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• Spent part of her childhood in Africa while her parents did volunteer work.
• Moved to Paris at age 18 to study acting, including spending some time at a school for miming.
• Worked in the theatre upon returning to Denmark before making her film debut in the mostly-improvised Let's Get Lost (1997).
• Played the lead in a pilot production of Dogville (from Danish director Lars von Trier), to make sure the staging of the film would work; Nicole Kidman eventually played the role in the feature film.
• Was nominated for an International Emmy Award for her work on Bergen.