Connie Nielsen

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Connie Nielsen
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Born Connie Inge-Lise Nielsen
(1965-07-03) 3 July 1965 (age 59)
Frederikshavn, Denmark
Occupation Actress
Years active 1984–present
Partner(s) Lars Ulrich (2004–2012)
Children 2

Connie Inge-Lise Nielsen (born 3 July 1965) is a Danish actress whose first major role in an English language film was a supporting role in The Devil's Advocate (1997); Nielsen later gained international attention for her role in Ridley Scott's Gladiator (2000). Her films include Mission to Mars (2000), One Hour Photo (2002), Basic (2003), The Hunted (2003), The Ice Harvest (2005) and Nymphomaniac (2014). She starred as Meredith Kane on the Starz TV series Boss (2011–2012) and was a lead character in the second season of The Following.

Early life

Nielsen was born in Frederikshavn and grew up in the village of Elling,[1] Denmark. Her father, Bent Nielsen, was a bus driver, and her mother was an insurance clerk, who also acted and wrote musical reviews.[2][3][4] She was raised a Mormon.[5] 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, where she still resides.

Career

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).[6]

She moved to the United States in the mid 90s 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).[7]

In 2000, Nielsen became known to worldwide audiences as Lucilla in Scott's Academy Award–winning 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), and Basic (2003), for which she had to cut off most of her hair. She also starred in the acclaimed French thriller Demonlover (2002), directed by Olivier Assayas. She played the Irish mother to an orphan in A Shine of Rainbows (2009).[8]

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, 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.[9]

Alongside Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jamie Bell and Uma Thurman, Nielsen appeared in the 2014 Lars Von Trier film Nymphomaniac.[10] Nielsen was also featured in the series of promotional posters in the period leading up to the film's release and, in an article that described the poster campaign as "shocking", the Independent publication stated: "Connie Nielsen appears somewhat moist in this poster for Nymphomaniac".[11]

In 2015 she appeared on the latest TV-2 (band) album Det gode liv where she sang along with Steffen Brandt on the track "Brev til Mona".

Personal life

From 2004 to 2012, Nielsen dated Metallica drummer (and fellow Dane) Lars Ulrich. They have one son together, Bryce Thadeus Ulrich-Nielsen (b. 21 May 2007 in San Francisco).[12] She has an older son, hip-hop producer Sebastian Sartor (born 2 June 1990), from a previous relationship.[13]

Nielsen is a polyglot who speaks eight languages: Danish, English, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, and a little Spanish.[14]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1984 Par où t'es rentré ? On t'a pas vu sortir Eva as Connie Nielson
1991 Vacanze di Natale '91 Brunilde/Vanessa
1997 The Devil's Advocate Christabella Andreoli
1998 Permanent Midnight Dagmar
1998 Rushmore Mrs. Calloway
1998 Soldier Sandra
2000 Dark Summer Megan Denright
2000 Mission to Mars Terri Fisher
2000 Gladiator Lucilla Empire Award for Best Actress
Nominated—Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actress – Action
Nominated—Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2002 One Hour Photo Nina Yorkin Nominated—Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
2002 Demonlover Diane de Monx
2003 The Hunted Abby Durrell
2003 Basic Osborne
2004 Brødre Sarah
2004 Return to Sender Charlotte Cory
2005 The Great Raid Margaret Utinsky
2005 The Ice Harvest Renata Crest
2006 The Situation Anna Molyneux
2007 Battle in Seattle Jean
2009 A Shine of Rainbows Maire
2010 Kidnappet Susanne
2011 Perfect Sense Jenny
2013 Nymphomaniac Joe's Mother Part 1 only
2013 The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden Baroness Von Wagner Narration/voice
2014 3 Days to Kill Christine Renner
2014 Return to Zero Dr. Claire Holden
2014 All Relative Maren[15]
2015 The Runner Deborah Price Post-production
2015 Ali and Nino Duchess Kipiani Post-production
2016 The 11th Katrine Firth Post-production
2016 Stratton: First Into Action Sumner Post-production
2016 Music, War and Love Lena Filming
2016 Løvekvinnen Mrs Grjothornet Post-production
2016 Le Confessioni Claire Seth Post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1993 Voyage Ronnie Freeland Television movie
1994 Le paradis absolument Sarah Television movie
2006 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Detective Dani Beck 6 episodes
2008 Danny Fricke Danny Fricke Television movie
2011–2012 Boss Meredith Rutledge Kane 16 episodes
2014 The Following Lily Gray 10 episodes
2014–present The Good Wife Ramona Lytton 4 episodes
2015 Unveiled Joan McAllen Television movie

References

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