Connie Nielsen Profile

Full Name:Connie Nielsen - Contact Connie Nielsen

Connie Nielsen News and Gossip

Connie Nielsen Gossip

Contact Connie Nielsen
CLICK HERE!!

Connie Nielsen
Video

Next

Clip Connie Nielsen Video
Filename: Connie Nielsen
Clip Movie: Gladiator Cast: Lucilla - Connie Nielsen Commodus - Joaquin Phoenix Maximus - Russell Crowe Song by: ?? Video
Filename: Connie Nielsen - Lucilla
Clip Philip Haas (Angels and Insects, Lathe of Heaven) directed in this latest film (in theatres soon) set against the backdrop of the Iraqi war, and a ... Video
Filename: "The Situation" movie trailer
Clip Music Video about the movie Brothers Video
Filename: Because of You - Brothers - Connie Nielsen
Clip Johnny just caught Connie Nielsen on Law And Order SVU subbing for Mariska Hargitay for 6 episodes in 2006. She tackled the part as well as it ... Video
Filename: For actress CONNIE NIELSEN ! "Try A little Tenderness ...
Clip
Filename: Connie Nielsen habla de "Basic"
Clip The Ice Harvest on DVD is great The film begins on Christmas in Wichita, Kansas. Charlie Arglist, (Cusack) a mob lawyer, has just stolen a ... Video
Filename: The Ice Harvest on DVD is great
Clip
Filename: Connie Nielsen habla con John Travolta (Topo / Easter Egg)

Connie Nielsen
extracted from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, distributed under the GNU Free Documentation License

Connie Nielsen
Born Connie Inge-Lise Nielsen
3 July 1965 (1965-07-03) (age 44)
Frederikshavn, Denmark
Years active 1984 - present
Domestic partner(s) Lars Ulrich (2001-present)

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

Contents

Biography

Early life

Nielsen was born in Frederikshavn, Denmark to an insurance clerk mother and a bus driver father 1. She was raised 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 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 il Piccolo Teatro di Milano in Milan. She lived in Italy for many years, before moving to the United States, where she still resides.

Personal life

Nielsen also has a son, Sebastian (b. 2 June 1990), from a previous relationship. Since 2003 Nielsen has been dating Metallica-drummer Lars Ulrich, and on May 21st 2007, they welcomed a boy, named Bryce Thadeus Ulrich-Nielsen. The couple and their son, Bryce, as well as Ulrich's two children from previous marriage, Myles, 10, and Layne, 7, currently resides in the San Francisco-area.

Nielsen's favorite band is The Clash, and she is a big fan of Danish movie-directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg. The latter directed Metallica's music video for their song The Day That Never Comes.

She speaks seven languages: Danish, English, French, German, Italian, Norwegian and Swedish.2

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 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 first minor breakthrough led to roles in films as Permanent Midnight (1998), Rushmore (1998) and Soldier (1998).

In 2000, Nielsen 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, Nielsen 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 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Det. Dani Beck. She filled in for Mariska Hargitay who was on maternity leave at the time of filming.

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes and awards
1984 Par Où T'es Rentré? On T'a Pas Vu Sortir Eva
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
1999 Dark Summer Megan Denright
2000 Mission to Mars Terri Fisher
2000 Gladiator Lucilla
2002 One Hour Photo Nina Yorkin
2002 Demonlover Diane de Monx
2003 The Hunted Abby Durrell
2003 Basic Osborne
2004 Brothers Sarah
2004 Return to Sender Charlotte Cory
2005 The Ice Harvest Renata
2005 The Great Raid Margaret Utinsky
2007 The Situation Anna Molyneux
2007 Battle in Seattle Jean
2009 Tonight at Noon Laura

Television

References

  1. ^ Connie Nielsen Biography (1965-)
  2. ^ Vaughan, Brendan (2007-03-01), "A Woman We Love: Connie Nielsen", Esquire Magazine, http://www.esquire.com/women/ESQ0303-MAR_NIELSON_rev_2 

External links

v â€¢ d â€¢ e
Actors in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Detective Actors
Christopher Meloni • Mariska Hargitay • Richard Belzer • Ice-T • Adam Beach • Dean Winters • Michelle Hurd • Connie Nielsen
Assistant District Attorney Actors
Commanding Officer Actors
Dann Florek • Richard Belzer (1 episode)
Sergeant Actors
Medical Examiner Actors
Psychiatrist Actors
District Attorney Actors