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| Birth Name(s) : Connie Inge-Lise Nielsen |
Date of Birth: July 2, 1965 |
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| Born in Denmark, Connie Nielson moved to Paris at 18 to pursue her acting career. She appeared in the Italian movie "Vacanze di Natale '91" (1992) and a French movie called "Le Paradis absolument" (1993) before her American debut: "Voyage" (1993). Her breakthrough role was in "The Devil's Advocate" (1997) with Keanu Reeves. Connie was the only female cast member of the film "Gladiator" (2000) and did not allow her son Sebastian to see it when it first came out. |
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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.
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 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.
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.
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. |
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