Biography: Rie Rasmussen

Rie Rasmussen (born February 14, 1978 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Danish fashion model, actress, film director, writer and photographer.

She was discovered at the age of fifteen while vacationing in New York.

Film career

Rasmussen got her big break in the film industry when she acted in Brian De Palma's erotic thriller Femme Fatale which starred her friend, former supermodel Rebecca Romijn, who got her the role. She also appears in Luc Besson's Angel-A. A former Victoria's Secret model, she directed two short films, one of which, Thinning the Herd, was selected to more than 20 film festivals around the world including the Cannes Film Festival.

Early in 2008 she was reported to be directing her first feature film, an as-yet-untitled drama about her adopted Vietnamese sister struggling to be accepted in Denmark. ^{As of December 2008, it is not clear if this project is still in development since it was more recently reported that Romance the Dark, a film directed by Rasmussen and set against the backdrop of the conflict in Kosovo and Mafia activity in Marseilles, was due for release in April 2009.}

Modeling career

She was launched onto the modeling scene at the Victoria's Secret Lingerie Fashion Show in 2001. She was also the face of Gucci under Tom Ford. On the catwalk, she likes to portray a character, saying it is very much like acting. Her vital statistics are 34-24-34, she is 5'10" ([1].78m), she has reddish brown hair and blue eyes. She is managed by [1] Management in New York.

She snorts when people describe her as a Victoria’s Secret model. “The only time I worked for Victoria’s Secret is because I, like everybody else, wanted to fuck a supermodel. And I did! And that was enough, for that one specific reason.”

Filmography

• Romance the Dark ^{aka Human Zoo (2009) director}
• Angel-A (2005) actress
• Il Vestito (2004) actress, writer, director
• Thinning the Herd (2004) actress, writer, director
• Nobody Needs to Know (2003) associate producer
• Femme Fatale (2002) actress

References

1. "Keeping it on" New York Post, retrieved 11 January 2008
2. http://cineuropa.org/newsdetail.aspx?lang=en&documentID=83954
3. http://www.cinemovies.fr/fiche_film.php?IDfilm=17367
4. Rie Rasmussen: The Good, the Bad, the Gorgeous, New York Observer, Sara Vilkomerson, May 22, 2007, retrieved September 19, 2008
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