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Sonja Richter

Sonja Richter

Actor · Born January 4, 1974 (52) · Esbjerg, Danmark

Sonja Richter was born on 4 January 1974 in Esbjerg, Denmark. She is an actress, known for The Homesman (2014), Department Q: The Keeper of Lost Causes (2013) and Cecilie (2007).

Biography from IMDb.

Born
January 4, 1974 (52)
From
Esbjerg, Danmark
Works as
Actor
Titles
23 on MovieCove · 52 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 8% in 30 days

What are Sonja Richter's films like?

Across their 17 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.

Genres

Drama8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 69th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Crime3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 57th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Horror2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 31st percentile
: browse their Horror movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
29%
Self
16%
Morality
15%
Bonds
15%
Society
11%
Power
9%
Ideas
5%
Trauma4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief3 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal2 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age2 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeOppression2 titles, browse their movies with this themeArt2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 17 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 2 · Serious 1 · Dark 14

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 13 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 5 · Intense 10

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 8 · Shifting 9 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 16 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 11 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 2 · Engaged 12 · Full focus 3

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 3 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 14

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 5 · Open-ended 7 · Ambiguous 5

Roles they play

7 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 3 of 7 analyzed roles.

Hero
3 of 7
Shadow
2 of 7
Mentor
2 of 7
Show the 7 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
14
Melancholic
13
Dread
8
Contemplative
6
Warm
3
Other
4

How their films linger

Thought-provoking10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 6 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet8
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous6

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Sonja Richter's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 19 of their 23 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (11).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Sonja Richter's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

52 credits, 23 with a MovieCove page.

  • Love Untamed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Actor

  • Dynastiet Mærsk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 3 episodes · as Chastine Mc-Kinney Møller

  • Festmachen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Show 5 episodes · as Kapitänin Silke Lundgren

  • Danske tv-seriers bedste (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Show 4 episodes · as Sig selv

  • Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever(2023)

    as Gunver

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Burn All My Letters(2022)

    as Amanda Schulman

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Loving Adults(2022)

    as Leonora

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Dansk films bedste (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 4 episodes · as Sig selv

  • Den Store Premiere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 6 episodes · Actor

  • Idioterne der startede Festen(2020)

    as Sig selv

  • The Day We Died(2020)

    as Janne

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • West of Liberty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 6 episodes · as Gabrielle Montand

  • Exit Plan(2019)

    as Alice Dinesen

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • The German Lesson(2019)

    as Gudrun Jepsen

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Wild Witch(2018)

    as Aunt Isa

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Tæt på sandheden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 1 episode · as Medvirkende i sketch

  • Becker - Kungen av Tingsryd (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Tanja

  • The Day Will Come (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 3 episodes · as Moren

  • All for Three (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Kim

  • The Day Will Come(2016)

    as Moren

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Bedrag(2016)

    Show 10 episodes · as Amanda Absalonsen

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Teenland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Nurse; Sygeplejerske

  • Gentlemen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Tove

  • When Animals Dream(2014)

    as Mother

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • The Homesman(2014)

    as Gro Svendsen

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • The Miracle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Johanna

  • Department Q: The Keeper of Lost Causes(2013)

    as Merete Lynggaard

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • The Last Sentence(2012)

    as Modern

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • The Bridge(2011)

    Show 3 episodes · as Lise · as Lise Friis Andersen

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Sons of Norway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Lone

  • Bad Faith (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Mona

  • The Woman Who Dreamed of a Man(2010)

    as Karen

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Svinedrengen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Actor

  • Deliver Us from Evil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Presenter

  • The Escape (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Sara Jargil

  • Selma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 2 episodes · as Marie Kröyer

  • What No One Knows (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Charlotte

  • Cecilie(2007)

    as Cecilie Larsen

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Performances (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 6 episodes · as Tanja

  • The Substitute (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Maria

  • The Killing(2007)

    Show 1 episode · as Marie Borch

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Little Lise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as The Mother

  • Lost and Found (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Nina

  • Ørnen(2004)

    Show 4 episodes · as Anna

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • Villa Paranoia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Anna

  • In Your Hands(2004)

    as Marion

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Defense (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 19 episodes · as Rebecca Neumann

  • Rembrandt(2002)

    as Trine

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Open Hearts(2002)

    as Cecilie

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Unit One(2000)

    Show 1 episode · as Aldona

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • Skjulte spor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 1 episode · as Mia

  • Zakka West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Charlotte Jensen

Career shape

Star power in the 97th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 52 titles, 51 of them dated from 2000 to 2026; peak year 2002.

Biggest box office

Department Q: The Keeper of Lost Causes (2013)

$14M worldwide

Highest rated

The Day Will Come (2016)

Midcredits 98th

Most popular right now

Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever (2023)

Film career

20002026

Peak 2002 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 5 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 2002Screen debut· Open Hearts
  • 2002First top-billed film· Open Hearts
  • 2016Career best· Follow the Money

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting52 of 52: 52 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score62nd

By decade

2000s19 · acting2010s21 · acting2020s11 · acting

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 12% of 17 roles
021217

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Sonja Richter's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 48th percentile, the median of the 17 of 18 with a score; across their 17 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 52nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

52ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 17

Approval · how many liked their films

48thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 17

Reach · how many have seen their films

72ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 17

Midcredits score across 22 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up7
  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th6
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

8 of their 22 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Crowd Pleaser8
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed6

Most divisive · actor

Wild Witch (2018)

51st percentile spread · 40% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Bridge (2011)

Midcredits 99th · 95% liked

Reviewers score the acting 75/100 in their films, across 14 reviewed titles; fans 82, detractors 47. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Sonja Richter's work okay for kids?

Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, alcohol & drugs and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore5 titles68–85 · median 69 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity6 titles31–61 · median 53 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 44 · moderateMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs5 titles40–52 · median 44 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense5 titles53–94 · median 74 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Sonja Richter work with?

People who share at least 2 of Sonja Richter's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Peter Aalbæk Jensen shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles