Iben Hjejle
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Iben Hjejle is a Danish
actress, notable for starring in the John Cusack
film High Fidelity
(2000). In Denmark, she is perhaps best known for appearing in the Danish television
sitcom
Langt fra Las Vegas
(Far from Las Vegas) and playing the girlfriend of Danish comedian Casper Christensen
, her real life boyfriend. She also plays Christensen's girlfriend in the sitcom Klovn
(Clown).
Hjejle was born in Copenhagen
. She has starred in a series of Danish movies, including a Dogme movie, and also in Danish-produced action movies such as Gamle mænd i nye biler (Old Men in New Cars
). She also played the Swedish Queen Sofia Magdalena
in SVT's
successful period drama production of Gustav III:s äktenskap (The Marriage of Gustav III
) in 2001.
Hjejle also appeared in the 1997 film Portland, in Mifune's Last Song
in 2000, The Emperor's New Clothes in 2002, and in Dreaming of Julia
and Flickering Lights
in 2003.
Iben Hjejle was a part of the Danish popular television series Anna Pihl until its ending in April 2008, after 3 seasons. She had a part in Lars von Trier
's Direktøren for det hele (2006, also known as The Boss of It All
).
From 1996-1999 she was married to Emil de Waal. She has lived with Danish comedian Casper Christensen since 2002. She turned down the role of Eowyn
in Peter Jackson
's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy
because she didn't like the idea of being so far from home.
She has a son, William, with de Waal. He was born on November 3, 1998.
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
actress, notable for starring in the John Cusack
John Cusack
John Paul Cusack is an American film actor and screenwriter. He has appeared in more than 50 films, including The Journey of Natty Gann, Say Anything..., Grosse Point Blank, The Thin Red Line, Stand by Me, Con Air, Being John Malkovich, High Fidelity, Serendipity, Runaway Jury, The Ice Harvest,...
film High Fidelity
High Fidelity (film)
High Fidelity is a 2000 American comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Frears and starring John Cusack and the Danish actress Iben Hjejle. The film is based on the 1995 British novel of the same name by Nick Hornby, with the setting moved from London to Chicago and the name of the lead character...
(2000). In Denmark, she is perhaps best known for appearing in the Danish television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
sitcom
Situation comedy
A situation comedy, often shortened to sitcom, is a genre of comedy that features characters sharing the same common environment, such as a home or workplace, accompanied with jokes as part of the dialogue...
Langt fra Las Vegas
Langt fra Las Vegas
Langt fra Las Vegas is a Danish sit-com, which was first aired on the Danish TV channel TV2 Zulu. It revolved around life at a newly started TV morning show, Jump Start, and focused on the life of the main character, Casper .Langt fra Las Vegas consisted of 53 episodes, aired over 5 seasons with...
(Far from Las Vegas) and playing the girlfriend of Danish comedian Casper Christensen
Casper Christensen
Casper Lindholm Christensen is a Danish comedian. He has hosted many shows including Casper & Mandrilaftalen, the Danish airing of Shooting Stars and Don't Forget Your Toothbrush , and the Danish version of Deal or No Deal...
, her real life boyfriend. She also plays Christensen's girlfriend in the sitcom Klovn
Klovn
Klovn is a Danish sitcom, which first aired on the Danish TV channel TV2 Zulu. It focuses on the life of the main character Frank and Casper...
(Clown).
Hjejle was born in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
. She has starred in a series of Danish movies, including a Dogme movie, and also in Danish-produced action movies such as Gamle mænd i nye biler (Old Men in New Cars
Old Men in New Cars
Old Men in New Cars , is a Danish action comedy film directed by Lasse Spang Olsen. The movie stars Kim Bodnia, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, and Tomas Villum Jensen. It is a prequel to Olsen's 1999 comedy In China They Eat Dogs.-Synopsis:...
). She also played the Swedish Queen Sofia Magdalena
Sophia Magdalena of Denmark
Sofia Magdalena of Denmark and Norway was a Queen consort of Sweden as the spouse of Gustav III of Sweden....
in SVT's
Sveriges Television
Sveriges Television AB , Sweden's Television, is a national television broadcaster based in Sweden, funded by a compulsory fee to be paid by all television owners...
successful period drama production of Gustav III:s äktenskap (The Marriage of Gustav III
Gustav III of Sweden
Gustav III was King of Sweden from 1771 until his death. He was the eldest son of King Adolph Frederick and Queen Louise Ulrica of Sweden, she a sister of Frederick the Great of Prussia....
) in 2001.
Hjejle also appeared in the 1997 film Portland, in Mifune's Last Song
Mifune's Last Song
Mifune's Last Song , 1999, is the third film to be made according to the "Dogme 95" group rules. It was directed by Søren Kragh-Jacobsen. The film was a great success in Denmark and an international blockbuster, ranked among the ten best-selling Danish films worldwide.It was produced by Nimbus...
in 2000, The Emperor's New Clothes in 2002, and in Dreaming of Julia
Dreaming of Julia
Dreaming of Julia is a 2003 film directed by Juan Gerard. The debut film by the director, the story is based on Gerard's childhood life in Cuba...
and Flickering Lights
Flickering Lights
Flickering Lights is a 2000 Danish action-comedy directed by Anders Thomas Jensen.-Plot:Four small-time gangsters from Copenhagen trick a gangster boss: they steal over 4,000,000 Danish kroner which they were supposed to bring him...
in 2003.
