Hella Joof (born 1 November 1962) is a Danish actress and director. She was born to a Danish mother and an aristocratic Gambian father who belonged to the Joof dynasty.
Joof directed En kort en lang (2001), Oh Happy Day (2004) and Fidibus (2006). Her feature film debut En kort en lang was seen by ten percent of the Danish population, and her second feature Oh Happy Day, was sold to Disney for a US remake. Shake It All About was entered into the 24th Moscow International Film Festival. She has hosted Bullerfnis and other children's TV-programs, but was also the voice of the title character in the hardcore pornographic film Constance (1998).
As an actress, Joof is best known for award-winning performances as supporting characters in such comedies as Hannibal & Jerry (1997), Den eneste ene (1999), and Humørkort-stativ-sælgerens søn (2002). Joof appears as one of the three judges in the Television Show Talent 09 a Danish adaption of Britain's Got Talent.
In 2016, her film Almost Perfect (2012, Sover Dolly på ryggen?) was aired in Latin America, the United States and Africa by the TV channel Eurochannel.
Filmography Work Year Credit Notes All Inclusive 2014 Direction Feature Woolfert 2013 Voice Short fiction Almost Perfect (Sover Dolly på ryggen?) 2012 Direction Feature The Talent Thief 2012 Appearance Feature Anstalten 2011 Direction TV series Sammy's adventures: The secret passage 2010 Voice Feature Hush Little Baby 2009 Direction Feature Album 2008 Direction TV series Linan yökirja 2007 Direction Feature Rene hjerter 2006 Executive producer Feature The ugly duckling and me 2006 Voice Feature Easy Skanking 2006 Direction Feature Hjerteflimmer 2006 Sarahs klient TV series Oh Happy Day 2004 Direction Feature Normalerweize 2004 Appearance TV series Someone Like Hodder 2003 Skolepsykolog Feature The man who couldn't say no 2002 Bolette, hans eks-kæreste Feature Shake It All About 2001 Direction Feature Den eneste ene 1999 Dame fra adoptionsnævnet Feature Constance 1999 Narrator Feature Blyppernes første år 1999 Vivi TV series Mimi and the movers 1998 Pernille Feature Election Night 1998 Kvinde Short fiction Sinan's wedding 1997 Puk Short fiction Hannibal & Jerry 1997 Hell, politidame Feature The greatest heroes 1996 Eva Feature Snooks in the limelight 1994 Ditte Feature Stormfulde hjerter 1994 Appearance TV film Bullerfnis 1990 Appearance TV series
See also List of female film and television directors List of LGBT-related films directed by women
References
External links
Hella Joof's Almost Perfect on Eurochannel.