2026), Actor - *Dynastiet Mærsk* (2025), series, as Chastine Mc-Kinney Møller - *Festmachen* (2024), series, as Kapitänin Silke Lundgren - *Danske tv-seriers bedste* (2024), series, as Sig selv - *Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever* (2023), as Gunver - *Burn All My Letters* (2022), as Amanda Schulman - *Loving Adults* (2022), as Leonora - *Den Store Premiere* (2021), series, Actor - *The Idiots Who Started The Party* (2020), as Sig selv - *The Day We Died* (2020), as Janne - *West of Liberty* (2019), series, as Gabrielle Montand - *Exit Plan* (2019), as Alice Dinesen - *The German Lesson* (2019), as Gudrun Jepsen - *Wildwitch* (2018), as Aunt Isa - *Becker - Kungen av Tingsryd* (2017), as Tanja - *The Day Will Come* (2017), series, as Moren - *All for Three* (2017), as Kim - *The Day Will Come* (2016), as Moren - *Follow the Money* (2016), series, as Amanda Absalonsen - *Teenland* (2015), as Nurse; Sygeplejerske - *Gentlemen* (2014), as Tove - *When Animals Dream* (2014), as Mother - *The Homesman* (2014), as Gro Svendsen — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-homesman.md) - *The Miracle* (2013), as Johanna - *The Keeper of Lost Causes* (2013), as Merete Lynggaard - *The Last Sentence* (2012), as Modern - *The Bridge* (2011), series, as Lise Friis Andersen, Lise — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-bridge.md) - *Sons of Norway* (2011), as Lone - *Bad Faith* (2010), as Mona - *The Woman Who Dreamed of a Man* (2010), as Karen - *Svinedrengen* (2009), Actor - *Deliver Us from Evil* (2009), as Presenter - *The Escape* (2009), as Sara Jargil - *Selma* (2008), series, as Marie Kröyer - *What No One Knows* (2008), as Charlotte - *Cecilie* (2007), as Cecilie Larsen - *Performances* (2007), series, as Tanja - *The Substitute* (2007), as Maria - *The Killing* (2007), series, as Marie Borch — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-killing-2007.md) - *Little Lise* (2005), as The Mother - *Lost and Found* (2005), as Nina - *The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey* (2004), series, as Anna - *Villa Paranoia* (2004), as Anna - *In Your Hands* (2004), as Marion - *Defense* (2003), series, as Rebecca Neumann - *Stealing Rembrandt* (2003), as Trine - *Open Hearts* (2002), as Cecilie - *Unit One* (2000), series, as Aldona - *Skjulte spor* (2000), series, as Mia - *Zakka West*, as Charlotte Jensen ## Gallery - ![Sonja Richter](https://film.one/media/person/3779400/gallery-3bbb8f886187.jpg) Sonja Richter — Image via TMDB - ![Sonja Richter](https://film.one/media/person/3779400/gallery-d50623cba7d2.jpg) Sonja Richter — Image via TMDB - ![Sonja Richter](https://film.one/media/person/3779400/gallery-a48bd6b098b9.jpg) Sonja Richter — Image via TMDB - ![Sonja Richter](https://film.one/media/person/3779400/gallery-9b9b4a559594.jpg) Sonja Richter — Image via TMDB - ![Sonja Richter](https://film.one/media/person/3779400/gallery-9efe1080f9a9.jpg) Sonja Richter — Image via TMDB - ![Sonja Richter](https://film.one/media/person/3779400/gallery-67383b0ed1c3.jpg) Sonja Richter — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 2 won - Svend Award 2014: Svend Award (won), for *The Keeper of Lost Causes* - Golden Nymph for Outstanding Actress in a Mini Series 2007: Golden Nymph for Outstanding Actress in a Mini Series (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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