Line Kruse

Acting

Line Kruse

Born 1975-08-03 · Frederiksværk, Danmark

​Line Kruse, (født 3. august 1975), er en dansk skuespillerinde, uddannet på Skuespillerskolen ved Aarhus Teater 2000. Hun fik sin debut som 12-årig med hovedrollen i filmen Skyggen af Emma fra 1988, hvor hun i den kvindelige hovedrolle udviser et forbløffende naturtalent som den initiativrige pige fra et kærlighedsløst overklassehjem. Siden har hun medvirket i en lang række danske film. Hun blev især kendt for rollen som storesøsteren Stine i "Krumme-serien". Hendes teaterkarriere er foregået på flere danske scener: Mungo Park, Café Teatret samt Det Kongelige Teater. Line Kruse blev 2008 gift med manuskriptforfatter Anders Thomas Jensen.  

Acting credits

Dust Bunny poster
6.7

Ten-year-old Aurora asks her hitman neighbor to kill the monster under her bed that she claims ate her family. To protect her, he must battle an onslaught of assassins while accepting that some monsters are real.

Dust Bunny

2025

The Green Butchers poster
7.1

Svend and Bjarne work for a butcher in a small Danish town. Fed up with their boss' arrogance, they decide to start their own butcher shop. After dismal beginnings, an unfortunate accident happens which coincides with a large order of meat. One hasty decision leads to another and soon the business thrives. In the meantime, Bjarne has to deal with his twin brother who has been in coma for years following a gruesome car accident.

The Green Butchers

2003

Love Is All You Need poster
6.0

Ida, a Danish hairdresser who has lost her hair to cancer, returns home from the hospital one day to find her husband is cheating on her. She decides to travel to Italy on her own for her daughter's wedding, but discovers on arriving that the wedding gathering will present its own challenges.

Love Is All You Need

2012

Unraveled poster
6.5

Maria is a former elite swimmer and famous sports commentator whose life unravels when her beloved husband Mikael, her former coach and father of their daughter, is suddenly suspected of sexual abuse. Sparking the scandal and media interest is the revelation in an upcoming book, of a young girl’s misguided infatuation for her swimming coach, with rumors suggesting that Mikael is the man in question.

Unraveled

2026

Emma's Shadow poster
6.9

Emma (Line Kruse) is an eleven year-old only child from a wealthy Danish family. Emma's parents seem more interested in their own interests than in her. One evening when Emma overhears her mother talking about how tragic it must be to have your child kidnapped, Emma decides to stage her own kidnapping. She soon meets Malthe, a kind-hearted, child-like, naïve sewer cleaner who literally stumbles on to her. She convinces Malthe that she is a Russian princess whose family is being chased by Bolsheviks, so Malthe lets Emma stay with him in his very modest abode. After being "kidnapped" for a few days, Emma decides to return home. But, just as she is about to return, she overhears a couple of servants talking about how her parents don't seem to be very upset over her dilemma....

Emma's Shadow

1988

Clash of Egos poster
5.7

Tony has recently been released from a sentence for violent behaviour. He promises to improve his ways and is finally granted a few hours alone with his two children. They celebrate the reunion by going to the movies to see a new film by the famous, critically acclaimed Danish director Claus Volter. But the film is not the masterpiece it is said to be on the poster; the children are crying and Tony cannot get the money back he spent on tickets and candy. Tony does not give up; he seeks out Claus Volter in order to get an explanation and a refund. It is however easier said than done to get money out of a world-renowned filmmaker.

Clash of Egos

2006

In China They Eat Dogs poster
7.3

Arvid is an ordinary bank clerk who lives a rather unassuming life with his dear girlfriend. But his life is turned completely upside down when he bravely manages to avert a robbery against the bank where he works.

In China They Eat Dogs

1999

Mifune poster
7.0

Kresten, newly wed, is on the threshold of a great career success in his father-in-law’s company. But when the death of his own father takes him back to his poverty-stricken childhood home, far out in the country, his career plans fall apart. For one thing he has to deal with his loveable, backward brother, who is now all alone; for another, he meets a stunning woman who comes to the farm as a housekeeper, in disguise of her real profession as a call-girl.

Mifune

1999

True Mirror poster
NR

With the help of her teenage son, coach Jacqueline teaches people to love themselves. But when a student challenges her methods, a power struggle ensues.

True Mirror

2021

Baby poster
9.0

Sex, drugs and money are the cornerstones in the lives of these rootles young people living in a big city. Leni and Nova are sisters and they both long to find and understand love. But it is not easy when you're impulsive and irrational and don't fit in to the established society. Nova is a bit more boundary pushing than her sister and one day she takes it a step too far.

