
Dorte Højsted
Known For & Full Filmography27 Titles

Drama Series - 2011, 16 episodes • as Receptionist
When a body is found on the bridge between Denmark and Sweden, right on the border, Danish inspector Martin Rohde and Swedish Saga Norén have to share jurisdiction and work together to find the killer.

Drama Series - 2020, 16 episodes • as Susan Engård
A love triangle between Dan Sommerdahl, his wife Marianne Sommerdahl and their best friend Flemming Torp occurs as they try to solves killings in Helsingør.

Drama Series - 2019, 16 episodes • as Bente Velin
Investigator Jan and profiler Louise constantly move around in the thrilling periphery of a murderer's view as they link a series of killings.

Drama Series - 2019, 16 episodes • as Bente
Investigator Jan and profiler Louise constantly move around in the thrilling periphery of a murderer's view as they link a series of killings.

Drama Series - 2018, 16 episodes • as Bodil
The lives of Erik and Anna, students at a nursing school in 1950s Denmark, a time and place where it was not normal for a man to become a nurse.

Drama Series - 1997, 16 episodes • as Jytte
TAXA is a Danish television drama made by Danmarks Radio with 56 episodes, written by Stig Thorsboe and produced by Rumble Hammerich. The series revolves around a small taxi central, CrownTaxi, in Copenhagen. The series was a success from the start, 14 September 1997 on DR1. The series was broadcast during the period 1997-1999 for a total of five series. CrownTaxi has its ups and downs and in the course of the series, following the various drivers, radio opertor Lizzie and boss Verner Boye-Larsen. They have all their problems both with clients and family life and constantly threaten the show's villain Hermann from the competing taxi firm, City Car, which wants to take over the CrownTaxi. TAXA was also screened in Sweden on SVT1.

Movie - 2020, 2h 15m • as Bartender, Alléenberg
Four stagnant high school teachers decide to test out a theory that maintaining a constant level of intoxication will improve their overall lives.

Drama Series - 2022, 16 episodes • as Agnete Brix
Foreign Minister Birgitte Nyborg finds her career in jeopardy when a dispute over oil in Greenland threatens to become an international crisis.

Drama Series - 2019, 16 episodes • as Plejehjemsleder
The trainer for FC Fredericia is sent to Kenya to find a talented player that can save the club.

Drama Series - 2017, 16 episodes • as Susanne
The story centers on a family of priests: Johannes, Elisabeth and their sons August and Christian. Johannes is God-like to his sons - he gives, loves, and punishes. His favoritism for August and his disappointment with Christian forces both into making desperate choices in order to either gain his love or break free from him.

Movie - 2013, 2h 15m • as Lasses plejemor
Denmark, 2013. Police officers Carl Mørck and Hafez el-Assad, sole members of Department Q, which is focused on closing cold cases, investigate the disappearance of politician Merete Lynggaard, vanished when she and her brother were traveling aboard a ferry five years ago.

Drama Series - 2025, 16 episodes • as Judith
The cum-ex scandal has caused 146 billion euros in losses in several countries. Inspired by true events, two women from Germany and Denmark are trying to put an end to it.

Drama Series - 2018, 16 episodes • as Hanne
About the fight for being something, and become something, but especially about standing at the edge and discover that you forgot to be someone. About the fear of feeling indifferent, and the need to belong somewhere. We follow 21-year-old Asta, who "temporarily" returns to her parents' home in the countryside, after living in Copenhagen. That means a reunion, but also a whole new meeting, with family and friends, both new as well as old. The "hillbilly"s shows up in her life again and confronts the prejudices. The meeting with her hometown turns Asta's relationship with herself, her family, friends and especially love upside down. It forces her to take responsibility and challenges her to discover who and what is hiding behind the Instagram filter.

Drama Series - 1987, 16 episodes • as Connie Torp
Policeman Karl Jørgensen was once a prominent detective, but due to a violent temper he's now checking out passports at the airport, smuggling stout to work in his thermos every day. However, Kaj, the boyfriend of his daughter, is suddenly killed by a heroin overdose injected by hooded gangsters. It turns out he was spying on their organisation for his brother, Frank, who was framed by them while smuggling narcotics. When Frank hears about Kaj's death, he escapes from prison to get back at the killers. Meanwhile, the same gangsters threaten Karl Jørgensen's daughter, and soon Karl is involved in a major drug smuggling case. Frank and his buddy rob a bank and shoot a police officer. A country-wide manhunt ensues while Karl is having trouble with controlling his daughter's vigilante activities, with finding out who killed Kaj, with the police detectives on the case and with his own alcoholic and lacking existence.

