Kajsa Ernst

Acting

Kajsa Ernst

Born 1962-08-04 · Göteborg, Sweden

Kajsa Anna-Karin Linnéa Ernst, (born 4 August 1962) is a Swedish actress. She started acting at the age of sixteen at Nöjesteatern in Malmö and studied at Teaterhögskolan in Malmö. After graduating she worked for ten years at Helsingborgs stadsteater. There she acted in several plays such as Byggmästare Solness, Spindelkvinnans kyss and Knäckebröd och hovmästarsås. In 1982 she danced ballet at plays for Nils Poppe at Fredriksdalsteatern, and in 1990 she played a role in the play Två man och en änka at the same theatre. She would appear in the filmatization of the play in 2013. In 1998, Ernst moved to Stockholm. She made her film debut in Kjell Sundvalls In Bed with Santa in 1999, she has then moved on to act in films such as Miffo in 2003, Masjävlar in 2004 for which she won a Guldbagge award, and also in the film Järnets änglar. Kajsa Ernst was married to actor and director Göran Stangertz from 2009 and until his death in 2012.

Acting credits

Tove poster
6.5

Helsinki, 1945. The end of the war brings a new sense of artistic and social freedom for painter Tove Jansson. While focusing her artistic dreams on painting, the enchanting tales of the ‘Moomin’ creatures she told to scared children in bomb shelters, rapidly take on a life of their own, bringing international fame.

Tove

2020

Dalecarlians poster
5.9

Mia returns from Stockholm to her parents' home in a small town in Dalecarlia (Dalarna) to celebrate her father's 70th birthday. Her elder sisters Eivor and Gunilla welcome her, but their different lifestyles prevent them from really communicating. The tension builds, and the party that should be a celebration turns out to be a turning point for the family and their friends

Dalecarlians

2004

My Father Marianne poster
6.2

Hanna's world turns upside down when her dad, the priest, reveals that he wants to be a woman.

My Father Marianne

2020

Annika Bengtzon: Crime Reporter - Studio Sex poster
6.4

A stripper at the club Studio Six is murdered. A political scandal takes off when the Minister of Commerce appears to have been at the club. He resigns - but only to hide an even bigger secret.

Annika Bengtzon: Crime Reporter - Studio Sex

2012

Annika Bengtzon: Crime Reporter - Lifetime poster
6.1

When David Lindholm, Sweden's most famous police officer, found shot in bed identifies herself quickly with his young wife Julia. Julia is threatened with life imprisonment for murder, both her ​​husband and her missing four year old son Alexander. However, Julia refuse. It was not her. There was another woman who shot her husband and kidnapped her son. While life is falling apart around Annika digs herself deeper into the murdered police's violent past.

Annika Bengtzon: Crime Reporter - Lifetime

2012

All it Takes is a Miracle poster
4.2

He refuses to accept charity and he does his morning exercise, he makes a living collecting cans and exists without a home, personal number or social control. In itself quite an achievement in today’s Sweden. The film is about this man getting one last chance as he unexpectedly receives a large amount of money. About his path to reconciliation with the people he thinks he let down thirty years ago. It’s a journey filled with temptation and ambivalence. But also one about an important friendship with a young hitchhiking girl.

All it Takes is a Miracle

2006

Wallander: The Overdose poster
6.1

Kurt Wallander investigates the disappearance of a father under suspicious circumstances, as events at the local high school appear to be linked to the missing man's daughter, who recently committed suicide.

Wallander: The Overdose

2005

Among Us poster
6.2

An accident overthrows Ernst and Cecilia's well-ordered life. Chance rules in Ernst's rational world while Cecilia is searching for a deeper meaning in what has happened. As they drift further and further apart a suspicious stranger with exceptional gifts changes their lives in an unexpected way.

Among Us

2010

Annika Bengtzon: Crime Reporter - Prime Time poster
5.1

It is Midsummer's Eve and ten people are on a deserted castle for a TV recording. The next morning the program leader is shot dead. Kvällspressens Annika Bengtzon a mandate to monitor the murder, but she soon learns that her best friend Anne Snapphane is one of the ten suspects. When the police released all one after another - all except Anne - it becomes personal for Bengtzon who will do anything to exonerate her friend.

