CONNIE NIELSEN

'Connie Inge-Lise Nielsen' (born July 3, 1965) is a Danish actress.

Contents

Biography

Early life

Career

Personal life

Filmography

Television

References

External links

Biography

Early life

Nielsen was born in Frederikshavn, Denmark, and raised nearby in a small seaside village named Elling. She began her acting career working alongside her mother on the local revue and variety scene. At 18, she travelled 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 ''il Piccolo Teatro di Milano'' in Milan. She lived in Italy for many years, before moving to the United States, where she still resides.

Career

Her feature film debut was the 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 1991 Italian ''Vacanze di Natale '91'' and the French film ''Le Paradis Absolument'' in 1993.
She moved to the United States in 1996 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 led to roles in films as ''Permanent Midnight'' (1998), ''Rushmore'' (1998) and ''Soldier'' (1998).
In 2000, she became known to worldwide audiences as Lucilla in Ridley Scott's internationally acclaimed Academy Award-winning epic ''Gladiator'', where she starred opposite Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix. She has since then starred in some notable American films, including ''Mission to Mars'' (2000), ''One Hour Photo'' (2002), ''The Hunted'' (2003) and ''Basic'' (2003). She also starred in the acclaimed French thriller ''Demonlover'' (2002), directed by Olivier Assayas.
In 2004, she made her Danish film debut in the drama, ''Brødre'' (aka ''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 '' as Det. Dani Beck. She filled in for Mariska Hargitay who was on maternity leave at the time of filming.

Personal life

Nielsen has a son named Sebastian, born in 1991, with whom she lives in New York City, NY. She is currently dating Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich. On May 21, 2007, Lars and Connie had a son named, Bryce Thadeus Ulrich-Nielsen.^[1]
She speaks six languages: Danish, English, French, German, Italian and Swedish.
Her favourite bands include The Clash and she is a fan of the work of, among others, fellow Danes film directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg. She at one time loved to collect designer sunglasses (her only luxury habit) — she owns around 200 pairs.

Filmography

★ ''Par où t'es rentré? On t'a pas vu sortir'' (1984) - Eva

★ ''Colletti bianchi'' (1988) (mini) TV Series - Marilù

★ ''Vacanze di Natale '91'' (1991) - Brunilde/Vanessa

★ ''Voyage'' (1993) (TV) - Ronnie Freeland

★ ''Paradis absolument, Le'' (1993) (TV) - Sarah

★ ''Devil's Advocate'' (1997) - Christabella Andreoli

★ ''Permanent Midnight'' (1998) - Dagmar

★ ''Rushmore'' (1998) - Mrs. Calloway

★ ''Soldier'' (1998) - Sandra

★ ''Dark Summer'' (1999) - Megan Denright

★ ''Mission to Mars'' (2000) - Terri Fisher

★ ''Gladiator'' (2000) - Lucilla

★ ''One Hour Photo'' (2002) - Nina Yorkin

★ ''Demonlover'' (2002) - Diane de Monx

★ ''The Hunted'' (2003) - Abby Durrell

★ ''Basic'' (2003) - Osborne

★ ''Brothers'' (Brødre) (2004) - Sarah

★ ''Return to Sender'' ''(aka Convicted)'' (2004) - Charlotte Cory

★ ''The Ice Harvest'' (2005) - Renata

★ ''The Great Raid'' (2005) - Margaret Utinsky

★ ''Tonight at Noon'' (2006) - Laura

★ ''The Situation'' (2007) - Anna Molyneux

★ ''Battle in Seattle'' (2007) - Jean

Television

★ '' (2006) - Det. Dani Beck

References

1. Connie Nielsen, Lars Ulrich Welcome a Son

External links

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