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3 | Connie Inge-Lise Nielsen (born 3 July 1965 in Frederikshavn, Denmark) is a [[UsefulNotes/{{Denmark}} Danish]] actress. |
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5 | She began her acting career working alongside her mother, and traveled to Paris at the age of 18 to work as an actress and model. Her first English-language film role was in ''Film/TheDevilsAdvocate'', as Christabella Andreoli, before she gained international recognition as Lucilla in Creator/RidleyScott's film ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'', alongside Creator/RussellCrowe and Creator/JoaquinPhoenix. Most recently, she's played the mother of Creator/GalGadot's Franchise/WonderWoman, Queen Hippolyta, in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse. |
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7 | She is not related to Creator/LeslieNielsen. Or Creator/BrigitteNielsen. |
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9 | Nielsen is the mother of two sons from different relationships. One was fathered by Music/LarsUlrich, whom she dated from 2004 to 2012. |
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11 | !!Selected Filmography |
12 | * ''Film/HowDidYouGetInWeDidntSeeYouLeave'' (1984) as Eva |
13 | * ''Film/TheDevilsAdvocate'' (1997) as Christabella Andreoli |
14 | * ''Film/{{Rushmore}}'' (1998) as Mrs. Calloway |
15 | * ''Film/{{Soldier}}'' (1998) as Sandra |
16 | * ''Film/MissionToMars'' (2000) as Terri Fisher |
17 | * ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'' (2000) as Lucilla |
18 | * ''Film/OneHourPhoto'' (2002) as Nina Yorkin |
19 | * ''Film/{{The Hunted|2003}}'' (2003) as Abby Durrell |
20 | * ''Film/{{Basic}}'' (2003) as Osborne |
21 | * ''Film/TheGreatRaid'' (2005) as Margaret Utinsky |
22 | * ''Film/TheIceHarvest'' (2005) as Renata Crest |
23 | * ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' (2006) as Detective Danielle Beck |
24 | * ''Film/BattleInSeattle'' (2007) as Jean |
25 | * ''Film/PerfectSense'' (2011) as Jenny |
26 | * ''Series/{{Boss}}'' (2011-12) as Meredith Kane |
27 | * ''Film/HemingwayAndGellhorn'' (2012) as Tall Blonde Woman |
28 | * ''Film/{{Nymphomaniac}}: Vol. I'' (2013) as Joe's Mother |
29 | * ''Film/ThreeDaysToKill'' (2014) as Christine Renner |
30 | * ''Series/TheFollowing'' (2014) as Lily Gray |
31 | * ''Series/TheGoodWife'' (2014-15) as Ramona Lytton |
32 | * Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse as Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons |
33 | ** ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'' (2017) |
34 | ** ''Film/{{Justice League|2017}}'' (2017) |
35 | ** ''Film/{{Wonder Woman 1984}}'' (2020) |
36 | ** ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'' (2021) |
37 | * ''Film/TheCatcherWasASpy'' (2018) as Koranda |
38 | * ''Series/{{FBI}}'' (2018) as Special Agent-in-Charge Ellen Solberg |
39 | * ''Series/IAmTheNight'' (2019) as Corinna Hodel |
40 | * ''Film/SeaFever'' (2019) as Freya |
41 | * ''Film/{{Inheritance}}'' (2020) as Catherine Monroe |
42 | * ''Film/{{Nobody}}'' (2021) as Becca Mansell |
43 | * ''The Dreamer - Becoming Karen Blixen'' (2022) as Karen Blixen |
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45 | !Tropes in her work include: |
46 | * ActorSharedBackground: More than one of her characters has mentioned she's from Denmark originally, even if they became US citizens and such later. |
47 | * CunningLinguist: She's fluent in Danish, English, Swedish, Norwegian, French, German, Italian and Spanish and will occasionally show off her skills in said languages in roles. |
48 | * FakeAmerican: She's played American characters over the course of her career mostly. |
49 | * MsFanservice: Multiple works have had her show off her good looks with revealing clothes or sometimes nudity and sex scenes. |
50 | * StatuesqueStunner: She's very beautiful and stands at an impressive 5'10. |
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