Acting
Aug 28, 1979
Copenhagen, Denmark
Barbara Topsøe-Rothenborg
Acting
Biography
Barbara Rothenborg was born in Copenhagen, Denmark on August 29, 1979 and started her film and television career as an actress at the age of 6. She had the title role in "Nana", which obtained cult status and won a bronze prize in New York in 1988 for best children's television series and received many Danish awards as well. Over the next years Barbara starred in 9 films, produced several documentary programs and created her own show "Barbara's Galaxy". She started directing at age 19 and was commissioned to direct short films for Danish television. After living in Bali for some months, Barbara moved to Los Angeles at age 21. She started a career as a 1st AD. She used her many AD contacts with actors and crew to start directing more short films and since 2006 Barbara has been making a living from writing, directing and producing. Barbara's passion for film and television began at an early age since growing up on sets. Her desire to tell stories and create a universe that people can escape to, has lead her from her original path of acting to her love of writing and directing.
Feature Films (5)
Danish miniseries in six episodes about the girl Nana and her family. Episode 1: "Can or must." Episode 2: "First to the right—and then to the left!" Episode 3: "Sit still down there." Episode 4: "Roses are red." Episode 5: "The egg and the chicken." Episode 6: "Fear not."
Nana
Live action kiddie entertainment about two tribes of trolls fighting for control of a Magic Ring. The good witch Tikla meanwhile holds on to the Ring. Viktoria, an underground Troll child, is forbidden to visit the above-ground Trolls, but does so anyway. She meets Viktor and together they go through an array of dangers before they chance into Tikla's den. She gives them the Magic Ring so that they can mediate a truce between the tribes.
Viktor and Viktoria
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
Christianshavn 1894 - Headstrong Juliane fights alongside her husband Otto for love and family in strike-ridden Christianshavn. The couple has been married for five years and has two children together. Trade union politics are taking up more and more of Otto's life, and Juliane cannot even get him to tone it down at family gatherings, so Juliane has her hands full keeping track of the home and the children. The family argues about big and small things, from the sisters' disagreement about women's liberation to Otto's political involvement.
Juliane
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?
