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| birth_name = Connie Inge-Lise Nielsen |
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| birth_place = [[Frederikshavn]], Denmark |
| birth_place = [[Frederikshavn]], Denmark |
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| years_active = 1984–present |
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| partner = [[Lars Ulrich]] (2004–2012) |
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'''Connie Inge-Lise Nielsen''' (born 3 July 1965) |
'''Connie Inge-Lise Nielsen''' (born 3 July 1965)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001567/?ref%20=fn%20al%20nm%201|title=Nielsen|via=BnF Catalogue général (http:// catalogue.bnf.fr)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00113769.html | title=Nielsen, Connie, 1965- - LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies|publisher= Library of Congress}}</ref> is a Danish actress. She has starred as [[Lucilla]] in the films ''[[Gladiator (2000 film)|Gladiator]]'' (2000) and ''[[Gladiator II]]'' (2024) and as [[Hippolyta (DC Comics)|Queen Hippolyta]] in the [[DC Extended Universe]]. She has also starred in films such as ''[[Soldier (1998 American film)|Soldier]]'' (1998), ''[[Mission to Mars]]'' (2000), ''[[One Hour Photo]]'' (2002), ''[[Basic (film)|Basic]]'' (2003), ''[[The Hunted (2003 film)|The Hunted]]'' (2003), ''[[The Ice Harvest]]'' (2005), ''[[Nymphomaniac (film)|Nymphomaniac]]'' (2013), ''[[3 Days to Kill]]'' (2014), ''[[Inheritance (2020 film)|Inheritance]]'' (2020), and ''[[Nobody (2021 film)|Nobody]]'' (2021).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Connie Nielsen - dansk film database |url=https://danskefilm.dk/skuespiller.php?id=7353 |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=danskefilm.dk |archive-date=4 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231104200058/https://danskefilm.dk/skuespiller.php?id=7353 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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She also had roles as New York Police Department Detective Dani Beck, the temporary partner of [[Christopher Meloni]]'s [[Elliot Stabler]] in the [[NBC]] crime drama series ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' (2006), the [[Starz]] political drama series [[Boss (TV series)|''Boss'']] (2011–2012), the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] crime thriller series ''[[The Following]]'' (2014), the [[TNT (American TV network)|TNT]] limited drama series ''[[I Am the Night (TV series)|I Am the Night]]'' (2019) and starred in the [[Channel 4]] drama series '' [[Close to Me (TV series)|Close to Me]]'' in 2021. |
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⚫ | Nielsen was born in [[Frederikshavn]] and grew up in the village of [[Elling, Denmark|Elling]],<ref>{{cite web |
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⚫ | Nielsen was born in [[Frederikshavn]] and grew up in the village of [[Elling, Denmark|Elling]], Denmark.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aniston.dk/connie-nielsen.2830.ahtml|title=Connie Nielsen|work=Aniston.dk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120724114715/http://aniston.dk/connie-nielsen.35681.html|archive-date=24 July 2012|url-status=dead|access-date=1 April 2011|language=Danish}}</ref> Her father, Bent Nielsen, was a [[bus driver]], and her mother, Laila Inge-lise Matzigkeit (1945–2014), was an insurance [[clerk (position)|clerk]], who also acted and wrote [[Review#Music reviews|musical reviews]].<ref name="Newsday">{{cite news | url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/303549941.html?dids=303549941:303549941&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+09%2C+2003&author=Susan+Stewart.+Susan+Stewart+is+a+freelance+writer.&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=Double+Danish+%2F+Connie+Nielson&pqatl=google | title=Double Danish / Connie Nielson [sic] | publisher=[[Newsday]] | date=9 March 2003 | page=D7 | first=Susan | last=Stewart|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120724233742/https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/303549941.html?dids=303549941:303549941&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+09%2C+2003&author=Susan+Stewart.+Susan+Stewart+is+a+freelance+writer.&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=Double+Danish+%2F+Connie+Nielson&pqatl=google|archive-date=24 July 2012|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name="NYPost">{{cite news | url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/nypost/access/676702381.html?dids=676702381:676702381&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+07%2C+2004&author=&pub=New+York+Post&desc=STAR+DENTIST+DRILLED+FOR+%2420M&pqatl=google | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120724221339/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/nypost/access/676702381.html?dids=676702381:676702381&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+07%2C+2004&author=&pub=New+York+Post&desc=STAR+DENTIST+DRILLED+FOR+%2420M&pqatl=google | url-status=dead | archive-date=24 July 2012 | title=Star Dentist Drilled for $20M | work=[[The New York Post]]| date=7 August 2004 | page=6 }}</ref> She