Annika Bengtzon: Crime Reporter - Prime Time

2012

Nobel's Last Will poster
6.0

While covering the annual Nobel Banquet for tabloid Kvällspressen, crime reporter Annika Bengtzon witnesses a spectacular murder right in front of her. Two people are shot, one of them the controversial Laureate in Medicine, Aaron Wiesel. Annika is the key witness and is bound by the police not to disclose anything she has seen. A terrorist group with connections to the Middle East quickly admits responsibility for the murder. International press is all over the story, as are the police.

Nobel's Last Will

2012

A Holy Mess poster
5.2

A comedy about the new alternative family and how different family situations and relationships come to a head during the premier family weekend.

A Holy Mess

2015

Beck 09 - The Price of Vengeance poster
6.6

Two patrolling cops stumble on to three criminals who have just stolen large amounts of explosives, and are killed in cold blood. Martin Beck and his team must now work day and night to find out who the killers are and what they are planning to do with the explosives before it's too late. Meanwhile, Gunvald Larsson who was a close friend of one of the murdered cops is ignoring all rules in his quest for revenge.

Beck 09 - The Price of Vengeance

2001

In Bed with Santa poster
6.4

Sara invites her ex-husbands and their new families to celebrate Christmas with her and her husband Janne. Sara has always wanted to have a baby with Janne, and at the dinner table she reveals the news: she's pregnant. The only problem is that Janne had a vasectomy two years ago, without Sara knowing it. The secret starts to spread among the guests, and in no time everyone knows but Sara. The party heads for a complete disaster. Who's the real father?

In Bed with Santa

1999

Annika Bengtzon: Crime Reporter - A Place in the Sun poster
5.9

A Swedish family found murdered in her home on the Costa del Sol in southern Spain - all except the 16-year-old daughter, who has disappeared. At first the police believe that there is a burglary gone wrong, but the more crime examined, the more remarkable it becomes. When the burglars also found dead paralyzed the entire investigation. The offense sends a shockwave that shakes, and even on the crime-ridden Costa del Sol.

Annika Bengtzon: Crime Reporter - A Place in the Sun

2012

JerryMaya's Detective Agency – von Broms' Secret poster
5.9

Lasse and Maja find an old mysterious coffin that turns out to belong to the eccentric family von Broms. A centuries-old family fights flare up again and suddenly the coffin gets stolen. Who wants to steal it and why?

JerryMaya's Detective Agency – von Broms' Secret

2013

I Want it All poster
NR

Six months after graduation. Minna has traveled around the world and seen everything and now she comes home, ready to start the rest of her life. But everything suddenly feels uncertain.

I Want it All

2012

Black Island Sisters poster
2.0

The lives of three working class women in northern Sweden.

Black Island Sisters

2007

Annika Bengtzon: Crime Reporter - The Red Wolf poster
6.2

The Swedish tabloid Kvällspressen has set their crime reporter, Annika Bengtzon, to monitor a complex murder case. The victim is a colleague and the only witness is a 15-year-old boy. Bengtzon's inquiries take an unexpected turn when the tracks lead to a 40-year-old attack on an airbase.

Annika Bengtzon: Crime Reporter - The Red Wolf

2012

Resan till Piemonte poster
NR

The film follows four newly retired people who travel to Italy to help Eva sell an olive farm she inherited. But during their sunny stay, new thoughts arise about life, freedom and the dreams they have yet to realize. The trip becomes a chance to reevaluate what really matters when you reach the second half of life.

Resan till Piemonte

2026

Miffo poster
5.3

Tobias is the new, idealistic priest in a suburb but he soon learns that his flock is quite uninterested in Christianity. However, he befriends Carolina, a chain smoking woman his age, wheelchair-bound since birth. It is opposites attract although their backgrounds are different.

Miffo

2003

Gangster poster
2.1

Antonio Moro works for gangster boss Thomas Ståhl. He lives happily with his girlfriend Tanya who is expecting their child. Antonio's future looks bright, until one evening when he is ordered to kill a person who is close to all of them.

Gangster

2007

What Happened? poster
NR

When an accident occurs, a group of snails begin to speculate about what happened – but the conversation soon goes off the rails.

What Happened?

2025

Två man om en änka poster
10.0

The beautiful widow Josefina Pellerin falls for the hapless Mille after he saves her life. However her nephew wants Josefina to marry his commanding officer instead.

Två man om en änka

1991

Celebrating Lennart poster
NR

On the outside, Lennart seems to be like anyone in a modern age. Villa, wife and children. But when a childhood friend comes to town, repressed emotions are pushed to the surface. Has Lennart lived a life based on a lie?

Celebrating Lennart

2005