Jessica Dinnage (born 22 October 1993) is a Danish actress. She is best known for her role as Lea in Netflix's TV series The Rain. In 2019, Dinnage won a Robert Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role at the Danish Film Academy Robert Awards for her performance as Iben in the 2018 film The Guilty.
Early life Jessica Dinnage studied at the Danish National School of Performing Arts (Den Danske Scenekunstskole) in Copenhagen.
Career Dinnage made her screen acting debut in Charlotte Sieling's film The Man in 2017. This was followed in 2018 with a main role in Gustav Möller's 2018 film The Guilty institutioner/den-dansk alongside Jakob Cedergren, about a police search for a kidnapped woman, which was selected as Denmark's official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards. Later in 2018, she starred alongside Alba August, Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen and Angela Bundalovic as Lea in the Netflix series The Rain, which tells the story of a group of people trying to survive six years after a deadly virus carried in the rain wiped out nearly all humans in Scandinavia.
In 2019, Dinnage won a Robert Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role at the Danish Film Academy annual Robert Awards for her performance as Iben in The Guilty.
Filmography Film YearTitleRoleNotes2017 Dan Dream Baker's Maiden 2017 Lilly2018 Iben Voice role2019Ninna Jeanette 2020A Perfectly Normal Family Naja Danish: En Helt Almindelig Familie2022Unruly Sørine Danish: Ustyrlig2025Vægtløs
Television YearTitleRoleNotes2018–2019 Lea Main role2021 Fars Drenge (Daddy's Boys) Lærke Episode 1.8
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2019 Danish Film Academy Robert Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role The Guilty 2024 Danish Film Academy Robert Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role Unruly 2024 Bodil Awards Best Supporting Actress Unruly
References
External links Jessica Dinnage at “Den Dansk Scenekunstskole (DDSKS)”