Janikke Kruse (June 16, 1975, Olso, Norway) is a voice actress and singer from Norway, known voicing Princess Jasmin in Aladdin, Nakoma in Pocahontas, Mulan in Mulan. Daughter of Professor and composer Bjørn Howard Kruse and Professor and author Gro Shetelig, sister of Anine and Benedikte Kruse known from the vocal group Pitsj, niece to Philip Antony Kruse and grand child of Colonel Erling Kruse, as well as teacher in music and piano Else Grieg Shetelig.
Kruse has played several main roles and some minor roles at different theaters in Norway, among them Reisen til Julestjernen, Hair (Det Norske Teatret), Fame, Annie get your gun (Riksteatret og Trøndelag Teater), Den syngende Frøken Detektiv (Oslo Nye Teater), Keisaren av Portugalia, Musical Musikal! (Det Norske Teatret), and Spellemann på taket (Fiddler on the roof) at Oslo Nye Teater with among others Dennis Storhøi and Alexander Rybak as co-acters. She was trained at Norwegian College Music in Oslo, and College Theater in Gothenburg. She has also contributed in different TV series and some motion pictures, as well as given voice to a series of well known cartoon characters in Norwegian version. Kruse has performed with many big orchestras and choirs around the world. She has also done some dubbing jobs.
In December 2001 she was one of the fictive participant Marthe in the Christmas calendar series Nissene på låven (TV Norge). She played a minor part in the TV series Det var en gang et eventyr on NRK1 2008, and did at the same period takes for a TV series by Nordisk Film of one of Unni Lindells books about Cato Isaksen. Here she played a main character as Police investigator Randi Johansen. In 2010 she played the character Merete in the comedy film A Somewhat Gentle Man, directed by Hans Petter Moland and with Stellan Skarsgård as Ulrik.
She is the sister of Anine Kruse and Benedikte Kruse.
| Year | Image | Character | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 
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Mulan | Det var en Gang et Filmstudio |
| 2022 | 
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Rey | LEGO Star Wars: Sommerferie |
| 2022 | 
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Tour Droid | LEGO Star Wars: Sommerferie |
| 2020 | 
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Rey | The LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special |
| 2018 | 
|
Sjasmin | Rive-Rolf Krasjer Internett |
| 1999-2011 | 
|
Wenche | Byggmester Bob |
| 1999-2011 | 
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Svimle | Byggmester Bob |
| 2006-2008 | 
|
Ben Tennyson | Ben 10 |
| 2004 | 
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Mulan | Mulan 2 |
| 2002 | 
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SJasmin | Mikkes magiske Jul: Innesnødd i Musehuset |
| 1999-2001 | 
|
Michelin "Mike" Mazinsky | Mike, Lu & Og |
| 1998 | 
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Mulan | Mulan |
| 1996 | 
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Quasimodos Mor | Ringeren i Notre Dame |
| 1995 | 
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Nakoma | Pocahontas |
| 1993 | 
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Jasmin | Aladdin |