Amanda Collin

Amanda Collin (aka Amanda Bjerre-Petersen) was born on 4 March 1986^[1] in Rungsted, Hørsholm, Denmark.^[2]

She trained in the Meisner technique at the William Esper Studio in New York City from 2009 to 2011.^[3]

From 2015 to 2016, Collin was part of the Mungo Park Theatre ensemble, where she played in Hans Christian Andersen's fairytales, Boys Don't Cry and Hamlet.^{[citation needed]} In 2017, Collin was nominated for the Danish equivalent of the Academy Award, the Robert Award, for her supporting role of Rakel, the religious mother of two kidnapped children in the Danish box office hit Department Q: A Conspiracy of Faith directed by Hans Petter Moland.^{[citation needed]}

Collin played the leading role of Marie in the film A Terrible Woman, and won both the Robert Award and the Bodil Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in 2018.^[4]

In 2019 Collin appeared in Daniel Borgman's Resin, for which she was nominated for a Robert Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.^{[citation needed]}

In 2020 she starred in Aaron Guzikowski's sci-fi drama series Raised by Wolves from HBO Max.^[5][6]

In 2023 she had a leading role in The Promised Land.

In 2025, she plays Katja Claussen, a government minister, in the crime drama television series Smilla's Sense of Snow, an international co-production created and directed by British director Amma Asante.^[7][8][9]