She partially grew up in Tromsø where her father worked at Hålogaland Teater, before moving back to Oslo.
As a school child, she often visited her parents while they worked in Fjernsynsteatret, and her own goal of becoming an actress gradually formed.
She was mainly a stage actress, working at Nationaltheatret, with various TV roles including the series Dag.
[1] In 2011 she was cast for the new series Helt perfekt [no], a Norwegian knockoff of Klovn where she would play the wife of Thomas Giertsen.
Ine Jansen immediately won a Gullruten award in 2012 for best actress.