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.
as Frederikke (1934)
as Fortæller(7 eps)
as Sig selv(1 ep)
as Medvirkende i indslag
as Sig selv(3 eps)
as Sig selv
as Stone Troll (voice)
as Sig selv
as Sig selv(1 ep)
as Magnhild(6 eps)
as Self / Rigmor Mortensen
as Sig selv(1 ep)
as Inge
as Sig selv(3 eps)
as Speaker(6 eps)
as Sig selv(1 ep)
as Sig selv(1 ep)
as Else
as Birthe Rasmussen
as Agnes
as Sig selv(1 ep)
as Sig selv(1 ep)
as Sig selv(1 ep)
as Lily
as Woman in the cave
as Esther
as Fru Gottschalk(6 eps)
as Fru Sørensen
as Ghita Nørby(1 ep)
as Gerda
as Fatamorgana / The Old Lady
as Harriet
as Self
as Miss Fagerdal
as Ingrid Deleuran
as Fru Deinboll
as Virginia
as Sig selv(12 eps)
as Lilly
as Thea Nellemann(24 eps)
as Annelise
as Posedame
as Abby Brewster
as Bine
as Baronesse Gjerløv
as Anna (voice)
as Bibi(9 eps)
as Vrantegnie (stemme)(26 eps)
as Fru Nielsen
as Fru Kristensen
as Rigmor Mortensen
as Svigermor
as Johanne Luise Heiberg(4 eps)
as Marie Hamsun
as Hjördis
as Margrethe Sprænghest(2 eps)
as Rigmor Mortensen
as Rigmor Mortensen(13 eps)
as Jan's mother
as Frederikke
as Karin Åkerblom
as Karin Åkerblom(4 eps)
as Rosha Cohen
as Ruth
as Flora Nymann
as Regitze
as Helene
as Henny
as Fortæller (stemme)
as Ida Molard
as Marianne Løve(1 ep)
as Johanne Louise Heiberg
as Ruth(13 eps)
as Helena, Sanna's Mother
as Ellen Worm, Claus' ex-kone
as Self(1 ep)
as Self - Best Actress winner(1 ep)
as Anna
as Sekretær
as Akademiker
as Bente
as Annemarie
as Sygeplejerske
as Ingeborg Skjern(24 eps)
as Helle, Steffens mor
as Madame Natasha
as Skuespilleren
as Louise
as Kirsten
as Ilse Brehmer
as Lisa
as Célimène
as Nora
as Elena
as Frida
as Eva
as Elisa
as Charlotte(1 ep)
as Embla
as Bodil Hansen
as Bitten Nielsen
as Britt
as Bodil Thorsen
as Caroline
as Adele
as Barbara Schönfelder
as Ung pige på gaden
as Vibeke
as Hanne Hansen
as Lena
as Hanne
as Eva
as Inger
as Lene Kristiansen
as Rikki
as Eva Hansen
as Ida Friis
as Edith Ibenholdt
as Marianne Borg
as Grethe Strand
as Frk. Birk
as Inger
as Irene Hagenfryd
as Tony
as Sabine
as Eva Thygesen
as Anne von Rosensteen
as Lis
as Laura Hornemann
as Marianne Birk
as Kate Halling
as Hanne
as Anne Marie Bøgelund
as Eva Lund
as Else
as Helle