Iben Hjejle

Iben Hjejle (born March 22, 1971 Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Danish actress, notable for starring in the Stephen Frears film High Fidelity (2000).
She portrayed Ellen Andersen on The Rain.
== Biography ==
Hjejle was born in Copenhagen. She has starred in a series of Danish movies, including a Dogme 95 movie, and also in Danish-produced action films such as Old Men in New Cars. She also played the Swedish Queen Sofia Magdalena in SVT's successful period drama production of The Marriage of Gustav III in 2001.
Hjejle also appeared in the 1996 film Portland, Mifune's Last Song in 1999, The Emperor's New Clothes in 2002, and in Dreaming of Julia and Flickering Lights in 2003. For her performance in Mifune's Last Song, she won an Honourable Mention at the 49th Berlin International Film Festival.Berlinale: 1999 Prize Winners It was also at the same festival that she was discovered by Stephen Frears, who offered her a part in High Fidelity. In 2008 he offered her a part in Chéri, in a cameo as Marie Laure. Her involvement was a part of a minor international comeback.Iben Hjejle filmer med Bond og Pfeiffer (Hjele films with Bond and Pfeiffer) Additionally, the same year she worked on Defiance with Daniel Craig and in 2009 she filmed The Eclipse, which received a limited theatrical release in 2010.
Iben Hjejle was a part of the Danish popular television series Anna Pihl until its ending in April 2008, after three seasons. In 2012, she was cast as the lead in the crime-show DicteIben Hjejle gets lead in new crime-show on TV2 The show debuted in early 2013, while reviews were mixed, Hjejle received good reviews for her performance.Critics: Hjejle is lovely, but "Dicte" is provincial and lukewarm
She had a part in Lars von Trier's Direktøren for det hele (2006, also known as The Boss of It All).
== Filmography ==
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1996	Portland 	Eva 	
1999	Mifune's Last Song 	Liva Psilander 	
2000	High Fidelity 	Laura 	
2000	Flickering Lights 	Therese 	
2001	The Emperor's New Clothes 	Nicole 'Pumpkin' Truchaut	
2001	Gustav III:s äktenskap (aka The Marriage of Gustav III)	Queen Sofia Magdalena 	TV Series
2002	Langt fra Las Vegas 	Liva 	TV-series. Appeared in four season (2002–2003).
2002	Old Men in New Cars 	Mille 	
2003	Skagerrak 	Marie 	Reunited with Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, who directed her in Mifune
2003	Dreaming of Julia (aka Cuban Blood/Cuba Libre) (2003) 	Julia 	
2004	Monsterthursday 	Sara 	
2005	Klovn 	Iben 	(TV-series) (2005–2009)
2006	Direktøren for det Hele (aka The Boss of It All) 	Lise 	The first of her movies to be released theatrically in the US since The Emperor's New Clothes
2006	Anna Pihl 	Mikala Hansen 	(TV-series) (2006–2008)
2007	Boy Meets Girl 	Kathrine Poulsen 	
2008	Defiance 	Bella 	To date the only movie she has starred in, that has been nominated for an Academy Award.
2009	Chéri 	Marie Laurie 	Second collaboration with Stephen Frears
2009	The Eclipse 	Lena Morrell 	
2010	Wallander 	Kim Kristensen 	The Ghost (Vålnaden) Season 2 Episode 10
2010	Klown 	Iben 	Released theatrically in the US in 2012
2011	Rosa Morena 	Christine 	
2011	Stockholm East 	Anna 	
2011	Dag 	Juanita 	(TV series) (2011-2013)
2012	Fuck up 	Malin 	
2013	Dicte 	Dicte 	(TV series) (2013-2016)
2013	Eskil & trinidad 	Mette 	
2013	Alle barn er laget av ild 	 	
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