Sandra Yi Sencindiver
South-Korean-born Danish-American actress (born 1980)
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Sandra Yi Sencindiver (born 30 January 1980) is a South-Korean-born Danish-American actress, writer, and artistic director.
Sandra Yi Sencindiver | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 30, 1980[1] Busan, South Korea |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Television | The Bridge Foundation |
Early life
Born in Busan, South Korea, Sencindiver and her twin-sister were adopted by an American father and Korean mother, before her father later remarried a Danish woman which saw her moving to Denmark when she was nine years old. As a child, she was encouraged to learn classical piano, sing, dance, and act. She wrote her first play at the age of ten.[2]
Career
Sencindiver started in Danish theater at age twenty when she was cast in a production of Miss Saigon.[2]
In Denmark, she has appeared in successful series, including The Bridge and The Killing. She also did voice-work for the Assassin's Creed video game series, including the entries subtitled Valhalla and Dawn of Ragnorök.[3] She also appeared in Backstrom. She is the artistic director of the theater company danskdansk (Danish Danish). She wrote and appeared in her own short film Watch in 2023.[4]
Her television credits include the second series of Foundation in which she played Rue Corintha.[5][6] She is also known for appearing as Lady Amalisa in the Amazon Prime Video series The Wheel of Time, a part she described as "so rich and fun to do".[2]
In 2024, she portrayed fashion-mogul Yuji Lee in Geek Girl for Netflix.[7] That April, she was cast in the upcoming Alien: Earth television series.[8]
Personal life
She has campaigned against structural reasons for a lack of diversity in the Danish film and television industry. She formed the diversity action group A bigger Picture (Et større Billede) alongside actresses Laura Allen Müller, Malaika B. Mosendane, Şiir Tilif, and Dorcas Joanna Hansen. Sencindiver has received invitations to meet and discuss a plan of action with the Danish Minister of Culture, the Danish Producers' Association, and the Association of Danish Film Directors, and major Scandinavian production companies and the Danish Film Institute.[9][10]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | The Shooter | Sagsbehandler | |
| We are, Human, after all | The Woman | Short film | |
| 2015 | The Stranger | Lucy | Short film |
| 2017 | Shadow Boxer | Sygeplejerske 1 | Short film |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | The Killing | Journalist 2 | 1 episode |
| 2009 | 2900 Happiness | Milla | Recurring role (series 3) |
| 2010 | The Protectors | Mia | 2 episodes |
| 2018 | The Bridge | Susanne | Recurring role (season 4) |
| 2019 | Follow the Money | Lin | 1 episode |
| Below the Surface | Nina Sloth | Supporting cast (series 2) | |
| DNA | Sally | 2 episodes | |
| 2020 | Backstrom | Jaidee Kunchai | Main cast (season 1) |
| 2021 | The Wheel of Time | Lady Amalisa | 2 episodes |
| 2023 | Foundation | Rue Corintha | Recurring role (season 2) |
| Oxen | Sara Kaspersen | Recurring role (season 1), guest episode (season 2) | |
| 2024 | Geek Girl | Yuji Lee | Main cast |
| 2025 | Alien: Earth | Yutani | 3 episodes |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Assassin's Creed: Valhalla | Ljufvina/Yanli | |
| 2022 | Assassin's Creed Valhalla - Dawn of Ragnarök |