was raised as a member of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]], a [[Latter Day Saint|Mormon]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.aboutfilm.com/movies/i/iceharvest/nielsen.htm | title=Interview: Connie Nielsen | first=Carlo | last=Cavagna | publisher=AboutFilm.com | date=December 2005 | access-date=6 December 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160515020808/http://www.aboutfilm.com/movies/i/iceharvest/nielsen.htm | archive-date=15 May 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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She began her acting career working alongside her mother on the local revue and variety scene. At 18, she traveled to [[Paris]], [[France]], where she worked as an actress and model, which led to further work and study in [[Italy]]—at drama school in [[Rome]] and in master classes with Lydia Styx, a teacher at ''[[Piccolo Teatro di Milano]]'' in [[Milan]]. She lived in Italy for many years before moving to the United States.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}} |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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Nielsen's feature film debut was the [[Jerry Lewis]] French film ''[[Par où t'es rentré ? On t'a pas vu sortir]]'' in 1984, followed by a role in the Italian mini-series ''Colletti Bianchi'' in 1988. She appeared in the Italian film ''Vacanze di Natale '91'' (1991) and the French film ''Le Paradis Absolument'' (1993).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cinema.com/articles/1293/one-hour-photo-about-the-cast.phtml|title=One Hour Photo: About The Cast|publisher=Cinema.com| |
Nielsen's feature film debut was the [[Jerry Lewis]] French film ''[[Par où t'es rentré ? On t'a pas vu sortir]]'' in 1984, followed by a role in the Italian mini-series ''Colletti Bianchi'' in 1988. She appeared in the Italian film ''[[Vacanze di Natale '91]]'' (1991) and the French film ''Le Paradis Absolument'' (1993).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cinema.com/articles/1293/one-hour-photo-about-the-cast.phtml|title=One Hour Photo: About The Cast|publisher=Cinema.com|access-date=2015-11-02|archive-date=1 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140901181343/http://cinema.com/articles/1293/one-hour-photo-about-the-cast.phtml|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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She moved to the United States in the mid |
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 in ''[[The Devil's Advocate (1997 film)|The Devil's Advocate]]'', starring opposite [[Al Pacino]] and [[Keanu Reeves]]. This first minor breakthrough led to roles in the films ''[[Permanent Midnight]]'' (1998), ''[[Rushmore (film)|Rushmore]]'' (1998), and ''[[Soldier (1998 American film)|Soldier]]'' (1998).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/52655/Connie-Nielsen/biography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307093153/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/52655/Connie-Nielsen/biography|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-03-07|title=Connie Nielsen biography|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|author=Lucia Bozzola|date=2016|access-date=2015-11-02}}</ref> |
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In 2000, Nielsen |
In 2000, Nielsen appeared as [[Lucilla]] in [[Ridley Scott]]'s ''[[Gladiator (2000 film)|Gladiator]]'', starring opposite [[Russell Crowe]] and [[Joaquin Phoenix]]. Since then, she has starred in American films including ''[[Mission to Mars]]'' (2000), ''[[One Hour Photo]]'' (2002), ''[[The Hunted (2003 film)|The Hunted]]'' (2003), and ''[[Basic (film)|Basic]]'' (2003), for which she had to cut off most of her hair. She also starred in the French thriller ''[[Demonlover]]'' (2002), directed by [[Olivier Assayas]]. She played the Irish mother to an orphan in ''[[A Shine of Rainbows]]'' (2009).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.traileraddict.com/a-shine-of-rainbows/featurette-script|title=Connie Nielsen on Reading the Script|publisher=Freestyle Releasing|year=2010|access-date=2015-11-02|archive-date=11 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911061734/http://www.traileraddict.com/a-shine-of-rainbows/featurette-script|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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[[File:ConnieNielsen09TIFF.jpg|thumb|upright|Nielsen in 2009]] |
