Henriette Steenstrup

Henriette Steenstrup (born 29 September 1974) is a Norwegian actress, comedian and scriptwriter. Steenstrup was born in Oslo on 29 September 1974. She was married to actor Fridtjov Såheim from 2006 to 2016, and has two children with him. She married political scientist Rune Assmann in 2019. With a background as child actress for NRK, appearing in audio plays and in television shows such as the advent calendar Jul i Skomakergata, Halvsju and Kroppen, Steenstrup's first adult television commission was in 1996 co-hosting the children's show Kykelikokos. She attended Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York, and after graduating from Teaterhøgskolen in 2003, she was assigned to Nationaltheatret from 2004. Her breakthrough as scriptwriter was the TV show En god nummer to [no] for TV2 in 2008.