Rie Rasmussen is a Danish actress, film director, writer, and photographer. She was discovered at the age of fifteen while on holiday in New York. After attending film school as a writer-director, Rasmussen made her breakthrough in the film industry when she acted in Brian De Palma’s erotic thriller Femme Fatale, which starred former supermodel Rebecca Romijn. Rasmussen was given the role after the director was impressed by short stories she had written about her life experiences.