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.
Movies
Going for Broke
Skuespilleren
Charles' Aunt
Laura Hornemann
Min kone fra Paris
Irene Hagenfryd
Babette's Feast
Narrator (voice)
Original
Harriet
The Olsen Gang in a Fix
Bodil Hansen
It's Nifty in the Navy
Hanne Hansen
Count Axel
Baronesse Gjerløv
The Girl and the Playboy
Ung pige på gaden
The Best Intentions
Karin Åkerblom
Memories of a Marriage
Regitze
Shake It All About
Bine
The Inheritance
Annelise
What No One Knows
Ingrid Deleuran
Baronessen fra benzintanken
Anne von Rosensteen
The Christmas Party
Gerda
Walter and Carlo in America
Flora Nymann
Styrmand Karlsen
Anne Marie Bøgelund
Love Thy Neighbour
Britt
Den grønne elevator
What a Pity About Daddy
Like It Never Was Before
Hjördis
Jul i Skovridergaarden
Eva Lund
Life with Daddy
Bitten Nielsen
Han, hun, Dirch og Dario
Marianne Borg
The Girl and the Press Photographer
Lene Kristiansen
People in the Sun
Fru Sørensen
Wife on vacation
Bodil Thorsen
Vagabonderne paa Bakkegaarden
Hanne
Den kære familie
Ida Friis
Peter's baby
Tony
Wolf Hour
Anna
Me and Charly
Helle, Steffens mor
Hamsun
Marie Hamsun
Freud Leaving Home
Rosha Cohen
Hip Hip Hurrah!
Henny
Four Weeks in June
Lilly
It's a World Full of Children
Annemarie
Flemming på kostskole
Frk. Birk
Amour
Elisa
The Wild Swans
Fatamorgana / The Old Lady
The Wolf at the Door
Ida Molard
Family Matters
Jan's mother
Credo
Svigermor
Your Money or Your Life
Ellen Worm, Claus' ex-kone
Katinka
Helene
Crazy Paradise
Edith Ibenholdt
Kick Me in the Traditions!
Sygeplejerske
A Place Nearby
Fru Nielsen
Oskar
Eva Hansen
That Brief Summer
Kirsten
Bertram og Lisa
Lisa
O'Horten
Mrs. Thøgersen
Erik Soya's 17
Vibeke
The Song of the Red Ruby
Embla
Sin Alley
Else
The Young Have No Time
Helle
Silent Heart
Esther
Flagermusen
Adele
Nu stiger den
Caroline
Frihedens pris
Lis
3 må man være
Kate Halling
Key House Mirror
Lily
Sømand i knibe
Eva Thygesen
De sjove aar
Marianne Birk
Three Girls in Paris
Hanne
Den ubetænksomme elsker
Helena, Sanna's Mother
Dronningens vagtmester
Det lille hotel
Charly & Steffen
Flemming and Kvik
Majorens oppasser
Only the Truth
Ilse Brehmer
Kvindesind
Bente
Vandalism
Our Home Is Our Castle
The Musketeers
Hvis lille pige er du?
Eva
Aarhus by Night
Et dukkehjem
Nora
Ladies Man
A Hullaballoo at the Castle
Jauja
Woman in the cave
Watch Your Back, Professor!
Madame Natasha
Hooray for the Blue Hussars
Frida
Sextet
Sofie
Frederikke
Everlasting Moments
Miss Fagerdal
Ich suche einen Mann
Barbara Schönfelder
The Kingdom
Rigmor Mortensen
Historien om Olsen Banden
Undskyld vi er her
Sekretær
Rikki og mændene
Rikki
Danmark er lukket
Akademiker
Landsbylægen
Grethe Strand
Smykketyven
Ruth
Before the Frost
Agnes
The Misanthrope
Célimène
Welcome to Verona
Virginia
Resin
Else
Good and Evil
Ernst-Hugo
Self
Kokken
Posedame
Help! I'm a Fish
Anna (voice)
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Birthe Rasmussen
Louises hus
Louise
God, Smell and Her
Toscana
Inge
The Kingdom II
Rigmor Mortensen
The Honour of the House
Fru Kristensen
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
Self / Rigmor Mortensen
Ghitas hemmeligheder
Sig selv
Rosa and the Stone Troll
Stone Troll (voice)
Solens børn
Elena
Værelset
Eva
Spelar du ikväll?
Helligtrekongersaften
Shows
Matador
Ingeborg Skjern
The Kingdom
Rigmor Mortensen
Ude på noget
Ruth
The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey
Thea Nellemann
The Guldbagge Awards
Self
The Guldbagge Awards
Self - Best Actress winner
The Best Intentions
Karin Åkerblom
Meyerheim & stjernerne
Self
Chili Klaus indtager norden
Self
Bryggeren
Johanne Luise Heiberg
Vilde stemmer
Speaker
Dansk films bedste
Self
A Storm for Christmas
Magnhild
Deja-vu med Frøkjær