Ellen Dorrit Wiki: Everything To Know About "Shelley" Actress

Ellen Dorrit Petersen is a light blond haired Norwegian actress age 42-years. She acquired the skills from Oslo National Academy of Arts in crafts after which, she headed towards Rogaland Theatre where she was exposed to theatre and movies. While in the theatre, she got the role in a short film named ‘Pioneren’. Soon after, her debut movie ‘Troubled Water’ released in 2008 for which she received much acclaim. Later that year, she joined the director Ali Abbas for the Norwegian movie ‘Ice Kiss’ for which she has won a series of awards from Amanda Awards to Canon Awards.

Petersen has acted in a lot of movie(s) and TV shows as well as a short film which made her one of the outstanding performance in the country. In 2016, her movie ‘Shelley’ where she acted the character of Louise made headlines and become one of her best movies for her fans and critics. Since the beginning of her career as an actress, she has been nominated several times and winning accolades such as Best Actress, Outstanding Performance and so on. She got married to Ola Flottum and has two daughters named Elia Petersen Flottum and Rakel Leonora Petersen Flottum.

The actress was born on December 4th, 1975 somewhere in Norway which makes her age at 42 Years old. Her star sign or zodiac sign is Sagittarius since her birthday falls into the bracket of November & December. Ellen Dorrit Petersen height is 1.8m i.e. her current height is 5’11” citing that she is taller than average actresses out in the industry. The Shelley actress weighs around 65 Kgs. Petersen eye color is blue/green and her hair color is light blond. The Blind actress is Norwegian by nationality and has been reported to be fluent in Swedish, English and working knowledge of languages namely French, German, Russian, and Danish.

According to the website Networth Post, the net worth of Petersen is estimated to be around $17 million. She has reportedly acquired this enormous net worth over the years after appearing in various movies and TV shows. Petersen has been seen a quite a few movies and TV Series which had been displayed by IMDb on its Pro website.

She also starred in the movie ‘Ice Kiss (2008)’ which was her debut movie. Then, she was roped in for the movie ‘De Usynlige’ the same year. In 2011, she appeared in the movie ‘The Mountain’ opposite Marte Magnusdotter Solem where she portrayed the role of Nora. Other movies are ‘The King of Bastoy (2010), Pax (2010), Troubled Water (2008), among others. Then in 2012, she appeared in ‘Inn I Market’ and then in ‘Villmark 2’ in 2015 and finally in the movie ‘Blind (2015)’ as Ingrid who loses her eyesight. She has been seen in the TV Series ‘Acquitted’ for 18 episodes and then, in the TV Series ‘Aber Bergen (2016)’ for over 10 episodes.

The TV Series ‘Acquitted’ or ‘Frikjent’ has received 7.6/10 rating with IMDb along with a 4/5 star rating from the same website. The movie ‘Shelley (2016)’ in which Petersen portrayed Louise was rated an impressive 100% by Rotten Tomatoes along with 8 nominations and one win. Her newly released movie ‘Thelma (2017)’ got a 90% rating at Rotten Tomatoes. On the contrary, IMDb rated the movie 'Troubled Water' with an IMDb rating of 7.6 followed by 'Kind of Devil's Island' and 'Thelma' at 7.5 and 7.4/10 respectively. Next comes 'Handle With Care' at 7.3/10. The movie 'Blind' and 'Shelley' which are considered to be the movies in which Petersen was at her best by her fans received a rating of 6.9/10 and 5.2/10 respectively.

Ellen Dorrit Petersen is a well-renowned and seasoned actress who has received a number of awards for her outstanding performances in various movies and TV series. In 2009, she won the award for Best Actress by Amanda Award for her debut movie Ice Kiss followed by an award for the Outstanding Performance by Female in a lead role for the movie Ice Kiss in 2014. In 2014 and 2015, she won two consecutive Best Actress titles for her movie Blind from Amanda Award and Canon Award respectively.

Petersen is an active and avid Instagrammer with her 1,752 followers as of December 2017 and total posts count at 134. She is also available on Twitter with the username "@EllenDorrit". Petersen has an IMDB page dedicated to her with the ID “nm2717241”.

The movie Thelma which released this year scored a box office collection of staggering $81,000 in the U.S. alone. The movie ‘King of Devil’s Island’ accumulated approximately $7,000 in the U.S.

With a dedication towards acting and drama, Ellen Dorrit Petersen has acquired a well-acclaimed status in the Denmark-Norway film industry with a series of fresh rated movies and TV Series. The 42-year-old actress made her debut in the movie ‘Pioneren’ and soon after, she appeared in multiple movies delivering an outstanding performance every time.