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In 2004, Nielsen made her Danish film debut in the drama, ''[[Brothers (2004 film)|Brødre]]'' (also known as ''Brothers''), for which she won the Danish Best Actress Award, the [[Bodil Awards|Bodil]],<ref name="Eising 2005">{{cite web | last=Eising | first=Jesper | title="Kongekabale" årets film | website=Berlingske.dk | date=27 February 2005 | url=https://www.berlingske.dk/content/item/779971 | language=da | access-date=28 June 2021 | archive-date=29 June 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629222238/https://www.berlingske.dk/kultur/kongekabale-aarets-film | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="DR 20050227">{{cite web | title=Kongekabale årets bedste film. - Indland | website=DR | date=27 February 2005 | url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/kongekabale-aarets-bedste-film | language=da | access-date=28 June 2021 | archive-date=28 June 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628152844/https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/kongekabale-aarets-bedste-film | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Bodilprisen 2005">{{cite web |title=2005 |website=Bodilprisen |date=20 November 2015 |url=http://www.bodilprisen.dk/aar-for-aar/2005-2/ |language=Danish |access-date=28 June 2021 |archive-date=16 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316035228/http://www.bodilprisen.dk/aar-for-aar/2005-2/ |url-status=live }}</ref> as well as Best Actress at the [[San Sebastian International Film Festival]]. She was also nominated for Best Actress at the [[European Film Awards]]. In 2006, Nielsen appeared in several episodes of ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' as [[Dani Beck|Detective Dani Beck]]. She filled in for [[Mariska Hargitay]], who was on [[Parental leave|maternity leave]] at the time of filming.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/02/02/connie_nielsen_fills_in_for_mariska_harg|title=Connie Nielsen fills in for Mariska Hargitay on 'Law & Order: SVU'|publisher=Star Pulse|date=2006-02-02|access-date=2015-11-02|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303020330/http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/02/02/connie_nielsen_fills_in_for_mariska_harg|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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⚫ | With [[Charlotte Gainsbourg]], [[Jamie Bell]] and [[Uma Thurman]], Nielsen appeared in the 2014 [[Lars Von Trier]] film ''[[Nymphomaniac (film)|Nymphomaniac]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jamie Bell, Connie Nielsen Join Lars von Trier's 'Nymphomaniac'|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jamie-bell-connie-nielsen-nymphomaniac-lars-von-trier-365512|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=17 April 2014|author=Scott Roxborough|date=27 August 2012|archive-date=7 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150307112449/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jamie-bell-connie-nielsen-nymphomaniac-lars-von-trier-365512|url-status=live}}</ref> She was featured in a series of promotional posters prior to the film's release, a campaign [[The Independent|''The'' ''Independent'']] described as "shocking", observing that "Connie Nielsen appears somewhat moist in this poster for Nymphomaniac".<ref>{{cite news|title=Nymphomaniac orgasm posters: Uma Thurman, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Shia LaBeouf star in shocking film campaign|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/nymphomaniac-orgasm-posters-uma-thurman-charlotte-gainsbourg-and-shia-labeouf-star-in-shocking-film-campaign-8872414.html|access-date=17 April 2014|newspaper=The Independent|date=10 October 2013|author=Liam O'Brien|archive-date=27 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227212831/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/nymphomaniac-orgasm-posters-uma-thurman-charlotte-gainsbourg-and-shia-labeouf-star-in-shocking-film-campaign-8872414.html|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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In 2004, Nielsen made her Danish film debut in the drama, ''[[Brothers (2004 film)|Brødre]]'' (also known as ''Brothers''), for which she won the Danish Best Actress Award, the [[Bodil]], as well as Best Actress at the [[San Sebastian International Film Festival]]. She was also nominated for Best Actress at the [[European Film Awards]]. In 2006, Nielsen appeared in several episodes of ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' as [[Dani Beck|Detective Dani Beck]]. She filled in for [[Mariska Hargitay]], who was on maternity leave at the time of filming.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/02/02/connie_nielsen_fills_in_for_mariska_harg|title=Connie Nielsen fills in for Mariska Hargitay on 'Law & Order: SVU'|publisher=Star Pulse|date=2006-02-02|accessdate=2015-11-02}}</ref> |
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Nielsen is known as [[Hippolyta (DC Comics)|Queen Hippolyta]] in [[DC Extended Universe]] franchise, appeared in four films beginning with ''[[Wonder Woman (2017 film)|Wonder Woman]]'' (2017). |
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==Personal life== |
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From 2004 to 2012, Nielsen dated [[Metallica]] drummer |
From 2004 to 2012, Nielsen dated [[Metallica]] drummer and fellow [[Danes|Dane]], [[Lars Ulrich]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.you.co.uk/interview-connie-nielsen-2021/ | title=An interview with Close to Me's Connie Nielsen | date=21 November 2021 | access-date=1 February 2022 | archive-date=1 February 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201174549/https://www.you.co.uk/interview-connie-nielsen-2021/ | url-status=live }}</ref> They have one son together.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=63395 |title=Metallica Drummer Lars Ulrich, Girlfriend Connie Nielsen Expecting |publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |date=6 December 2006 |access-date=18 November 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930204222/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=63395 |archive-date=30 September 2007}}</ref> Nielsen had a son, Sebastian from a previous marriage; and Ulrich has two sons Myles, and Layne, also from a previous marriage. |
