Nukâka Coster-Waldau Biography
Nukâka Coster-Waldau is a Greenlandic actress, writer, and director.
She was born on February 23, 1971, in Nuuk, Greenland.
She is of Greenlandic and Danish descent. Her mother, Meta K. Christiansen, was a prominent Greenlandic actress, and her father is a Danish actor.
Coster-Waldau grew up in Nuuk and began acting at a young age.
She attended drama school in Denmark and later studied acting in New York.
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She has appeared in several films and television series, including the Danish film “Heart of Light” (1998), the Greenlandic film “Nuummioq” (2009), and the American television series “Game of Thrones” (2011-2019), in which she played a small role in one episode.
Coster-Waldau has also worked as a writer and director. She wrote and directed the short film “Inuk” (2002), which won several awards at international film festivals.
She has also written plays and worked as a theater director.
Coster-Waldau is an advocate for Greenlandic and Inuit culture and has been involved in various cultural projects.
She is also a supporter of environmental and social causes and has been involved in initiatives to promote sustainable development in Greenland.
She is married to Danish actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, whom she met while studying at drama school in Denmark. They have two children together and currently reside in Denmark.
Here are the movies that she has acted in:
- Tarratta Nunaanni (Inuk) (2001)
- The Island on Bird Street (1997)
- Nuummioq (2009)
- Anger Management (2003)
- Inuk (2010)
- Tears of the Sun (2003)
- Kautokeino Rebellion (2008)
- Qaqqat Alanngui (White Night) (2007)
- Inuk 2 (2014)
- Heartbound (2018)
How did Nikolaj meet Nukâka?
With both Nikolaj and Nukâka being entertainers, it’s no surprise that the pair met when they were working together! The couple first connected when they both were appearing in a 1997 radio play where their characters fell in love.
The pair got married the following year Nikolaj admitted that he was immediately smitten by the woman he eventually married, but she may have taken a little while to warm up to him.
“It was love at first sight — for me,” he told The New York Post in 2015. “Not for her. It took a while for her.”
In March 2022, Nukâka reflected on knowing her husband for 25 years in an emotional Instagram post. “25 years since we were in the same room for the first time, forced to sit side by side since there wasn’t any other seats left,” she wrote. “We have done alright my love, still side by side.”
The couple have two daughters
Nikolaj and Nukâka are also loving parents to two wonderful daughters: Safina, 19, and Fillippa, 22. Both daughters have followed in their parent’s footsteps and begun careers in acting.
Fillippa appeared in 2014 short The Girl and Her Dog as well as an episode of the 2022 series Aftenshowet, per IMDb.
Safina has already starred in a few different TV shows, including Theo & Den Magiske Talisman (2018), Det Forsvundne Ravkammer (2022), and Salsa (2022), per IMDb.
Nikolaj has wished both of his daughters happy birthdays on his Instagram in the past. When Safina turned 16, he wrote a sweet message for her.
“So happy and proud of the youngest member of our little family. Fun, sweet, smart, quirky, and independent,” he wrote.
He similarly penned a tribute for Fillippa for her 19th birthday. “19 years ago today @filippa_costerwaldau arrived and life as we knew it changed completely. For the better,” he wrote.
