Astrid Nielsen (Astrid et Raphaëlle)

Astrid Nielsen is a main character in the French-Belgian police series Astrid and Raphaëlle (French: Astrid et Raphaëlle).

Early life
She was late to learn to talk, and a child psychiatrist deemed that she'd never be able to live independently and suggested to her father she be institutionalised. He pushed back against this because she was making a lot of progress at home that the psychiatrist didn't see. Her father was a police officer, and she developed an interest in forensic science after accidentally stumbling upon one of his files. Her interest proved a great opportunity to get her to open up and further develop her speech.

Season 1
Astrid works as a documentalist for the French judicial police. She gets drawn into an investigation with the volatile police commander Raphaëlle Coste.

Appearance
Astrid is a 30-year-old woman. She has blond hair with bangs that she usually keeps tied up. She tends always wear the same kind of rather formal clothes, such as a blue sweater on top of a shirt.

Autism
Astrid is stated to be autistic by Alain Gaillard in the first episode. On the official website, she is also described as "autiste Asperger" (lit. "autistic Asperger's", a common French phrase for Asperger's syndrome).