Gry Bay


Gry Wernberg Bay is a Danish actress. She is best known for her sexually provocative starring role in the feature film All About Anna.

Career

Gry Bay's first breakthrough role was a recurring part in the German RTL television series Dr. Monika Lindt – Kinderärztin, Geliebte, Mutter, and afterwards appeared in the German TV-movie Hosenflattern.
Back in Denmark, her first feature film starring roles were in the hip hop comedy Slim Slam Slum a.k.a. Joystick Nation, for which she also composed several of the songs, and in David Noel Bourke's sexy, psychological thriller Last Exit.
She then made headlines by landing the title role in Zentropa's sexually explicit romantic comedy All About Anna, 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, Bay once more appeared nude in Pipilotti Rist's video installation Homo sapiens sapiens. She has since appeared in the feature films Betonhjerter and Grønne hjerter.
In the 1990s, 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 exit.

Personal life

Bay holds a master's degree in drama and music from University of Copenhagen. She has also studied mediumship and healing.
On 20 December 2009, Bay gave birth to a baby girl.

Selected filmography

YearTitleRolenotes
1996Dr. Monika Lindt – Kinderärztin, Geliebte, Mutter Svenja
1998Hosenflattern Tove
2001MistænktMia Hviid
2002Slim Slam SlumDit
2003Last ExitTanya
2004Tro, had og kærlighedSonja
2005All About AnnaAnna
2005BetonhjerterMassagepige
2006EmmalouCarla
2006Grønne hjerterAisa