Connie Inge-Lise Nielsen(born 3 July 1965)[1][2]is a Danish actress. She has starred asLucillain the filmsGladiator(2000) andGladiator II(2024) and asQueen Hippolytain theDC Extended Universe,beginning withWonder Woman(2017). She has also starred in films such asSoldier(1998),Mission to Mars(2000),One Hour Photo(2002),Basic(2003),The Hunted(2003),The Ice Harvest(2005),Nymphomaniac(2013),3 Days to Kill(2014),Inheritance(2020), andNobody(2021).[3]
Connie Nielsen | |
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 Nielsen in 2016 | |
| Born | Connie Inge-Lise Nielsen 3 July 1965 Frederikshavn,Denmark |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Partner | Lars Ulrich(2004–2012) |
| Children | 2 |
She also had roles as NYPD Detective Dani Beck, the temporary partner ofChristopher Meloni'sElliot Stablerin theNBCcrime drama seriesLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit(2006), theStarzpolitical drama seriesBoss(2011–2012), theFoxcrime thriller seriesThe Following(2014), theTNTlimited drama seriesI Am the Night(2019) and starred in theChannel 4drama seriesClose to Mein 2021.
Early life
editNielsen was born inFrederikshavnand grew up in the village ofElling,Denmark.[4]Her father, Bent Nielsen, was abus driver,and her mother, Laila Inge-lise Matzigkeit (1945–2014), was an insuranceclerk,who also acted and wrotemusical reviews.[5][6]She was raised as a member ofthe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,aMormon.[7]
She began her acting career working alongside her mother on the local revue and variety scene. At 18, she traveled toParis,France,where she worked as an actress and model, which led to further work and study inItaly—at drama school inRomeand in master classes with Lydia Styx, a teacher atPiccolo Teatro di MilanoinMilan.She lived in Italy for many years before moving to the United States.[citation needed]
Career
editNielsen's feature film debut was theJerry LewisFrench filmPar où t'es rentré? On t'a pas vu sortirin 1984, followed by a role in the Italian mini-seriesColletti Bianchiin 1988. She appeared in the Italian filmVacanze di Natale '91(1991) and the French filmLe Paradis Absolument(1993).[8]
She moved to the United States in the mid-1990s and made her first appearance in a major English-language film in 1997 as Christabella Andreoli inThe Devil's Advocate,starring oppositeAl PacinoandKeanu Reeves.This first minor breakthrough led to roles in the filmsPermanent Midnight(1998),Rushmore(1998), andSoldier(1998).[9]
In 2000, Nielsen appeared asLucillainRidley Scott'sGladiator,starring oppositeRussell CroweandJoaquin Phoenix.Since then, she has starred in American films includingMission to Mars(2000),One Hour Photo(2002),The Hunted(2003), andBasic(2003), for which she had to cut off most of her hair. She also starred in the French thrillerDemonlover(2002), directed byOlivier Assayas.She played the Irish mother to an orphan inA Shine of Rainbows(2009).[10]
In 2004, Nielsen made her Danish film debut in the drama,Brødre(also known asBrothers), for which she won the Danish Best Actress Award, theBodil,[11][12][13]as well as Best Actress at theSan Sebastian International Film Festival.She was also nominated for Best Actress at theEuropean Film Awards.In 2006, Nielsen appeared in several episodes ofLaw & Order: Special Victims UnitasDetective Dani Beck.She filled in forMariska Hargitay,who was onmaternity leaveat the time of filming.[14]
WithCharlotte Gainsbourg,Jamie BellandUma Thurman,Nielsen appeared in the 2014Lars Von TrierfilmNymphomaniac.[15]She was featured in a series of promotional posters prior to the film's release, a campaignTheIndependentdescribed as "shocking", observing that "Connie Nielsen appears somewhat moist in this poster for Nymphomaniac".[16]
In 2015, she appeared on theTV-2albumDet gode livwhere she sang along withSteffen Brandton the track "Brev til Mona". In September 2018 she appeared in the pilot episode of theCBSdramaFBIwithJeremy SistoandMissy Peregrym.
Nielsen is known asQueen HippolytainDC Extended Universefranchise, appeared in four films beginning withWonder Woman(2017).
