She has received a
Shooting Star Award at the 2006
Berlin International Film Festival. She has had roles in several Danish films and television series, including the leading role in
Per Fly's 2005 film
Manslaughter, for which she received the Shooting Star Award. The film also received the
Nordic Council Film Prize and multiple awards at the 2006
Bodil Awards. In
Manslaughter, she portrays a young left-wing activist involved in an affair with her former teacher, portrayed by
Jesper Christensen. In ''
(2005), she plays opposite Hanna Schygulla. She has appeared in Emmy winning Danish TV series such as Unit One
, Taxa
, Ørnen
, and Nikolaj og Julie''. She attended the
Danish National School of Theatre from 2000 to 2004. She is the daughter of actor
Joen Bille and art historian
Bente Scavenius, and is a member of the ancient noble
Bille family. Her grandmother is novelist
Irene Ibsen Bille, a daughter of the Norwegian Prime Minister
Sigurd Ibsen and granddaughter of
Henrik Ibsen and
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. She is also a descendant of
Tycho Brahe, whose mother was also named
Beate Bille. == Filmography ==