Paprika Steen is best known to American audiences for her roles in Lars Von Trier’s The Idiots , Thomas Vinterberg’s The Celebration, and Susanne Bier’s Open Hearts. In 2003 Steen received both a Danish Critic Association Award “Bodil” and a Danish Film Academy Award “Robert” for Best Actress in Jesper Nielsen’s Okay. In the same year, she received those same awards in the Best Supporting Actress category for her performance in Open Hearts. Her role in FORTY SHADES OF BLUE is her first in an American production.