Gry Bay

Gry Wernberg Bay (born 15 August 1974) is a Danish actress and singer. Gry Bay is best known for her sexually provocative starring role in the feature film All About Anna (2005).[2]

Gry Bay
Born
Gry Wernberg Bay

(1974-08-15) 15 August 1974
Frederiksberg, Denmark
Partner(s)Jesper Bech Løkza
Children1 (daughter)[1]
Websitehttp://www.grybay.com/

Career

Gry Bay got her first breakthrough with a recurring part in the German RTL TV-series Dr. Monika Lindt - Kinderärztin, Geliebte, Mutter (1996), and afterwards appeared in the German TV-movie Hosenflattern (1998).

Back in Denmark, she got her first feature film starring roles in the hip hop comedy Slim Slam Slum a.k.a. Joystick Nation (2002), for which she also composed several of the songs, and in David Noel Bourke's sexy, psychological thriller Last Exit (2003).

She then made headlines by landing the title role in Zentropa's sexually explicit romantic comedy All About Anna (2005), co-produced by Lars von Trier, for which she won the Scandinavian Adult Award as Best-Selling Scandinavian Star of 2006.

At the 2005 Venice Film Festival, Gry Bay once more appeared nude in Pipilotti Rist's video installation Homo sapiens sapiens. She has since appeared in the feature films Betonhjerter (2005) and Grønne hjerter (2006).

In the 1990s, Gry Bay appeared in stage musicals such as West Side Story, Grease, Guys and Dolls, Crazy for You and Me And My Girl, and at Copenhagen's Nørrebros Teater she played the part of Brooke Ashton in Michael Frayn's comedy Noises Off.

She was lead singer in the band XPY, with the remaining members of Crispy following Mette's death.

Awards and honors

In October 2003 -2006, Gry Bay was voted one of the World's 100 Sexiest Women by the readers of Danish magazine M! and Danish edition of "FHM".

Personal life

On 20 December 2009, she gave birth to a baby girl.

Education

Gry Bay holds a master's degree in drama and music from University of Copenhagen. She has also studied mediumship and healing (Reiki 3, Eric Pearl, trance).

Selected filmography
YearTitleRolenotes
2006EmmalouCarla
2006Grønne hjerterAisa
2005All About AnnaAnna
2005BetonhjerterMassagepige
2004Tro, had og kærlighedSonja
2003Last ExitTanya
2002Slim Slam SlumDit
2001MistænktMia Hviid
1998Hosenflattern (TV)Tove
1996Dr. Monika Lindt - Kinderärztin, Geliebte, Mutter (TV)Svenja
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References
  1. Gry Bay: Se min baby
  2. Nygaard, Kristian (10 June 2010). "Gry Bay er single igen". B.T. (in Danish). Retrieved 17 August 2011.
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