 She was married to comedian Øivind Blunck from 1991 to 2010.Every year, between Christmas and New Year's Eve, the Norwegian TV channel NRK airs the televised musical theatre comedy "The Spanish Fly" (1990), also starring Guri Schanke and her then future to be husband, Øivind Blunck.Guri won the 2007 Norsk Melodi Grand Prix with her song "Ven a bailar conmigo" written by .