Biography for
Rie Rasmussen (I) More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

14 February 1976, Copenhagen, Denmark

Height

5' 10" (1.78 m)

Mini Biography

Rie Rasmussen was born in Denmark in 1978 to an artist mother and an Economist father. She was raised in the Danish country in an extended family with nine brothers and sisters. She moved to New York at the age of 15 to paint and has continued to travel ever since. She lived in Huntington Beach California where she briefly attended film school as a director in 1998. While writing in Paris she was cast in Brian De Palmas "Femme Fatale". After her role in Brian De Palma's film she was picked by director Tom Ford as the exclusive worldwide face of Gucci. At the age of 24 she directed her first short film, "Thinning the Herd" which she also wrote and acted in. "Thinning the Herd" nominated for a Palme d'Or at the Cannes film festival 2004. She opened Taormina film festival with her second short film 'Il Vestito' which she also wrote and appeared in. Shot on location in Palermo, Sicily as a black and white homage to Italian Neo-realism. In 2005 she was cast as the lead in Luc Besson's "Angel-A" a French speaking black and white fairytale set in Paris. "Human Zoo" her first feature which she wrote, directed and produced was officially selected at last years Berlin Film Festival and was the opening night Panorama presentation.

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Trivia

Her future plans include directing movies as well as acting

She has nine brothers and sisters

Is attending film school to become a director.

Speaks French

Has strong roots with Brazil - she very frequently visits Rio de Janeiro, where she promoted her film Human Zoo at the "Festival do Rio" in 2009, but also pays visit to the Gracie family academies in Rio, due to the fact that she practices Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and has spoken very kindly about this type of martial arts.

Personal Quotes

I spent two months on the set with Brian De Palma. I watched everything. Even then I didn't have any scenes I'd hang around just to be able to breathe the air. I loved acting and performing. I desired to make the most of the experience. It was amazing.

Well you see, movies are our generation's folklore. It's our pop culture, our reference point. I don't want it to sound arrogant but I felt that my passion and love for the movies gave me enough guidance as to how I would present a character by mixing elements of different actresses and performances that inspired me. It's actresses like Sigourney Weaver who was so strong and amazing in Alien and at the same time so feminine and fragile in something like The Year Of Living Dangerously. It's Faye Dunaway, who is so completely a woman in her films. Her eyes are so...she has very sorrowful eyes. The things you learn from her face in Chinatown!