Linnea Berthelsen
Born (1993-07-13) 13 July 1993
India
Alma materEast 15 Acting School
OccupationActress
Years active2014–present

Linnea Berthelsen (born 13 July 1993) is a Danish actress of Indian descent, who is best known for her recurring role as Kali, also known as Eight, the sister of Eleven in the second season of the science-fiction horror Netflix original series Stranger Things.

Personal life

Berthelsen was born in Houston Texas, and brought up in Kalundborg.[1][2][3] She moved to England in 2014 to study at East 15 Acting School in Essex, and now lives in Chicago.[4]

Career

Berthelsen started acting in her early teens.[5] She made her acting debut in the short film Mirrors in 2016. She later continued to appear in short films such as Natskygge,[6] Dyspno and Cape Fear.[6] In 2015, she appeared in the Danish film Hybrid. In 2017, she was cast as Kali / Eight with the ability to create hallucinations, in the Netflix original science fiction horror series Stranger Things.[7][8][3]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2014 Mirrors Signe Short film
2014 Teenland[6] Patient Short film
2014 Alma Alma Short film
2015 Hybrid Clara
2015 Natskygge[6] Leading role Short film
2015 Aisha Aisha Short film
2015 Dyspno Fie Short film
2015 Cape Fear Gabrielle Short film

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2016 Exitium[3] Ezra Pilot
2017 Stranger Things Kali Prasad / Eight 3 episodes - season 2
2019 The Desert Nura 1 episode
2020 Devs [9] Jen 4 episodes

References

  1. ↑ Christensen, Mie. "En kvinde vi kan li': Linnea Berthelsen". Euroman. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  2. ↑ "Linnea Berthelsen Explains Her Character Kali's Controversial Episode 7 In the Second Season". wmagazine.com. 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 "Danish star Linnea Berthelsen also will join the Netflix sensation". hollywoodreporter.com. 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "Interview Linnea Berthelsen". schonmagazine.com. 30 October 2017.
  5. ↑ Christensen, Mie. "En kvinde vi kan li': Linnea Berthelsen". Euroman. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Who plays Roman in Stranger Things 2?". Radio Times. 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  7. ↑ Roschke, Ryan. "The Awesome Thing You Don't Know About Eleven's "Sister" on Stranger Things". POPSUGAR Entertainment. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  8. ↑ "Stranger Things Actress Linnea Berthelsen on the Advice That Millie Bobby Brown Gave Her Before She Shaved Her Head". www.vogue.com. 2017. Archived from the original on 1 January 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  9. ↑ "Devs (2020) Hulu trailer, release date". startattle.com. 2019.


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