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Amaryllis August
Danish actress From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Amaryllis April Maltha August Is a Danish actress. She had the lead role in the television series Families like Ours (2024). She is the daughter of Danish filmmaker Bille August.
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Career
August had a desire to pursue acting from a young age, but was considering a career in journalism as she felt she was too shy for an acting career.[1] She had her first big on-screen acting part with the leading role of Laura, a high school student facing a heart-breaking dilemma in the near-future amidst a meteorological crisis, in Danish television series Families like Ours co-written and directed by Thomas Vinterberg, having been awarded the part over a four-month casting process involving 13 call-backs during most of which her parentage was unknown to the production crew after first auditioning for the role whilst still a student. She attended the premiere for the series at the 2024 Venice Film Festival.[2][3][4] Under Vinterberg's guidance she trained in boxing for three months for the role to help "toughen" her demeanor.[5] In the third episode she appeared on-screen alongside her half-sister Asta Kamma August.[6]
She could be seen as Valentine de Villefort in French historical epic television adaptation of 19th century Alexandre Dumas novel The Count of Monte Cristo, appearing alongside Sam Claflin and Jeremy Irons.[7][8]
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Personal life
She is the daughter of film director Bille August and actress Sara-Marie Maltha, and half-sister to Asta Kamma August, Anders August and Alba August who also work in the same industry, amongst seven siblings and half-siblings.[9][10]
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