Ditte Ylva Olsen

Ditte Ylva Olsen was born on April 6, 1977 in Denmark. She is an actress, known for Dicte: Crime Reporter (2013), Mens vi lever (2017) and Hånd i hånd (2018). Ditte Ylva Olsen is a Danish actress, who works both in front of the camera and on stage. She is mostly known for her work in the Danish criminal series "Dicte" and her latest work as one of the main characters, Lise, in "Hånd i Hånd". Ditte graduated drama school from the School of Stage Arts, at Cantabile 2, a quite modern and physical theater school. She focused a lot on creating her own work, using both body, movement, voice, and music. She has studied the Meisner technique in various places, e.g. Los Angeles, and has since moved towards more psychological and classical acting. Ditte is an actress with a versatile set of skills. Growing up she was surrounded by music and performing - Her father graduated from the Royal Danish Academy of Music on the classical guitar, and the whole family played lots of different instruments; Ditte has many skills including playing the piano, guitar, ukulele, and all brasswind instruments from trumpet to tuba and, of course, singing. Apart from that she also has skills in Argentine tango and improvisation, both of which she has studied and trained steadily for the past 10 years. In 2007 Ditte started her own award-winning theater company with a colleague, "Teater Fantast" which still runs today, with annually more than 150 shows.