| Josephine Bornebusch | |
| Birth Name: | Leyla Jerrie Josephine Bornebusch |
| Birth Date: | 12 September 1981 |
| Birth Place: | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Children: | 2 |
Leyla Jerrie Josephine Bornebusch (born 12 September 1981) is a Swedish actress and director.
Bornebusch was involved in Vår teater, a children's theatre, as a child.[1] She began her acting career in the Swedish drama series Rederiet in 1999 and a year later, she starred alongside Alexander Skarsgård in the films White Water Fury and Wings of Glass.[2] [3] In 2002, Bornebusch again acted in a film alongside Skarsgård as one of the lead roles of the film The Dog Trick.[4] She starred in the comedy show Playa del Sol on SVT1.[5] She was also one of the regular hosts of Fredag Hela Veckan, a Swedish version of Saturday Night Live. She starred as the character "Mickan" in the comedy series Solsidan.[5]
Bornebusch is a writer, associate producer, and female lead opposite Greg Poehler in Welcome to Sweden which was broadcast on TV4 in Sweden and on NBC in the United States.[3] The series was cancelled on 28 July 2015.[6]
Bornebusch wrote and directed the TV series Älska mig in which she also plays the lead role, the series premiered in October 2019, with a second season starting in April 2020.[7] In 2020 she directed Orca, that she co-wrote with Gunnar AK Järvstad. She wrote, directed, and played the leading role in the 2024 Netflix film Släpp taget (English language Let Go).[8]
In July 2014, Bornebusch revealed that she was pregnant with her first child.[9] In late August of the same year, she gave birth to a son.[10] In November 2016, her second child, a daughter, was born.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Rederiet | Madeleine Boisse de Blaque | 11 episodes | ||
| 2000 | Hotel Seger | Charlotte Ivarsson | |||
| 2007–2009 | Playa del Sol | Linn | 12 episodes | ||
| 2008 | Irene Huss | Charlotte von Knecht | 1 episode | ||
| 2008 | Oskyldigt dömd | Annika Schalin | 1 episode | ||
| 2009 | The Inspector and the Sea | Lisa Mattson | Episode: "The Dying Dandy" | ||
| 2010 | Solsidan | Mikaela "Mickan" Schiller | Main role | ||
| 2014–2015 | Welcome to Sweden | Emma Wiik | Main role | ||
| 2019–2020 | Älska mig | Clara | Main role, writer, director | ||
| 2024 | Baby Reindeer | – | Director |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Moderna människor | The Little Child | |||
| 2000 | White Water Fury | Susanne | |||
| 2000 | Wings of Glass | Lotta | |||
| 2002 | The Dog Trick | Mia | |||
| 2008 | Kung Fu Panda | Voice, Swedish dub | |||
| 2008 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | Voice, Swedish dub | |||
| 2008 | The Elephant Princess | Voice, Swedish dub | |||
| 2009 | Kenny Begins | Thug 3 | |||
| 2009 | Scenes from a Celebrity Life | Josephine Bornebusch | |||
| 2009 | Så olika | Milou | |||
| 2013 | Love and Lemons | Lussan | |||
| 2020 | Orca | Matilda | |||
| 2024 | Släpp taget | Writer, director, and Stella |