- Her name is pronounced 'EE-behn YAY-leh'.
- Speaks fluent English.
- Was originally cast as the German woman Birgit in the Oscar winning The Constant Gardener (2005) and was signed on. When the film's German financiers discovered that a Dane had been cast as a German, they made sure a German actress, Anneke Kim Sarnau, was cast instead.
- Voiced both 'Angie' in Shark Tale (2004) and 'Vanessa Bloome' in Bee Movie (2007) in the Danish dubbed versions, Both roles where voiced by Renée Zellweger in the original English version.
- Biggest role model is Max von Sydow.
- Her role in The Escape (2009) was so physically demanding, that she chose to get her own personal trainer to get in shape for the role.
- Her surname is the Danish word for golden plover.
- Turned down a chance to audition for a role in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) because she didn't want to have to travel so much and leave her family behind in Denmark.
- Has worked on eight projects with Casper Christensen; Langt fra Las Vegas (2001), The Collector (2004), the Danish dubbed version of Shark Tale (2004), Klovn (2005), The Boss of It All (2006), Journey to Saturn (2008), Live fra Bremen (2009) and Klown (2010).
- 1999: Named as one of European films 'Shooting Stars' by European Film Promotion.
- Shares birthday with Lena Olin and Reese Witherspoon.
- Has a son named William from marriage to Emil de Waal.
- (2002-2011) Lived with Danish comedian Casper Christensen.
- She did not think the first season of Langt fra Las Vegas (2001) was particularly good, but she still took the role of 'Liva' in the second season, because she felt the character was interesting.
- Disliked shooting with the rifle she had to use for some scenes in Defiance (2008).
- Her icon is Charles Chaplin.
- Had filmed several scenes for The One and Only (1999), but neither of them did feature in the final movie.
- Dyed her hair black, for her role in Defiance (2008).
- Daughter in law of Lars Christensen.
- Paris, France: Filming her part in _Cheri (2009)_ with 'Michelle Pfieffer' and Kathy Bates. (May 2008)
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