Marie Bach Hansen

Bach Hansen was born in Borum, a small village in Aarhus Municipality, to a teacher mother and a carpenter father.^[2][3] She has a younger sister.^[4] She graduated from Aarhus Katedralskole.^[5] She later attended Musikalsk Grundkursus [da] with the intent of pursuing music as a career, but dropped out to move to Barcelona, where she worked as a model and waitress for a year.^[4][6] She later moved back to Denmark, settling in Copenhagen, and graduated from the Danish National School of Performing Arts in 2010.^[4][7][8]

While in high school at Aarhus Katedralskole, Bach Hansen was approached by director Aage Rais [da], who cast her in the film Kick'n Rush [da] (2003).^[5] Later, after completing drama school, she began acting at Mungo Park in Allerød Municipality.^[4] Her breakthrough role came in 2014, starring in the DR television series The Legacy until 2017.^[1][8] In 2018, she starred in the second season of the crime drama television series The Team.^[9] She competed on the Season 16 of Vild med dans, the Danish version of Strictly Come Dancing, in 2019, but was eliminated in the second week of the competition.^[10]

She began acting at the Royal Danish Theatre in 2023.^[2] In 2025, she starred as Cecilie in the Netflix miniseries Secrets We Keep [da], a role which earned her a Robert Award nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Television Role.^[11][12]

Bach Hansen has been in a relationship with drummer Stefan Pasborg since 2017.^[6][13]