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.

Фільмографія

• 2027The Closed Book — Frederikke (1934)
• 2026Dirch - Danmarks Store Komiker
• Insider — Sig selv
• Manden i Hullet — Fortæller
• 2025Ørkenens Sønner: Fingeren på pølsen — Medvirkende i indslag
• Danske tv-seriers bedste — Sig selv
• 2023Rosa and the Stone Troll — Stone Troll (voice)
• 2023Året der gik- 2023 — Sig selv
• Berømte måltider — Sig selv
• Dansk films bedste — Sig selv
• Dronning i 50 år — Sig selv
• 2022Ghitas hemmeligheder — Sig selv
• Mary 50 år - vi fejrer Danmarks kronprinsesse — Sig selv
• 2022Toscana — Inge
• Vilde stemmer — Speaker
• Різдвяна буря — Magnhild
• Deja-vu med Frøkjær — Sig selv
• 2019Before the Frost — Agnes
• 2019Between a Rock and a Hard Place — Birthe Rasmussen
• 2019Resin — Else
• Meyerheim & stjernerne — Sig selv
• Tæt på sandheden — Sig selv
• Chili Klaus indtager norden — Sig selv
• 2015Historien om Olsen Banden
• 2015Key House Mirror — Lily
• 2014Jauja — Woman in the cave
• 2014Silent Heart — Esther
• Carmen & Colombo — Fru Gottschalk
• 2011Fra "Harlekin" til "Krøniken": 60 års TV-drama — Sig selv
• 2011People in the Sun — Fru Sørensen
• ZULU Comedy Galla — Ghita Nørby
• 2009God, Smell and Her
• 2009Original — Harriet
• 2009The Christmas Party — Gerda
• 2009The Wild Swans — Fatamorgana / The Old Lady, Director
• 2008Everlasting Moments — Miss Fagerdal
• 2008What No One Knows — Ingrid Deleuran
• 2007O'Horten — Fru Deinboll
• 2006Spelar du ikväll?
• Spørg Charlie — Sig selv
• 2006Welcome to Verona — Virginia
• 2005Four Weeks in June — Lilly
• 2005Skide godt, Balling!
• The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey — Thea Nellemann
• 2003The Inheritance — Annelise
• 2002Arsenik og gamle kniplinger — Abby Brewster
• 2002Kokken — Posedame
• 2001Count Axel — Baronesse Gjerløv
• 2001Shake It All About — Bine
• 2000A Place Nearby — Fru Nielsen
• 2000Help! I'm a Fish — Anna (voice)
• Troll Tales — Vrantegnie (stemme)
• Спецпідрозділ — Bibi
• 1999The Honour of the House — Fru Kristensen
• 1998The Kingdom II — Rigmor Mortensen
• 1997Credo — Svigermor
• Bryggeren — Johanne Luise Heiberg
• 1996Hamsun — Marie Hamsun
• 1995Like It Never Was Before — Hjördis
• Pyrus: The Greatest Christmas — Margrethe Sprænghest
• 1994The Kingdom — Rigmor Mortensen
• The Kingdom — Rigmor Mortensen
• 1993Family Matters — Jan's mother
• 1992Sofie — Frederikke
• 1992The Best Intentions — Karin Åkerblom
• 1991Freud Leaving Home — Rosha Cohen
• The Best Intentions — Karin Åkerblom
• 1990Smykketyven — Ruth
• 1989Aarhus by Night
• 1989Memories of a Marriage — Regitze
• 1989Walter and Carlo in America — Flora Nymann
• 1988Katinka — Helene
• 1987Hip Hip Hurrah! — Henny
• 1987Бенкет Бабетти — Fortæller (stemme)
• 1986The Wolf at the Door — Ida Molard
• 1985Fra regnormenes liv — Johanne Louise Heiberg
• Mor er major — Marianne Løve
• Ude på noget — Ruth
• 1982Den ubetænksomme elsker — Helena, Sanna's Mother
• 1982Your Money or Your Life — Ellen Worm, Claus' ex-kone
• 1981Helligtrekongersaften
• 1981Wolf Hour — Anna
• 1980Danmark er lukket — Akademiker
• 1980It's a World Full of Children — Annemarie
• 1980Kvindesind — Bente
• 1980Undskyld vi er her — Sekretær
• 1979Charly & Steffen
• 1979Kick Me in the Traditions! — Sygeplejerske
• Matador — Ingeborg Skjern
• 1978Me and Charly — Helle, Steffens mor
• 1977Going for Broke — Skuespilleren
• 1977Louises hus — Louise
• 1977Tre Søstre
• 1977Vandalism
• 1977Watch Your Back, Professor! — Madame Natasha
• 1976That Brief Summer — Kirsten
• 1975Bertram og Lisa — Lisa
• 1975Good and Evil
• 1975Only the Truth — Ilse Brehmer
• 1974Et dukkehjem — Nora
• 1974The Misanthrope — Célimène
• 1972Solens børn — Elena
• 1971Our Home Is Our Castle
• 1970Amour — Elisa
• 1970Hooray for the Blue Hussars — Frida
• The House at Christianshavn — Charlotte
• 1970The Song of the Red Ruby — Embla
• 1970Værelset — Eva
• 1969Ladies Man
• 1969The Olsen Gang in a Fix — Bodil Hansen
• 1968What a Pity About Daddy
• 1967Life with Daddy — Bitten Nielsen
• 1967Love Thy Neighbour — Britt
• 1967Wife on vacation — Bodil Thorsen
• 1966Flagermusen — Adele
• 1966Ich suche einen Mann — Barbara Schönfelder
• 1966Nu stiger den — Caroline
• 1965Erik Soya's 17 — Vibeke
• 1965It's Nifty in the Navy — Hanne Hansen
• 1965The Girl and the Playboy — Ung pige på gaden
• 1964The Major's Guard
• 1963Hvis lille pige er du? — Eva
• 1963Sextet — Lena
• 1963The Girl and the Press Photographer — Lene Kristiansen
• 1963The Queen's Guardsman — Inger
• 1963Three Girls in Paris — Hanne
• 1962Crazy Paradise — Edith Ibenholdt
• 1962Den kære familie — Ida Friis
• 1962Han, hun, Dirch og Dario — Marianne Borg
• 1962Oskar — Eva Hansen
• 1962Rikki og mændene — Rikki
• 1961Den grønne elevator
• 1961Flemming på kostskole — Frk. Birk
• 1961Landsbylægen — Grethe Strand
• 1961Min kone fra Paris — Irene Hagenfryd
• 1961Peter's baby — Tony
• 1961The Musketeers — Inger
• 1960Baronessen fra benzintanken — Anne von Rosensteen
• 1960Flemming and Kvik
• 1960Frihedens pris — Lis
• 1960Sandhedens hævn — Sabine
• 1960Sømand i knibe — Eva Thygesen
• 19593 må man være — Kate Halling
• 1959A Hullaballoo at the Castle
• 1959Charley's Aunt — Laura Hornemann
• 1959De sjove aar — Marianne Birk
• 1958Det lille hotel
• 1958Styrmand Karlsen — Anne Marie Bøgelund
• 1958Vagabonderne paa Bakkegaarden — Hanne
• 1957Jul i Skovridergaarden — Eva Lund
• 1957Sin Alley — Else
• 1956The Young Have No Time — Helle

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (3)

• 2022Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus — Self / Rigmor Mortensen
• 2008Ernst-Hugo — Self
• The Guldbagge Awards — Self, Self - Best Actress winner