Acting
Ellen Helinder
Born
1991-05-15 (35)
Place of birth
Karlstad, Värmlands län, Sweden
Known for
Acting
Credits
11 titles
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.…
Known for
7.4When a series of ritualistic murders hits Oslo, a gifted detective must navigate a puzzle of patterns, corruption and his own demons to catch the killer.
Detective Hole
2026
7.4Exit is based on the true stories of four men in their mid-30s, who all became multi-millionaires before the age of thirty. Attempting to escape from their obligations, expectations and families, they employ drugs, prostitutes, and their very own set of morals.
Exit
2019
6.5Jens and wife Åsa pack up the family to spend the summer in the archipelago. The idyll, however, does not appear when it comes out that the in-laws do not intend to leave the cottage to Jens and Åsa, but plan to spend the whole summer there with them.
Summer with the Family
2017
6.6When Alex is alerted to a brutal murder, she brings the temporarily suspended Vilhelm and her colleague Josef to the crime scene. The victim turns out to have connections to the digital university Howl, which investigates the role of men in a changing world. At the same time, the case is linked to an older investigation into the "Balcony Man", which brings Martin Beck back to the department.
Beck 52 - The Invisible Man
2025
NRIn the middle of the night Gustav wakes up by Emma's sleepwalking. He picks up the mobile camera and follows her. For a second he looks away and suddenly she is gone.
Sleepwalker
2019
NR"The Students' Downfall" - Four students and an ex-student, who runs a student-café on campus needs to earn some extra cash and decides to open a illegal nightclub.
Studenternas Undergång
2018
Film credits
2020s · 3 titles
6.6When Alex is alerted to a brutal murder, she brings the temporarily suspended Vilhelm and her colleague Josef to the crime scene. The victim turns out to have connections to the digital university Howl, which investigates the role of men in a changing world. At the same time, the case is linked to an older investigation into the "Balcony Man", which brings Martin Beck back to the department.
Beck 52 - The Invisible Man
2025
8.0The day before the debut of her first major theatre production, an ambitious theatre director, Cornelia, comes to the horrible realization that hey play is quite - bad. A self-destructive journey ensues involving PR agents and stubborn actors as she desperately tries to hold her play together.
Debut
2021
2.7Sophie decides to hike 500 kilometers through the Arctic region of Norway. She wants to get away from the pressure everyday life. But life at home doesn't seem to understand her desire to go be by herself.
Human Nature
2022
2010s · 4 titles
NRIn the middle of the night Gustav wakes up by Emma's sleepwalking. He picks up the mobile camera and follows her. For a second he looks away and suddenly she is gone.
Sleepwalker
2019
7.0Madde lives a hectic life in Stockholm. One day she receives a letter from her father Leif who wants her to come back to her childhood home. An intense weekend with her father changes her attitude to the rural area she left a long time ago.
Homecoming
2019
2.0Alex is fifty-nine years old and yearns for something more than the constant emptiness surrounding her. Everywhere around her people are bound by norms and fixated by their own appearances, so in an attempt to fit in Alex plunges into a journey of change, where she is forced to alter her age, gender, color of skin and looks, searching for the perfect facade. But how much can she change without losing her true self? Where does the limit go for how much the norms of society shall form the individuals? How do you remain true to yourself in a world so cosmetic?
Mannequins
2014
NRErin escapes from a brothel. Desperate for money she cheats her way into a job at a nursing home but ends up stealing cash and going on the run, kidnapping one of the patients in the process. But Erin's frantic escape gradually turns into an inspirational and revealing road trip due to the unconventional relationship which develops between her and her kidnap victim, a seventy-year-old man.
Finding Alice
2018
Series credits
7.4When a series of ritualistic murders hits Oslo, a gifted detective must navigate a puzzle of patterns, corruption and his own demons to catch the killer.
Detective Hole
2026
7.4Exit is based on the true stories of four men in their mid-30s, who all became multi-millionaires before the age of thirty. Attempting to escape from their obligations, expectations and families, they employ drugs, prostitutes, and their very own set of morals.
Exit
2019
6.5Jens and wife Åsa pack up the family to spend the summer in the archipelago. The idyll, however, does not appear when it comes out that the in-laws do not intend to leave the cottage to Jens and Åsa, but plan to spend the whole summer there with them.
Summer with the Family
2017
NR"The Students' Downfall" - Four students and an ex-student, who runs a student-café on campus needs to earn some extra cash and decides to open a illegal nightclub.
Studenternas Undergång
2018