Iben Hjejle

Movie Actress

Birthday March 22, 1971

Birth Sign Aries

Birthplace Denmark

Age 53 years old

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About

Most well known to American audiences for starring opposite John Cusack in the popular 2000 movie High Fidelity, she is also famous in her native Denmark for her work in the situation comedies Langt Fra Las Vegas and Klovn.

Before Fame

At the start of her career, she portrayed Eva in the 1996 Danish crime movie Portland.

Trivia

For her performance in the 1999 film Mifune's Last Song, she was nominated for a European Film Award and a Berlin International Film Festival honor.

Family Life

She spent her youth in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her marriage to Emil de Waal lasted from 1996 to 1999 and produced a son named William.

Associated With

Once the real-life girlfriend of comedian Casper Christensen, she also played Christensen's on-screen love in two different Danish television shows.