Iben Hjejle was a part of the Danish popular television series Anna Pihl until its ending in April 2008, after 3 seasons. She had a part in Lars von Trier
Lars von Trier
Lars von Trier is a Danish film director and screenwriter. He is closely associated with the Dogme 95 collective, although his own films have taken a variety of different approaches, and have frequently received strongly divided critical opinion....
's Direktøren for det hele (2006, also known as The Boss of It All
The Boss of It All
The Boss of it All is a 2006 Danish comedy film written and directed by Lars von Trier.-Plot:The owner of an IT company wishes to sell it. But, for years, he has pretended that the real boss lives in America and communicates with the staff only by e-mail. That way, all the unpopular decisions...
).
From 1996-1999 she was married to Emil de Waal. She has lived with Danish comedian Casper Christensen since 2002. She turned down the role of Eowyn
Éowyn
Éowyn is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, who appears in his most famous work, The Lord of the Rings. She is a noblewoman of Rohan who describes herself as a "shieldmaiden".-Literature:...
in Peter Jackson
Peter Jackson
Sir Peter Robert Jackson, KNZM is a New Zealand film director, producer, actor, and screenwriter, known for his The Lord of the Rings film trilogy , adapted from the novel by J. R. R...
's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy
The Lord of the Rings film trilogy
The Lord of the Rings is an epic film trilogy consisting of three fantasy adventure films based on the three-volume book of the same name by English author J. R. R. Tolkien. The films are The Fellowship of the Ring , The Two Towers and The Return of the King .The films were directed by Peter...
because she didn't like the idea of being so far from home.
She has a son, William, with de Waal. He was born on November 3, 1998.
Filmography
- Portland (1997)
- Mifune's Last SongMifune's Last SongMifune's Last Song , 1999, is the third film to be made according to the "Dogme 95" group rules. It was directed by Søren Kragh-Jacobsen. The film was a great success in Denmark and an international blockbuster, ranked among the ten best-selling Danish films worldwide.It was produced by Nimbus...
(1999) - High FidelityHigh Fidelity (film)High Fidelity is a 2000 American comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Frears and starring John Cusack and the Danish actress Iben Hjejle. The film is based on the 1995 British novel of the same name by Nick Hornby, with the setting moved from London to Chicago and the name of the lead character...
(2000) - Flickering LightsFlickering LightsFlickering Lights is a 2000 Danish action-comedy directed by Anders Thomas Jensen.-Plot:Four small-time gangsters from Copenhagen trick a gangster boss: they steal over 4,000,000 Danish kroner which they were supposed to bring him...
(2000) - The Emperor's New Clothes (2001)
- Gustav III:s äktenskap (aka The Marriage of Gustav III) (2001)
- Old Men in New CarsOld Men in New CarsOld Men in New Cars , is a Danish action comedy film directed by Lasse Spang Olsen. The movie stars Kim Bodnia, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, and Tomas Villum Jensen. It is a prequel to Olsen's 1999 comedy In China They Eat Dogs.-Synopsis:...
(2002) - Skagerrak (2003)
- Dreaming of JuliaDreaming of JuliaDreaming of Julia is a 2003 film directed by Juan Gerard. The debut film by the director, the story is based on Gerard's childhood life in Cuba...
(aka Cuban Blood/Cuba Libre) (2003) - MonsterthursdayMonsterthursdayMonsterthursday was a 2004 motion picture release about a quirky love triangle between a surfer, his carpenter's best friend and the surfer's wife , who was previously married to the carpenter, Even ....
(2004) - Direktøren for det Hele (aka The Boss of It AllThe Boss of It AllThe Boss of it All is a 2006 Danish comedy film written and directed by Lars von Trier.-Plot:The owner of an IT company wishes to sell it. But, for years, he has pretended that the real boss lives in America and communicates with the staff only by e-mail. That way, all the unpopular decisions...
) (2006) - Anna PihlAnna PihlAnna Pihl is a Danish police drama produced by TV2. The series stars Charlotte Munck as the title character Anna Pihl, Peter Mygind, and Iben Hjejle as Mikala...
(TV-series) (2006-2008) - KlovnKlovnKlovn is a Danish sitcom, which first aired on the Danish TV channel TV2 Zulu. It focuses on the life of the main character Frank and Casper...
(TV-series) (2005-2009) - Boy Meets Girl (2007)
- DefianceDefiance (2008 film)Defiance is a 2008 World War II era film written, produced, and directed by Edward Zwick, set during the occupation of Belarus by Nazi Germany. The film is an account of the Bielski partisans, a group led by three Jewish brothers who saved and recruited Jews in Poland during the Second World War...
(2008) - CheriCheri (film)Chéri is a 2009 drama film directed by Stephen Frears. Starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Rupert Friend, it is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by French author Colette...
(2009) - The EclipseThe Eclipse (film)The Eclipse is a 2009 Irish supernatural drama film directed by Conor McPherson and stars Ciarán Hinds, Iben Hjejle and Aidan Quinn.-Premise:...
(2009)