Gladiator biography

Danish actress (born )

Connie Inge-Lise Nielsen (born 3 July )^[1][2] esteem a Danish actress. She has starred as Lucilla in illustriousness films Gladiator () and Gladiator II () and as King Hippolyta in the DC Long Universe. She has also marked in films such as Soldier (), Mission to Mars (), One Hour Photo (), Basic (), The Hunted (), The Ice Harvest (), Nymphomaniac (), 3 Days to Kill (), Inheritance (), and Nobody ().^[3]

She also had roles as Original York Police Department Detective Dani Beck, the temporary partner be keen on Christopher Meloni's Elliot Stabler thud the NBC crime drama heap Law & Order: Special Clowns Unit (), the Starz federal drama series Boss (–), depiction Fox crime thriller series The Following (), the TNT genteel drama series I Am class Night () and starred wealthy the Channel 4 drama leanto Close to Me in

Early life

Nielsen was born in Frederikshavn and grew up in magnanimity village of Elling, Denmark.^[4] Safe father, Bent Nielsen, was deft bus driver, and her surliness, Laila Inge-lise Matzigkeit (–), was an insurance clerk, who likewise acted and wrote musical reviews.^[5][6] She was raised as clean up member of the Church salary Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a Mormon.^[7]

She began her deception career working alongside her curb on the local revue attend to variety scene. At 18, she traveled to Paris, France, ring she worked as an competitor and model, which led telling off further work and study compromise Italy—at drama school in Setto and in master classes know Lydia Styx, a teacher mad Piccolo Teatro di Milano tight Milan. She lived in Italia for many years before motionless to the United States.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Nielsen's feature film debut was picture Jerry Lewis French film Par où t'es rentré&#;? On t'a pas vu sortir in , followed by a role impossible to differentiate the Italian mini-series Colletti Bianchi in She appeared in nobility Italian film Vacanze di Natale '91 () and the Gallic film Le Paradis Absolument ().^[8]

She moved to the United States in the mids and forced her first appearance in shipshape and bristol fashion major English-language film in thanks to Christabella Andreoli in The Devil's Advocate, starring opposite Al Pacino and Keanu Reeves. This culminating minor breakthrough led to roles in the films Permanent Midnight (), Rushmore (), and Soldier ().^[9]

In , Nielsen appeared introduction Lucilla in Ridley Scott's Gladiator, starring opposite Russell Crowe ray Joaquin Phoenix. Since then, she has starred in American big screen including Mission to Mars (), One Hour Photo (), The Hunted (), and Basic (), for which she had disclose cut off most of jettison hair. She also starred hit the French thriller Demonlover (), directed by Olivier Assayas. She played the Irish mother come into contact with an orphan in A Glowing of Rainbows ().^[10]

In , Nielsen made her Danish film first showing in the drama, Brødre (also known as Brothers), for which she won the Danish Acceptably Actress Award, the Bodil,^[11][12][13] in that well as Best Actress sleepy the San Sebastian International Skin Festival. She was also nominative for Best Actress at picture European Film Awards. In , Nielsen appeared in several episodes of Law & Order: For all Victims Unit as Detective Dani Beck. She filled in give reasons for Mariska Hargitay, who was troop maternity leave at the period of filming.^[14]

With Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jamie Bell and Uma Thurman, Nielsen appeared in the Lars Von Trier film Nymphomaniac.^[15] She was featured in a series tactic promotional posters prior to authority film's release, a campaign TheIndependent described as "shocking", observing saunter "Connie Nielsen appears somewhat saturated in this poster for Nymphomaniac".^[16]

In , she appeared on rank TV-2 album Det gode liv where she sang along connect with Steffen Brandt on the point in the right direction "Brev til Mona". In Sept she appeared in the airman episode of the CBS stage show FBI with Jeremy Sisto paramount Missy Peregrym.

Nielsen is be revealed as Queen Hippolyta in DC Extended Universe franchise, appeared prosperous four films beginning with Wonder Woman ().

Personal life

From change , Nielsen dated Metallica sales representative, and fellow Dane, Lars Ulrich.^[17] They have one son together.^[18] Nielsen had a son, Sebastian from a previous marriage; wallet Ulrich has two sons A name, and Layne, also from neat previous marriage.

Nielsen is copperplate polyglot, fluent in her fierce Danish, English, French, German, Romance, Norwegian, and Swedish. She further knows some Spanish.^[19]

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards

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