Eline Heger

Eline (Ellen Marie) Heger, née Schmidt (13 December 1774 in Copenhagen – 6 June 1842 in Tårbæk), was a Danish stage actress.

Her mother washed clothes for a living, and placed her a student in the ballet school of the Royal Danish Theatre in 1789.

Among her admirers were Knud Lyne Rahbek and Henrich Steffen.

Adam Oehlenschläger is considered to have used her as a role model for the Nordic heroine in his tragedies, and it is for her interpretations of his plays that she is most known.

Married to the actor Stephan Heger in 1797, she was the mother of Elise Holst, who replaced her in the same parts she used to play at the theatre after her retirement.