Helle Ryslinge (born 10 January 1944) is a Danish director, screenwriter, playwright and actress.
Born in Copenhagen, Ryslinge started her career in the 1970s fringe theatre, writing and performing alongside Anne Marie Helger in the cabaret show Dameattraktioner.
[1][2] After having worked as an actress in several films and TV-shows, she served as a screenwriter in Koks i kulissen (1983), an adaptation of Dameattraktioner directed by Christian Braad Thomsen [da].
[1][2][3] She made her directorial debut three years later with the satirical comedy Flamberede hjerter, which was a critical and commercial success.
[1][3] Her last feature film, Halalabad Blues , had a troubled production and divided critics, leading the director to decide to leave filmmaking.