Career
After attending film school as a writer-director, Rasmussen made her breakthrough in the film industry when she acted in Brian De Palma's erotic thriller Femme Fatale.She wrote and directed two short films, one of which, Thinning the Herd, was part of the official selection of more than 20 film festivals around the world, including the Quentin Tarantino Film Festival in Austin and the Cannes Film Festival, where it was screened in competition for the Palme d'Or du court métrage.In addition to her acting work, Rasmussen is an accomplished visual artist. Her book of art and photography, Grafiske Historier (Graphic Tales) was published under the pseudonym Lilly Dillon (a character from the novel The Grifters by Jim Thompson, one of her favorite American writers). As a photographer her images have been published in prestigious magazines such as Vogue Italia, Vogue Paris.While working as a model she continued to write scripts and short stories, and directed smaller surf-skate videos. Most of her sketches and photos published in Grafiske Historier are from her time travelling the world or shooting magazines.