Ida Elise Broch

Norwegian actress

Ida Elise Broch
Ida Elise Broch in 2012
Born	(1987-06-25) 25 June 1987 (age 36) Oslo, Norway
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2006–present

Ida Elise Broch (born 25 June 1987) is a Norwegian actress. She is the half-sister of Nicolai Cleve Broch^[1] and Christian Cleve Broch. Broch played Catherine in the film The Man Who Loved Yngve and had a starring role in the film Switch.^[2] She had a featured role in season 3 of the Netflix series Lilyhammer^[3] and starred in the Norwegian TV series The Third Eye, where she played police detective Mari Friis.^[4] She has also starred in two Netflix festive-themed series, Home for Christmas^[5] and A Storm for Christmas, as the lead role and as part of an ensemble cast respectively.

Education

Broch has performed in plays since elementary school and studied drama at Hartvig Nissen School and Romerike Folk High School. She left school in the spring of 2007 in order to begin filming The Man Who Loved Yngve^[6] and joined the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre in the autumn of 2008.

Filmography

Bakkeflyvere (short) (2006)^[7]
Switch (2007), as Nina
The Man Who Loved Yngve (2008), as Cathrine Halsnes
Twende (short) (2008), as Ella
Amor (short) (2009), as Julie
Pax (2010), as Elise
Dark Souls (2011), as Maria
Conqueror (TV series) (2012), as Kristin
Detective Downs (2013), as Isabel Star
Lilyhammer (2014), as Birgitte^[3]
The Third Eye (2014), as Mari Friis^[4]
Home for Christmas (Hjem til jul ) (2019–2020) as Johanne^[5]
A Storm for Christmas (2022)
Fenris (2022), as Emma Salomonsen

Awards

Gullruten 2015 as "Best Actress" for her role in Lilyhammer^[8]

References

^ Blekkerud, Martin (7 January 2013). "Here is half-sister to "Half Brother"". Klikk.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 December 2014.
^ "Ida Elise Broch". Filmweb (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 December 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Hardy women consume "Lilyhammer"". NRK (in Norwegian). 3 October 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
^ ^a ^b Miljeteig, Margrethe; Nesse, Anna Sofie (24 February 2014). "Ida Elise Broch: - I wake to the sound of the knives falling in the kitchen". TV2 (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 December 2014.
^ ^a ^b Kelly, Emma (9 December 2019). "Norwegian rom-com series Home For Christmas Comment Emma Kelly". Metro. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
^ Flaatten, Camilla (11 February 2006). "Ida Elise Broch (19) is little sister to Nicolai. She has got her first film job in "The Man Who Loved Yngve"". Kjendis.no (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
^ "Ida Elise Broch". FilmFront.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 December 2014.
^ "Gullruten 2015". Gullruten. Archived from the original on 19 October 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2019.