• Had to apply for the Acting School of Odense Theater 13 times before getting accepted.
• Sister of musician Nikolaj Steen
• Daughter of actress Avi Sagild and band leader Niels J?rgen Steen
• February 2003: Is the first ever to win in both the "Best actress" and "Best supporting actress" categories in the same year at the Robert Festival, the Danish equivalent of the Oscars.
• Appears in the first three dogme films. The only member of cast or crew to do so.
• She is the first actress to win both Best Leading Actress (for the film "Okay") and Best Supporting Actress ("Elsker Dig For Evigt") since Karin Nellemose won both awards in 1949.

In Okay (2002), director and actress Paprika Steen shows off her multi-facetted acting talent as the loud-mouth control-freak Nete. It is Paprika Steen's first major part for which she has already been nominated for The Best Actress Award from the European Film Academy. The actress has won the Danish Academy Award for her supporting role in the mega-hit Den eneste ene (The One and Only, 1999).

These nominations attest to Paprika Steen's strong performances given in a number of smaller, but memorable parts, for example as an upper-class snob in Idioterne (1998) (The Idiots), a touchingly nerdy beautician in _Dneste ene, Den (1999)_ (The Only One) and as a strong, slightly neurotic sister in the mega-hit, _Celebration, The (1998)_ .

Steen's considerable dramatic talent and potential is reinforced by a strong sense of humor that shines through in her work. While audiences may laugh hard, Steen remains sympathetic to the characters she portrays. The web of intertwined character flaws and potential is revealed with a light touch. It is the empathy that she evokes for her characters that makes her work memorable.