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Nielsen is a |
Nielsen is a polyglot, fluent in her native [[Danish language|Danish]], English, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, and Swedish. She also knows some Spanish.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Vaughan |first1=Brendan |date=29 January 2007 |title=A Woman We Love: CoNielsen |url=http://www.esquire.com/women/ESQ0303-MAR_NIELSON_rev_2 |newspaper=[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]] |access-date=16 November 2007 |archive-date=2 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071002103553/http://www.esquire.com/women/ESQ0303-MAR_NIELSON_rev_2 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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==Filmography== |
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| 1984 || ''[[Par où t'es rentré ? On t'a pas vu sortir]]'' || Eva || as Connie Nielson |
| 1984 || ''[[Par où t'es rentré ? On t'a pas vu sortir]]'' || Eva || Credited as Connie Nielson |
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| 1991 || ''Vacanze di Natale '91'' || Brunilde/Vanessa || |
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| 1997 || ''[[The Devil's Advocate (1997 film)|The Devil's Advocate]]'' || Christabella Andreoli || |
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|rowspan=3|1998 || ''[[Permanent Midnight]]'' || Dagmar || |
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|| ''[[Gladiator (2000 film)|Gladiator]]'' || Lucilla || [[Empire Award for Best Actress]]<br />Nominated – [[Blockbuster LLC|Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actress - Action]]<br />Nominated – Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress<br />Nominated – [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]] |
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|rowspan=2|2002 || ''[[One Hour Photo]]'' || Nina Yorkin || Nominated – [[Fangoria Chainsaw Awards|Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Supporting Actress]]<br />Nominated – [[Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress]] |
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|rowspan=2|2004 || ''[[Brødre]]'' || Sarah || [[Bodil Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role]]<br />[[Silver Shell for Best Actress]]<br />Nominated – [[European Film Award for Best Actress]] |
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|rowspan=2|2005 || ''[[The Great Raid]]'' || [[Margaret Utinsky]] || |
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| 2006 || ''[[The Situation (film)|The Situation]]'' || Anna Molyneux || |
| 2006 || ''[[The Situation (film)|The Situation]]'' || Anna Molyneux || |
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| 2007 || ''[[Battle in Seattle]]'' || Jean || |
| 2007 || ''[[Battle in Seattle]]'' || Jean || |
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| 2009 || ''[[A Shine of Rainbows]]'' || Maire || |
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| 2010 || ''Kidnappet'' || Susanne || |
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| 2014 || ''All Relative'' || Maren<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3214248/|title=All Relaive (2014)|publisher=Imdb|accessdate=2015-11-02}}</ref> || |
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| 2015 || ''[[The Runner (2015 film)|The Runner]]'' || Deborah Price || |
| 2015 || ''[[The Runner (2015 film)|The Runner]]'' || Deborah Price || |
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|rowspan=2|2020 || ''[[Inheritance (2020 film)|Inheritance]]'' || Catherine Monroe || |
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| 2022 || ''{{sortname|A|Week in Paradise|nolink=1}}'' || Fiona |
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Connie Nielsen | |
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Born | Connie Inge-Lise Nielsen 3 July 1965 Frederikshavn, Denmark |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1984–present |
Partner | Lars Ulrich (2004–2012) |
Children | 2 |
Connie Inge-Lise Nielsen (born 3 July 1965)[1][2] is a Danish actress. She has starred as Lucilla in the films Gladiator (2000) and Gladiator II (2024) and as Queen Hippolyta in the DC Extended Universe. She has also starred in films such as Soldier (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), and Nobody (2021).[3]
She also had roles as New York Police Department Detective Dani Beck, the temporary partner of Christopher Meloni's Elliot Stabler in the NBC crime drama series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2006), the Starz political drama series Boss (2011–2012), the Fox crime thriller series The Following (2014), the TNT limited drama series I Am the Night (2019) and starred in the Channel 4 drama series Close to Me in 2021.