Drama Series - 2022, 16 episodes • as Læge
Elvira's unambitious job is to answer the phone at a brothel owned by her childhood friend and policeman, Køster. However, when a prostitute goes missing, Elvira feels an urge to investigate, which leads to dramatic consequences.

Drama Series - 2024, 16 episodes • as Frilandsmuseet medarbejder
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

Drama Series - 2024, 16 episodes • as Henny
Lise, Denmark's morning TV darling, is captivated by the charming and adventurous Johannes. As her predictable world clashes with his wild allure, she's thrust into a dizzying choice between comfort and chaos.

Movie - 2019, 2h 15m • as Martha
Andre and his girlfriend Elisa are in love, full of hope, got a new place and just found out she’s pregnant! Everything seems perfect, except little things start going wrong and soon Andre is questioning his sanity, the pregnancy and his girlfriend. When her overprotective mother arrives, Andre finds himself in a web of lies that become deadly…

Drama Series - 1987, 16 episodes • as Forskellige roller
In the first of three programmes, hosts Ronnie and Ronnie Michael Wikke and Steen Rasmussen restore viewers' zest for life and faith in life after a tough evening in front of the screen.

Drama Series - 1987, 16 episodes • as Ilse von Tannhäuser
Including the TV drama Tannhuser, in which Reinhardt and his son Kurt try to save their auto repair shop and gas station from Ilse von Tannhaser and her henchmen. Also featuring Bdr. Bisp, Godnathistorier, and much more.

Movie - 2017, 2h 15m • as Lise
William's father is dead and his mother is mentally ill, so he lives with his uncle Nils. Nils is on early retirement, making money by buying things cheap and selling them high. He has also accumulated a large debt and city's gangsters are on him, demanding that he pays it full. William sets out to pay off the debt of his uncle - and perhaps his courage might impress Viola too, a girl from his class.

Drama Series - 1985, 16 episodes • as Henriette Hermansen
Tonny & Tonny (two extremely enthuasiastic hosts wearing toupés) present returning segments, including the neo-noir comedy drama "Klap-I-Olsen" featuring the adventures of a very drunk but highly philosophical detective at his local bar, the romantic (mis)adventures of "Henriette Hermansen", the segment "De fire Jørgen Cleviner" (a sort of children's show for adults) featuring the legendary TV-host Jørgen Clevin, and the reality show "Rambuk-TV" (a futuristic/satirical vision of what reality-tv might evolve into).

Movie - 2023, 2h 15m • as Bartender
Alma lives a humble and secluded life behind the walls of a contemporary Catholic convent in Denmark. As she prepares for her perpetual vows as a nun, her older brother Erik unexpectedly shows up. He is a recovering alcoholic and clearly depressed, yet Alma struggles to show him mercy, as his presence unearths a family secret she has desperately tried to suppress. With the ceremony impending, Alma begins to lose her footing and doubt whether she is worthy of the love of her God.

Movie - 1988, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Maria grows up in a seedy 1960s working class neighborhood, the daughter of an ambitious emigrant father and soon caught up in her own dangerously one track-minded pursuit of a violinist's career. A rich gallery of highly original characters contribute, for better and for worse, to Maria's coming of age. Based on Kirsten Thorup's critically acclaimed 1982 novel, filmed by Morten Arnfred.

Movie - 2012, 2h 15m • as Helen
Buster is a seriously-demanding, frantic child who forces his family to seek treatment and a cure for his manic behavior. During treatment conducted by a naturopath, the father is taken deeper behind his son's motivations, uncovering what seems to be a crucial problem in modern society. One in four children in America is treated with tranquilizing medicine, and in Europe leading doctors and child psychiatrists are calling out to bring attention to this increasing problem. How do we deal with frantic children?

Movie - 1988, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

Movie - 2013, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A former dancer returns for the first time in years to his childhood country village to attend his mother's funeral. The man discovers that the love of his youth still lives there, trapped in an unhappy marriage with the town priest. The dancer and his former lover secretly resume their liaison and slowly rekindle their old love.