Trivia

Has a cottage on a cliff overlooking a fjord in Norway.

2006: Her performance as Elisabet Vogler in Persona (1966) is ranked #49 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time.

Was offered guest-starring role in the last episodes of the TV series Sex and the City (1998) that took place in Paris, France. At first she was delighted at the idea since she and her husband were both fans of the show, but when she received the script for the episodes she felt she wasn't right for the part, and backed out.

Outside Scandinavia she has constantly been mistaken for a Swede despite being 100% Norwegian. The reason for this is probably because non-Scandinavians don't realize how ordinary it is for Swedes and Norwegians to work across the borders in the film industry, and mainly because of her frequent collaboration with Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. One example of this mistake is even evident here on the Internet Movie Database, where her nationality on the award page for the 2001 Cannes Film Festival (jury president) is listed as "Sweden.".

She and Ingmar Bergman made 10 movies together: Face à face (1976), Sonate d'automne (1978), Une passion (1969), Persona (1966), Sarabande (2003), Scènes de la vie conjugale (1973), L'Œuf du serpent (1977), La Honte (1968), L'Heure du loup (1968) and Cris et chuchotements (1972).

Daughter, Linn Ullmann (born Karin Beate Ullmann on August 9, 1966), with writer/director and Liv's frequent collaborator Ingmar Bergman.

Revealed on a Norwegien talk-show November 2003 that the only TV shows she watches regularly are Sex and the City (1998) and Tout le monde aime Raymond (1996)

Turned down a role in the final episodes of Sex and the City (1998), despite being a fan of the show: "They asked me to be in the last two episodes where Carrie was going to Paris to meet Baryshnikov and they asked me to play his ex-wife and I said "no! Have they seen me? They'll die when I get off the plane". I said no only because I didn't want them to be disappointed, I'm sure they had seen pictures of me in my youth. I loved Sex and the City, I loved it! I would have given my arm to be in it, but I didn't want them to be shocked when they saw me.".

Bebe Buell named her daughter with Steven Tyler, Liv Tyler, after Liv Ullmann because Buell saw Ullmann's picture on the cover of a magazine the week she gave birth.

Was offered the role of "Kate Miller" in Pulsions (1980) by director Brian De Palma, but turned the role down due to the violence of the theme and having a young daughter at the time.

In 1977, she was made a Knight (Ridder) of The Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav by King Olav V; in 1994, she was promoted to Commander (Kommandør) of The Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav by King Harald V; and in May 2005, she was made Commander with Star (Kommandør med stjerne) of The Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav by King Harald V, a huge honor in Norway, which is rarely bestowed upon civilians.

Her father died during a brain operation when Liv was six.

Grew up in and went to school in Trondheim, Norway.

On a Norwegian celebrity game-show she admitted that she one time accidentally washed her cat in the washing-machine (she managed to stop the machine before it was too late).

Was twice nominated for Broadway's Tony Awards: in 1975, as Best Actress (Play) for a revival of "A Doll's House," by Henrik Ibsen, and in 1977, as Best Actress (Play) for a revival of "Anna Christie," by Eugene O'Neill.

Her name, "Liv" means life in Norwegian and Swedish.

She claims to be the only one of Ingmar Bergman's actresses who hasn't fallen in love with Erland Josephson.

Is one of six performers with multiple Oscar nominations for foreign language films; the others are Marcello Mastroianni for Divorce à l'italienne (1961), Une journée particulière (1977) and Les yeux noirs (1987) (Italian), Sophia Loren for La ciociara (1960) and Mariage à l'italienne (1964) (Italian), Isabelle Adjani for L'histoire d'Adèle H. (1975) and Camille Claudel (1988) (French), Javier Bardem for Avant la nuit (2000) and Biutiful (2010) (Spanish), and Marion Cotillard for La Môme (2007) and Deux jours, une nuit (2014) (French). Ullmann was nominated for her performances in Les Émigrants (1971) and Face à face (1976) (Swedish).

As of 2018, has starred in two Best Picture Oscar nominated films: Les Émigrants (1971) and Cris et chuchotements (1972).

Her name and professional reputation were invoked in the film S.O.B. (1981), as motivation for Julie Andrews character to do a partial nude scene.

On August 14, 2019, she was honored with a day of her film work during the Turner Classic Movies Summer Under the Stars.

Head of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 34th Berlin International Film Festival in 1984.

She appeared in four films with Maximilian Schell: Jeanne, papesse du diable (1972), Un pont trop loin (1977), Smash (1979) and La roseraie (1989).

Although she played Jeremy Kemp's daughter in Jeanne, papesse du diable (1972), she is less than four years his junior in real life.

Featured on the cover of the album "See The Ocean Blue," by Blue Ocean (as/correct name: The Ocean Blue). (1996)

Mother-in-law of Niels Fredrik Dahl.

President of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 54th Cannes International Film Festival in 2001.

Member of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 31st Cannes International Film Festival in 1978.