Ellen Helinder

Born: 1991-05-15

Actress Ellen Helinder grew up in Karlstad, western Sweden, and has since lived in London, Oslo and Stockholm. She made her stage debut at the age of ten, at Värmlandsteatern in her hometown. In her early 20s, she moved to Stockholm and started pursuing acting as a career, studying the craft through techniques such as the Chubbuck and Meisner ones. Helinder has acted in numerous Swedish hit series including Gåsmamman (2016) and Sommaren med släkten (2020). In 2018, she landed the role of Magdalena in the mega success series Exit, which has become Scandinavia’s most viewed series of all time. Her stellar performance has led to her character becoming one of the main roles in the third season. In an interview about Exit season 3, creator Øystein Karlsen described her acting as “Honest, raw, vulnerable and brave. She has that special, unexplainable quality that comes alive when the camera starts rolling, and that you just can’t take your eyes off of until she exits frame.” Helinder starred in the comedy drama Homecoming (2019), for which she was awarded ‘Best Actress’ at the Across the Globe Festival, and received a nomination for ‘Best Swedish Female Actor’ at the Västerås Film Festival. Furthermore, Helinder debuted as a filmmaker in 2020, with her documentary Little Big Brother, which premiered on Swedish TV4. The documentary has been distributed internationally and featured in among else The Guardian and The Daily Mail.


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The Clerk

as uncredited
Released: 2021-11-04

The Clerk follows the daily office life of a young female clerk who works in a military...

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Homecoming

as Madde
Released: 2019-08-31

Madde lives a hectic life in Stockholm. One day she receives a letter from her father Leif who...

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Sleepwalker

as uncredited
Released: 2019-04-26

In the middle of the night Gustav wakes up by Emma's sleepwalking. He picks up the mobile camera...

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Finding Alice

as Linda
Released: 2018-12-01

Erin escapes from a brothel. Desperate for money she cheats her way into a job at a nursing home...

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Debut

as Nike
Released: 2021-04-07

The day before the debut of her first major theatre production, an ambitious theatre director,...

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Human Nature

as Lise
Released: 2022-11-06

Sophie (30) decides to hike 500 kilometers through the Arctic region of Norway. She wants to get...

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Exit

as Magdalena
First aired: 2019-09-27

Exit is based on the true stories of four men in their mid-30s, who all became...

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Summer with the Family

as Nelly
First aired: 2017-03-19

Jens and wife Åsa pack up the family to spend the summer in the archipelago. The idyll, however,...

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Studenternas Undergång

as Boros
First aired: 2018-10-01

"The Students' Downfall" - Four students and an ex-student, who runs a student-café on campus...

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