Baby

2003

Truly Human poster
6.3

P. is a little girl's imaginary friend who lives inside the wall of her room. But one day he magically materialises and so must learn to live in the world like everyone else - a world where he is met with suspicion and hate but also with wonder and love.

Truly Human

2001

Crumb at a Gallop poster
7.4

Everything is normal with the Krumborg family – but when you know them, nothing can surprise you anymore. The two robbers Boris and Ivan want to kidnap Krumme. Krumme wants to learn to ride a horse. Mom wants a healthy Christmas. Dad doesn't want a healthy Christmas. And it's hardly surprising that Krumme's Christmas present for Yrsa ends up under Mrs. Olsen's bed, or that caretaker Svendsen tries to repair Mrs. Olsen's sink – even though it's not broken. And the youngest member of the family, Grunk, has eaten all the Christmas decorations. Yes, everything is completely normal in the Krumborg family...

Crumb at a Gallop

1992

Fathers and Mothers poster
5.6

Follows Piv and Ulrik, who are trying to become part of the parent group in their daughter's new school class, going to great lengths to be admitted.

Fathers and Mothers

2022

Jumping Jack poster
NR

Through an intense conversation with a boundary-pushing psychologist, the introverted Alexander confronts his traumas.

Jumping Jack

The Knight of Justice poster
5.3

Benjamin act as a moral guardian as he saves both a female thief and a child during Christmas in a futuristic Denmark.

The Knight of Justice

1989

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Sort hjerte

A Family poster
6.1

Ditte owns a gallery, has a loving boyfriend and her dream job in New York is within reach. But Ditte is also the youngest generation of the famous bakery dynasty, Rheinwald, and when her beloved, but dominating father comes down with a serious illness, Ditte is faced with the grueling decision: To pursue her own dreams, or to continue the legacy of her family.

A Family

2011

Icelandic Poppies poster
NR

Agnes struggles with anxiety. One day, she meets Asmund at the garden centre, where he works. Their relationship blossoms modestly and as their feelings grow, one is left cheering them on, whilst being blown away by this quiet drama surrounding bourgeoning feelings of doubt and devotion, which populate the landscape of this film, alongside the poppies of course!

Icelandic Poppies

2023

Something in the Air poster
4.7

When clairvoyant Pernille meets Journalist Daniel, who is on a mission to write an exposé about Fact & Fiction in the clairvoyant world, Daniel falls in love with her. And funnily enough, she hadn't seen it coming.

Something in the Air

2011

The Contest poster
6.5

Being a stranger doesn’t necessarily mean to be coming from the farthest away. Karl and his mother are about to learn this when they move from the west coast of Denmark to the ethnically and religiously mixed area of Nørrebro in Copenhagen. Sawsan, a Danish-Turkish girl in Karl’s new class, takes him under her wings and tries to integrate him into the big city, with all its slang and hipness. Sawsan is far more experienced and blunt than most – especially compared to Karl, this young Danish boy from the provinces. Sawsan’s big dream comes true when one of her songs is chosen for the Danish version of the Eurovision Song Contest for kids. Sawsan’s father of course says no, but Karl has a plan.

The Contest

2013

No Time for Love poster
5.3

Circumstances force the unstructured yet charming Danish Bohemian novelist, Simon, to share his flat in Copenhagen with the very organized and beautiful Swedish lawyer, Malou. Simon dreams of children and a family. Malou is solely focused on her career. Despite being in opposition they warm up to each other. But even though opposites do attract - can they also manage to live together? Against all odds their meeting sets of a chain of events, which will ultimately change their lives forever.

No Time for Love

2009

Russian Pizza Blues poster
6.2

Four parallel stories about a Russian and his daughter trying to get to his wife's Russian Pizza House in New York, but they are stranded in Copenhagen. A girl getting married. A man finding his brother and starting a new life in the city. Two men working at a bridge. And it's all happening the same night.

Russian Pizza Blues

1992

Matters of the Heart poster
7.2

A middle-class family, on the surface happy and perfect, are close to disintegration due to the father's escalating alcoholism. After several years of failure and broken promises, they finally give him an ultimatum. However, they must soon recognize that the solution rests on everyone's shoulders.

Matters of the Heart

2024

The Crumbs poster
6.5

The tween, Mads, finds it hard to fit in. Having feelings for a girl in class and a clumsy farther who is a teacher at his school doesn't help. By an unforeseen chance of events, Mads becomes somewhat of a hero, but will he win the girl?

The Crumbs

1991