New York based Sophie at Confidencen

Dellert and Ahlsted's darling 

  • Opera singer Kjerstin Dellert. Photo: Mattias Ahlm
  • Dellert and Ahlsted’s darling
    Opera singer Kjerstin Dellert and actor Börje Ahlstedt have something in common: They both fell in love with Sophie Sörensen, a nurse-turned-actor. So much so, that they hired her for the play “Hell Dig, August”—with texts by and about August Strindberg—at Confidencen, Ulriksdals Slottsteater.

  • Actor Börje Ahlsted.
  • Dellert and Ahlstedt had to go abroad to bring Sörensen back to Sweden, though. Sophie left her job as a nurse at S:t Görans hospital in Stockholm, aiming instead for an acting career, and went to New York to study.

  • Newcomer Sophie Sörensen can be seen in “Hell Dig, August” at Confidencen in Solna.
  • “I continue to develop as an actress,” she says. “I just received my green card (work permit), and I want an international career. I was born in England, so I speak two languages. It’s amazing to act with two big timers like Kjerstin and Börje. I try to be like a sponge, and suck as much out of their experience and knowledge as I can. Börje is very generous and helpul, and I’ve looked up to him ever since I saw him in ‘Fanny and Alexander’ and ‘Ronja Rövardotter.’”

  • “Hell Dig, August” premieres May 9 at Confidencen. For more information: www.evenemang.se/arena/confidencen.html or on the theater itself, the oldest Rococo theatre in Sweden: Confidencen

  • One on One NYC has an actor demo with Sophie on Vimeo: Actor Demo with Sophie Sorensen