Early life and career

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.

Later career

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. 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. Additionally, the same year she worked on Defiance next to 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 Dicte The show debuted in early 2013, while reviews were mixed, Hjejle received good reviews for her performance.

She had a part in Lars von Trier's Direktøren for det hele (2006, also known as The Boss of It All).

Personal life

From 1996-1999, she was married to Emil de Waal. She turned down the role of Éowyn in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy because she did not like the idea of being so far from home. In an episode of Langt fra Las Vegas, her character Liva ironically makes a joke about The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.

Filmography

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Portland	Eva
1999	Mifune's Last Song	Liva Psilander	Berlin International Film Festival - Honorable Mention Nominatated - Bodil Awards Best Actress Nominated - European Film Awards Best Actress The movie received limited theatrical release in the US
2000	High Fidelity	Laura	Nominated - Chicago Film Critics Association Awards Most promising actress
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	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) (2013-2014)
2013	Eskil & trinidad	Mette
2013	Alle barn er laget av ild

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