
Johanne Louise Schmidt
Biography
Johanne Louise Schmidt (born 16 October 1983 in Skanderborg) is a Danish actress.
Graduating from the Danish National School of Theatre in 2009, she began her career on stage and joined the permanent ensemble Det Røde Rum at the Royal Danish Theatre in 2011. She achieved cinematic prominence by portraying the recurring role of Rose, the assistant in Department Q, in the film adaptations of Jussi Adler-Olsen's crime novels: The Absent One (Fasandræberne, 2014), A Conspiracy of Faith (Flaskepost fra P, 2016), and The Purity of Vengeance (Journal 64, 2018). On television, she notably appeared in the drama series DNA (2019) and Min kamp (2021). She continues her film career with roles in The Exception (Undtagelsen, 2020), Bamse (2022), and Beginnings (Begyndelser, 2026). Alongside her live-action work, she regularly performs voice-over and dubbing for animated films in Danish.
Filmography

Fleak
2025
as Mor (voice)

Beginnings
2025
as Stine

Hex
2024
as Lærke

Unsinkable
2023
as Iben

The Land of Short Sentences
2023
as Mona

A Lucky Man
2022
as Käte Jørgensen

True Mirror
2021
as Eva

The Exception
2019
as Tess

The Purity of Vengeance
2018
as Rose Knudsen

Small Town Killers
2017
as Pernille

A Conspiracy of Faith
2016
as Rose Knudsen
- No poster
Fødselsdag
2015
as Astrid

Interruption
2015
as Lina

The Absent One
2014
as Rose Knudsen