Cast & creator
Kajsa Ernst
Best known for Wallander, Darkness: Those Who Kill, Stjärnorna på slottet
Kajsa Anna-Karin Linnéa Ernst, (born 4 August 1962) is a Swedish actress. She started acting at the age of sixteen at Nöjesteatern in Malmö and studied at Teaterhögskolan in Malmö. After graduating she worked for ten years at Helsingborgs stadsteater. There she acted in several plays such as Byggmästare Solness, Spindelkvinnans kyss and Knäckebröd och hovmästarsås. In 1982 she danced ballet at plays for Nils Poppe at Fredriksdalsteatern, and in 1990 she played a role in the play Två man och en änka at the same theatre. She would appear in the filmatization of the play in 2013. In 1998, Ernst moved to Stockholm. She made her film debut in Kjell Sundvalls In Bed with Santa in 1999, she has then moved on to act in films such as Miffo in 2003, Masjävlar in 2004 for which she won a Guldbagge award, and also in the film Järnets änglar. Kajsa Ernst was married to actor and director Göran Stangertz from 2009 and until his death in 2012.
Also known as: Monica Kajsa Ernst
25
film credits
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television credits
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1991–2026 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (38)
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Wallander
Jenna Sahlin
2005
Darkness: Those Who Kill
Lena Nymark
2019
Stjärnorna på slottet
2006
Fallen
Kerstin Julin
2023
Blinded
Birgitta Kerchinsky
2019
Hela kändis-Sverige bakar
Self - Contestant
2014
Wallander - Firewall
Elvira
2007En dag i taget
Åsa Boström
1999
Tove
Signe "Ham" Jansson
2020
Huss
Irene Huss
2021
Finaste familjen
Ann Linder
2016
Annika Bengtzon: Crime Reporter - Studio Sex
Berit Hamrin
2012
Annika Bengtzon: Crime Reporter
Berit Hamrin
2012
Poor Animals
Mother
2018
Sommaren 85
Ju-Anita
2020
All it Takes is a Miracle
Yvonne
2006
Wallander: The Overdose
Jenna Sahlin
2005
In Bed with Santa
Pauline
1999
Annika Bengtzon: Crime Reporter - Lifetime
Berit Hamrin
2012
Annika Bengtzon: Crime Reporter - A Place in the Sun
Berit Hamrin
2012
Nobel's Last Will
Berit Hamrin
2012
Kungamordet
Christina Larsson
2008
Dalecarlians
Eivor
2004
Among Us
Therapist
2010
A Holy Mess
Annica
2015
My Father Marianne
Helga
2020
Annika Bengtzon: Crime Reporter - The Red Wolf
Berit Hamrin
2012
JerryMaya's Detective Agency – von Broms' Secret
Julia Von Broms
2013
Beck 09 - The Price of Vengeance
2001
Annika Bengtzon: Crime Reporter - Prime Time
Berit Hamrin
2012
Resan till Piemonte
Lena
2026
I Want it All
Mother
2012
Miffo
Sonja
2003
Två man om en änka
Sofie
1991
What Happened?
2025
Black Island Sisters
Mona
2007
Gangster
Beata
2007
Celebrating Lennart
Kerstin
2005