Personal life
editFrom 2004 to 2012, Nielsen datedMetallicadrummer and fellowDane,Lars Ulrich.[17]They have one son together.[18]Nielsen had a son, Sebastian from a previous marriage; and Ulrich has two sons Myles, and Layne, also from a previous marriage.[18]
Nielsen is a polyglot, fluent in her nativeDanish,English, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, and Swedish. She also knows some Spanish.[19]
Filmography
editFilm
editTelevision
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Voyage | Ronnie Freeland | Television film |
| 1994 | Le paradis absolument | Sarah | |
| 2006 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Detective Dani Beck | 6 episodes |
| 2008 | Danny Fricke | Danny Fricke | Television film |
| 2011–2012 | Boss | Meredith Rutledge Kane | 16 episodes |
| 2014 | The Following | Lily Gray | 10 episodes |
| 2014–2015 | The Good Wife | Ramona Lytton | 4 episodes |
| 2015 | Unveiled | Joan McAllen | Television film |
| 2018 | FBI | Ellen Solberg | Episode: "Pilot" |
| Liberty | Katrina | 5 episodes | |
| 2019 | I Am the Night | Corinna Hodel | 6 episodes |
| 2021 | Close to Me | Jo Harding | |
| 2022 | The Dreamer – Becoming Karen Blixen[20] | Karen Blixen |
Awards
edit- Rungstedlund Prize (4 September 2023).[21]
References
edit- ^"Nielsen"– via BnF Catalogue général (http:// catalogue.bnf.fr).
- ^"Nielsen, Connie, 1965- - LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies".Library of Congress.
- ^"Connie Nielsen - dansk film database".danskefilm.dk.Archivedfrom the original on 4 November 2023.Retrieved4 November2023.
- ^"Connie Nielsen".Aniston.dk(in Danish). Archived fromthe originalon 24 July 2012.Retrieved1 April2011.
- ^Stewart, Susan (9 March 2003)."Double Danish / Connie Nielson [sic]".Newsday.p. D7. Archived fromthe originalon 24 July 2012.
- ^"Star Dentist Drilled for $20M".The New York Post.7 August 2004. p. 6. Archived fromthe originalon 24 July 2012.
- ^Cavagna, Carlo (December 2005)."Interview: Connie Nielsen".AboutFilm. Archived fromthe originalon 15 May 2016.Retrieved6 December2009.
- ^"One Hour Photo: About The Cast".Cinema.Archivedfrom the original on 1 September 2014.Retrieved2 November2015.
- ^Lucia Bozzola (2016)."Connie Nielsen biography".Movies & TV Dept.The New York Times.Archived fromthe originalon 7 March 2016.Retrieved2 November2015.
- ^"Connie Nielsen on Reading the Script".Freestyle Releasing. 2010.Archivedfrom the original on 11 September 2015.Retrieved2 November2015.
- ^Eising, Jesper (27 February 2005).""Kongekabale" årets film ".Berlingske.dk(in Danish).Archivedfrom the original on 29 June 2021.Retrieved28 June2021.
- ^"Kongekabale årets bedste film. - Indland".DR(in Danish). 27 February 2005.Archivedfrom the original on 28 June 2021.Retrieved28 June2021.
- ^"2005".Bodilprisen(in Danish). 20 November 2015.Archivedfrom the original on 16 March 2016.Retrieved28 June2021.
- ^"Connie Nielsen fills in for Mariska Hargitay on 'Law & Order: SVU'".Star Pulse. 2 February 2006. Archived fromthe originalon 3 March 2016.Retrieved2 November2015.
- ^Scott Roxborough (27 August 2012)."Jamie Bell, Connie Nielsen Join Lars von Trier's 'Nymphomaniac'".The Hollywood Reporter.Archivedfrom the original on 7 March 2015.Retrieved17 April2014.
- ^Liam O'Brien (10 October 2013)."Nymphomaniac orgasm posters: Uma Thurman, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Shia LaBeouf star in shocking film campaign".The Independent.Archivedfrom the original on 27 February 2014.Retrieved17 April2014.
- ^"An interview with Close to Me's Connie Nielsen".21 November 2021.Archivedfrom the original on 1 February 2022.Retrieved1 February2022.
- ^ab"METALLICA Drummer LARS ULRICH, Girlfriend CONNIE NIELSEN Expecting".Blabbermouth.net.6 December 2006. Archived fromthe originalon 30 September 2007.Retrieved18 November2006.
- ^Vaughan, Brendan (1 March 2007)."A Woman We Love: Connie Nielsen".Esquire.Archivedfrom the original on 2 October 2007.Retrieved16 November2007.
- ^Credits to "The Dreamer"Archived8 December 2022 at theWayback Machineon its sales agent TrustNordisk website
- ^Epaimages
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