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    Everything to Know About the Danish Undercover Thriller The Asset

    Diamonds and discernment are a girl’s best friend.

    By Krutika Mallikarjuna
    Oct. 28, 2025

When a washed-out police cadet gets one last chance at joining the force, she throws everything she has into a risky undercover operation. Posing as a luxury jeweler, she befriends the seemingly shallow and materialistic girlfriend of Denmark’s biggest cocaine dealer in order to gather information on his national operation. After witnessing the danger her unwitting informant and her informant’s daughter are in, the cadet risks her mission — and her future as an officer — to help her vulnerable new friend.

The Asset is a Danish series starring Clara Dessau and Maria Cordsen, alongside Nicolas Bro and Afshin Firouzi. The drama was directed by Samanou Acheche Sahlstrøm (Carmen Curlers) and Kasper Barfoed (The Chestnut Man, The Nurse) and written by Frederik Ringtved (Hooligan), Adam August (Lover) & Sahlstrøm.

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When will The Asset be released?

Stream it now.

Where can I find the trailer for The Asset?

Check it out at the top of this page. 

Soheil Bavi as Yasin and Clara Dessau as Tea Lind examine diamonds in ‘The Asset.’

Who’s in the cast of The Asset?

  • Clara Dessau (Baby Fever) as Tea Lind
  • Maria Cordsen (Fredløs) as Ashley
  • Afshin Firouzi (Boundless) as Miran
  • Nicolas Bro (War Horse) as Folke
  • Arian Kashef (The Chestnut Man) as Bambi
  • Soheil Bavi (Happiness) as Yasin
Afshin Firouzi as Miran and Maria Cordsen as Ashley in ‘The Asset.’

What happens in The Asset?

Tea Lind (Dessau) seems like a normal cadet in training at the police intelligence agency — Politiets Efterretningstjeneste, or PET. She’s reserved, pushes hard in training, and mostly keeps to herself. And that’s because Tea has her eyes on the prize: to fight the drug empires that caused the substance abuse surrounding her childhood. But Tea’s dreams all come crashing down when she’s unceremoniously bounced from the cadet program with no warning or explanation. She’s wondering if this is what rock bottom feels like when she’s approached by the mysterious Folke (Bro), director of the undercover division at PET. He has an incredibly dangerous mission for Tea, one that comes with the promise of a job with PET if she succeeds. All Tea has to do is become Sara Linneman, a luxury jeweler, so she can get close to Ashley (Cordsen), girlfriend of Denmark’s most powerful cocaine dealer, Miran (Firouzi). 

Tea jumps at the chance, confident that her uncanny ability to discern people’s hidden motivations will help her shine — despite her lack of undercover training. When Tea (as her undercover persona Sara) and Ashley finally meet, Tea stuns Folke and her surveillance team by going off book in a mean-girl tête-à-tête that reels Ashley in immediately. Unable to pass up the chance to show off her true wealth to a jeweler, Ashley books an appointment at Sara’s store the next day. During the appointment, Sara slowly earns Ashley’s trust, while warming up to the woman’s daughter. But what seems like a slam dunk for Tea is just the beginning of a complicated mission — little does she know that Ashley’s boyfriend, Miran, is quickly losing control of his empire thanks to the violent mistakes of his younger brother, Bambi (Kashef). The fallout from this will leave no one untouched. 

Clara Dessau as Sara/Tea waiting in a police interrogation room in ‘The Asset.’

Is The Asset based on a book?

No, The Asset is not based on a book.

Is The Asset based on a true story?

No, The Asset is not based on a true story.

Where does The Asset take place?

The Asset takes place in Denmark.

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