Connie Nielsen: biography, career, personal life

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:46

Today we'll talk about an actress and model from Denmark - Connie Nielsen, whose films are widely known to the viewer. We will discuss her creative career, biography and, of course, her personal life. The actress starred in such famous films as "Nymphomaniac", "Three Days to Kill" and "Wonder Woman".

Biography

Actress Connie Nielsen was born in a city located in the north of Denmark - Frederikshavn on July 3, 1965. The girl's father worked as a bus driver, her mother worked in the insurance industry.

When Connie was ten years old, she and her family moved to the city of Elling, where she will live until she comes of age. At the age of 15, the girl first appeared on stage, she performed at the restaurant where her mother worked. Upon reaching the age of 18, the girl moved from Denmark to Paris. Later, Connie Nielsen studied acting in cities such as Rome and Milan, and also visited South Africa. The aspiring actress finally settled in Italy.

Career

For the first time on the screen Connie Nielsenappeared at the age of 19, it was a French film Par Où T'es Rentré? On T'a Pas Vu Sortir, and 4 years later, the actress played one of the roles in the Italian TV series called Colletti Bianchi.

In 1993, Connie appeared in the American film "Voyage", after which the actress was noticed by some critics, and in 1996 the girl decides to move to the USA. There, Nielsen will appear in films such as Rushmore Academy, The Devil's Advocate and Eternal Midnight over the next two years.

Connie Nielsen's greatest popularity will come in 2000 after playing the role of Lucilla in the film "Gladiator", directed by Ridley Scott. After the actress appeared in the role of Terry Fisher in the sci-fi film "Mission to Mars".

Then the girl played only the main roles.

In 2004, Connie appeared in Danish cinema. The film "Brothers" was released. In the future, Nielsen will be awarded the Bodil Film Award for the Best Danish Actress nomination. In addition to this girl, she won the Best Actress award at the film festival, which was held in the city of San Sebastian. That same year, Nielsen was among the nominees for the annual European Film Awards.

In 2006, the actress played in the crime series "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit".

Filmography

In this section, a partialfilmography of Connie Nielsen. For all her acting career, she has played almost forty roles. Below are the films with the participation of the actress (the year is indicated in brackets):

• Par Où T'es Rentré? On T'a Pas Vu Sortir - girl Eve (1985).
• "Journey" - played the role of Ronnie Freeland (1993).
• "Devil's Advocate" - character Christabella Andreoli (1997).
• "Rushmore Academy" - the role of Mrs. Calloway (1998).
• "Soldier" - played by Sandra (1998).
• "Mission to Mars" by Terry Fisher (2000).
• "Gladiator" character Lucilla (2000).
• "Photo in an hour" - played by Nin Yorkin (2002).
• "Hunted" - girlfriend Abby Durel (2003).
• "The Great Raid" - Margaret Utinski (2005).
• "Ice Harvest" - Appeared as Renata Krest (2005).
• "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" - Detective Dani Back (2006).
• "Battle in Seattle" - played the role of Jean (2007).
• "Last Love on Earth" - Girl Jennie (2010).
• The Boss series - Meredith Kane (2011-2012).
• "Followers" - Lily Gray (2014).
• "Three Days to Kill" - played the role of Christina Renner (2014).
• The Runner ("Running") character Deborah Price (2015).
• "The Lion Girl" - Mrs. Grjotornet (2016).
• "Stratton: The First Task" - the role of Summer (2016).
• "Wonder Woman" - played the role of Queen Hippolyta (2017)

In addition to the above films, the actress appeared in several TV series in which she played episodic roles.

Personal life and interesting facts

Connie Nielsen lived in a civil marriage with drummer Lars Ulrich, who performs in the band Metallica. The couple separated in October 2012. They have a common son, Bruce, who was born on May 21, 2007.

Connie has another son left with her after her first marriage. His name is Sebastian, a boy was born on June 2, 1990.

According to the results of a 2000 poll by Entertainment Weekly, Connie Nielsen, whose films began to bring the actress incredible success, was recognized as a "Sex symbol".

Kenny is fluent in seven languages: Swedish, German, English, Italian, Norwegian, Danish and French. The actress also knows some Spanish.

Today, Nielsen is fifty-two years old, but her talent allows her to act in films at the moment. In 2017, the film "Wonder Woman" appeared in the screening, which could be viewed in theaters. The actress played one of the main roles, which once again emphasizes the talent of Connie Nielsen.

She managed to shoot in a lot of worthy films, not only break into the screens, but also achieve success. This is worthy of praise for the beautiful Connie. Keep it up!