Early life
[edit]Nielsen was born in Frederikshavn and grew up in the village of Elling, Denmark.[4] Her father, Bent Nielsen, was a bus driver, and her mother, Laila Inge-lise Matzigkeit (1945–2014), was an insurance clerk, who also acted and wrote musical reviews.[5][6] She was raised as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a Mormon.[7]
She began her acting career working alongside her mother on the local revue and variety scene. At 18, she traveled to Paris, France, where she worked as an actress and model, which led to further work and study in Italy—at drama school in Rome and in master classes with Lydia Styx, a teacher at Piccolo Teatro di Milano in Milan. She lived in Italy for many years before moving to the United States.[citation needed]
Career
[edit]Nielsen's feature film debut was the Jerry Lewis French film Par où t'es rentré ? On t'a pas vu sortir in 1984, followed by a role in the Italian mini-series Colletti Bianchi in 1988. She appeared in the Italian film Vacanze di Natale '91 (1991) and the French film Le 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 in The Devil's Advocate, starring opposite Al Pacino and Keanu Reeves. This first minor breakthrough led to roles in the films Permanent Midnight (1998), Rushmore (1998), and Soldier (1998).[9]
In 2000, Nielsen appeared as Lucilla in Ridley Scott's Gladiator, starring opposite Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix. Since then, she has starred in American films including Mission to Mars (2000), One Hour Photo (2002), The Hunted (2003), and Basic (2003), for which she had to cut off most of her hair. She also starred in the French thriller Demonlover (2002), directed by Olivier Assayas. She played the Irish mother to an orphan in A Shine of Rainbows (2009).[10]
In 2004, Nielsen made her Danish film debut in the drama, Brødre (also known as Brothers), for which she won the Danish Best Actress Award, the Bodil,[11][12][13] as well as Best Actress at the San Sebastian International Film Festival. She was also nominated for Best Actress at the European Film Awards. In 2006, Nielsen appeared in several episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Detective Dani Beck. She filled in for Mariska Hargitay, who was on maternity leave at the time of filming.[14]
With Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jamie Bell and Uma Thurman, Nielsen appeared in the 2014 Lars Von Trier film Nymphomaniac.[15] She was featured in a series of promotional posters prior to the film's release, a campaign The Independent described as "shocking", observing that "Connie Nielsen appears somewhat moist in this poster for Nymphomaniac".[16]
In 2015, she appeared on the TV-2 album Det gode liv where she sang along with Steffen Brandt on the track "Brev til Mona". In September 2018 she appeared in the pilot episode of the CBS drama FBI with Jeremy Sisto and Missy Peregrym.
Nielsen is known as Queen Hippolyta in DC Extended Universe franchise, appeared in four films beginning with Wonder Woman (2017).
Personal life
[edit]From 2004 to 2012, Nielsen dated Metallica drummer and fellow Dane, 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.
Nielsen is a polyglot, fluent in her native Danish, English, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, and Swedish. She also knows some Spanish.[19]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]Television
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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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. Archived from the original on 4 November 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
- ^ "Connie Nielsen". Aniston.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
- ^ Stewart, Susan (9 March 2003). "Double Danish / Connie Nielson [sic]". Newsday. p. D7. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012.
- ^ "Star Dentist Drilled for $20M". The New York Post. 7 August 2004. p. 6. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012.
- ^ Cavagna, Carlo (December 2005). "Interview: Connie Nielsen". AboutFilm.com. Archived from the original on 15 May 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
- ^ "One Hour Photo: About The Cast". Cinema.com. Archived from the original on 1 September 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
- ^ Lucia Bozzola (2016). "Connie Nielsen biography". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
- ^ "Connie Nielsen on Reading the Script". Freestyle Releasing. 2010. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
- ^ Eising, Jesper (27 February 2005). ""Kongekabale" årets film". Berlingske.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 29 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ^ "Kongekabale årets bedste film. - Indland". DR (in Danish). 27 February 2005. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ^ "2005". Bodilprisen (in Danish). 20 November 2015. Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ^ "Connie Nielsen fills in for Mariska Hargitay on 'Law & Order: SVU'". Star Pulse. 2 February 2006. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
- ^ Scott Roxborough (27 August 2012). "Jamie Bell, Connie Nielsen Join Lars von Trier's 'Nymphomaniac'". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 7 March 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
- ^ Liam O'Brien (10 October 2013). "Nymphomaniac orgasm posters: Uma Thurman, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Shia LaBeouf star in shocking film campaign". The Independent. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
- ^ "An interview with Close to Me's Connie Nielsen". 21 November 2021. Archived from the original on 1 February 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
- ^ "Metallica Drummer Lars Ulrich, Girlfriend Connie Nielsen Expecting". Blabbermouth.net. 6 December 2006. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 18 November 2006.
- ^ Vaughan, Brendan (29 January 2007). "A Woman We Love: CoNielsen". Esquire. Archived from the original on 2 October 2007. Retrieved 16 November 2007.
- ^ Credits to "The Dreamer" Archived 8 December 2022 at the Wayback Machine on its sales agent TrustNordisk website
- ^ Epaimages