Nørby was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, the daughter of opera singer Einar Nørby. She studied two years at the Danish Royal Theatre. She has received a number of awards and recognitions including the Ingenio et Arti medal in 2006. At the 27th Guldbagge Awards she was nominated for the award for Best Actress for her role in Freud's Leaving Home.
She has been married a number of times. First in 1956 to architect Mogens Garth-Grüner, and then to actor Henrik Wiehe. She met her next husband, Italian pop singer/actor Dario Campeotto, on the set of a film they were shooting in 1962. They were married in 1963, and had a son, actor Giacomo Campeotto, in 1964. They were divorced in 1969. She married a fourth time to actor Jørgen Reenberg in April 1970. She is currently married to pianist/composer, Svend Skipper.
Known For
Babette's Feast
(1987)
Narrator (voice)
Help! I'm a Fish
(2000)
Anna (voice)
The Kingdom
(1994)
Rigmor Mortensen
Toscana
(2022)
Inge
Silent Heart
(2014)
Esther
Jauja
(2014)
Woman in the cave
The Best Intentions
(1992)
Karin Åkerblom
The Kingdom II
(1997)
Rigmor Mortensen
The Inheritance
(2003)
Annelise
Before the Frost
(2019)
Agnes
Everlasting Moments
(2008)
Miss Fagerdal
Full Filmography
Acting
The Young Have No Time
(1956)
Helle
Jul i Skovridergaarden
(1957)
Eva Lund
Sin Alley
(1957)
Else
Styrmand Karlsen
(1958)
Anne Marie Bøgelund
Vagabonderne paa Bakkegaarden
(1958)
Hanne
Det lille hotel
(1958)
Charles' Aunt
(1959)
Laura Hornemann
3 må man være
(1959)
Kate Halling
De sjove aar
(1959)
Marianne Birk
A Hullaballoo at the Castle
(1959)
Baronessen fra benzintanken
(1960)
Anne von Rosensteen
Frihedens pris
(1960)
Lis
Sømand i knibe
(1960)
Eva Thygesen
Flemming and Kvik
(1960)
Min kone fra Paris
(1961)
Irene Hagenfryd
Den grønne elevator
(1961)
Peter's baby
(1961)
Tony
Flemming på kostskole
(1961)
Frk. Birk
The Musketeers
(1961)
Landsbylægen
(1961)
Grethe Strand
Han, hun, Dirch og Dario
(1962)
Marianne Borg
Den kære familie
(1962)
Ida Friis
Crazy Paradise
(1962)
Edith Ibenholdt
Oskar
(1962)
Eva Hansen
Rikki og mændene
(1962)
Rikki
The Girl and the Press Photographer
(1963)
Lene Kristiansen
Three Girls in Paris
(1963)
Hanne
Dronningens vagtmester
(1963)
Hvis lille pige er du?
(1963)
Eva
Sextet
(1963)
Majorens oppasser
(1964)
It's Nifty in the Navy
(1965)
Hanne Hansen
The Girl and the Playboy
(1965)
Ung pige på gaden
Erik Soya's 17
(1965)
Vibeke
Flagermusen
(1966)
Adele
Nu stiger den
(1966)
Caroline
Ich suche einen Mann
(1966)
Barbara Schönfelder
Love Thy Neighbour
(1967)
Britt
Life with Daddy
(1967)
Bitten Nielsen
Wife on vacation
(1967)
Bodil Thorsen
What a Pity About Daddy
(1968)
The Olsen Gang in a Fix
(1969)
Bodil Hansen
Ladies Man
(1969)
Amour
(1970)
Elisa
The Song of the Red Ruby
(1970)
Embla
Hooray for the Blue Hussars
(1970)
Frida
Værelset
(1970)
Eva
Our Home Is Our Castle
(1971)
Solens børn
(1972)
Elena
Et dukkehjem
(1974)
Nora
The Misanthrope
(1974)
Célimène
Bertram og Lisa
(1975)
Lisa
Only the Truth
(1975)
Ilse Brehmer
Good and Evil
(1975)
That Brief Summer
(1976)
Kirsten
Going for Broke
(1977)
Skuespilleren
Vandalism
(1977)
Watch Your Back, Professor!
(1977)
Madame Natasha
Louises hus
(1977)
Louise
Me and Charly
(1978)
Helle, Steffens mor
Kick Me in the Traditions!
(1979)
Sygeplejerske
Charly & Steffen
(1979)
It's a World Full of Children
(1980)
Annemarie
Kvindesind
(1980)
Bente
Undskyld vi er her
(1980)
Sekretær
Danmark er lukket
(1980)
Akademiker
Wolf Hour
(1981)
Anna
Your Money or Your Life
(1982)
Ellen Worm, Claus' ex-kone
Den ubetænksomme elsker
(1982)
Helena, Sanna's Mother
The Wolf at the Door
(1986)
Ida Molard
Babette's Feast
(1987)
Narrator (voice)
Hip Hip Hurrah!
(1987)
Henny
Katinka
(1988)
Helene
Memories of a Marriage
(1989)
Regitze
Walter and Carlo in America
(1989)
Flora Nymann
Aarhus by Night
(1989)
Smykketyven
(1990)
Ruth
Freud Leaving Home
(1991)
Rosha Cohen
The Best Intentions
(1992)
Karin Åkerblom
Sofie
(1992)
Frederikke
Family Matters
(1993)
Jan's mother
The Kingdom
(1994)
Rigmor Mortensen
Like It Never Was Before
(1995)
Hjördis
Hamsun
(1996)
Marie Hamsun
Credo
(1997)
Svigermor
The Kingdom II
(1997)
Rigmor Mortensen
The Honour of the House
(1999)
Fru Kristensen
A Place Nearby
(2000)
Fru Nielsen
Help! I'm a Fish
(2000)
Anna (voice)
Count Axel
(2001)
Baronesse Gjerløv
Shake It All About
(2001)
Bine
Kokken
(2002)
Posedame
The Inheritance
(2003)
Annelise
Four Weeks in June
(2005)
Lilly
Welcome to Verona
(2006)
Virginia
Spelar du ikväll?
(2006)
O'Horten
(2007)
Mrs. Thøgersen
What No One Knows
(2008)
Ingrid Deleuran
Everlasting Moments
(2008)
Miss Fagerdal
Ernst-Hugo
(2008)
Self
Original
(2009)
Harriet
The Christmas Party
(2009)
Gerda
The Wild Swans
(2009)
Fatamorgana / The Old Lady
God, Smell and Her
(2009)
People in the Sun
(2011)
Fru Sørensen
Silent Heart
(2014)
Esther
Jauja
(2014)
Woman in the cave
Key House Mirror
(2015)
Lily
Historien om Olsen Banden
(2015)
Before the Frost
(2019)
Agnes
Resin
(2019)
Else
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
(2019)
Birthe Rasmussen
Toscana
(2022)
Inge
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
(2022)
Self / Rigmor Mortensen
Ghitas hemmeligheder
(2022)
Sig selv
Rosa and the Stone Troll
(2023)
Stone Troll
Directing