Brigitte Nielsen (born Gitte Nielsen on 15 July 1963 in Copenhagen) is a Danish actress, model, singer and Reality Show personality.
She began as a model, famously photographed by Greg Gorman and Helmut Newton. She then ventured into cinema, with her first role being Red Sonja in the eponymous 1985 film.
She met Sylvester Stallone when playing Ludmilla Drago in Rocky IV (she would reprise it 32 years later in Creed II) and married him. She then played Damsel in Distress Ingrid Knudsen in Cobra (alongside Stallone again), Karla Fry in Beverly Hills Cop II and the Black Witch in the Italian film series Fantaghirò. She divorced from Stallone in 1987. He was her second husband, and Nielsen has married four more times, with five children (she had the last of them at the quite advanced age of 54).
She is not related to Connie Nielsen. Or Leslie Nielsen.
Tropes & Trivia about her works:
- Ms. Fanservice: One of the biggest in the 1980s.
- Statuesque Stunner: She stands at six feet tall and is very attractive.
- What Could Have Been: She was set to play She-Hulk in the late 80s, and got as far as promotional photo shoots, but the film didn't materialize.
