Liv Corfixen (born 13 January 1973) is a Danish actress and documentary filmmaker.

Early life

Corfixen is the daughter of cinematographer Teit Jørgensen and actress and editor Lizzie Corfixen. But in a French Interview her husband Nicolas Winding Refn claims she is the biological daughter of

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Career

Acting

Corfixen worked as an actress in

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, appearing in a small roles in

Susanne Bier Susanne Bier (; born 15 April 1960) is a Danish filmmaker. She is best known for her feature films '' Brothers'' (2004), '' After the Wedding'' (2006), ''In a Better World'' (2010), and '' Bird Box'' (2018), and the TV miniseries ''The Night Man ...

's '' The One and Only'' and her husband Nicolas Winding Refn's films '' Pusher'', '' Bleeder'', and ''

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''.

Directing

While Refn was filming ''

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'', Corfixen and their children moved to

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for 6 months to accompany him. While her husband was working and their daughters were in school, she began filming a behind-the-scenes look at Refn and his filmmaking process. The film was released as '' My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn'', which premiered at the 2014

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and Beyond Fest. Through it, she explores the relationship between her and her husband, who happens to be a movie director. The documentary has received positive reviews from both events.

Personal life

Corfixen is married to director Nicolas Winding Refn with whom she has two daughters. In 2006 she competed in '' Vild med dans'', the Danish edition of '' Dancing with the Stars''. She placed 8th with her professional partner, Mads Vad. In 2016 during a press conference at Cannes for his film ''

The Neon Demon ''The Neon Demon'' is a 2016 psychological horror film directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, co-written by Mary Laws, Polly Stenham, and Refn, and starring Elle Fanning. The plot follows an aspiring model in Los Angeles whose beauty and youth gener ...

'', Refn said that director

Lars von Trier Lars von Trier ('' né'' Trier; 30 April 1956) is a Danish filmmaker, actor, and lyricist. Having garnered a reputation as a highly ambitious, polarizing filmmaker, he has been the subject of several controversies: Cannes, in addition to nomina ...

had inappropriately propositioned Corfixen for sex. In 2019, at the

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, Refn claimed that

was Corfixen's biological father, in his speech following the screening of ''

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''.

References

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