Connie Nielsen
Also known as Connie Inge-Lise Nielsen
Danish actress
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Connie Inge-Lise Nielsen (born July 3, 1965) is a Danish actress. She began her acting career working alongside her mother on the local revue and variety scene. At 18, she traveled to Paris, where she worked as an actress and model, which led to further work. She has starred as Lucilla in the films Gladiator (2000) and Gladiator II (2024) and as Queen Hippolyta in the DC Extended Universe.…
Known for
- Nobody 2 — Becca Mansell2025
- Follow Me — Alice Thomas2025
- Robin Hood — Eleanor of Aquitaine2025
- Verdens Vildeste Race — Sig selv2025
- Gladiator II — Lucilla2024
- The Making of Gladiator II — Self2024
- Origin — Sabine2023
- Ocean Deep — Mara2023
- Role Play — Gwen Carver2023
- A Week in Paradise — Fiona2022
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Connie Inge-Lise Nielsen (born 3 July 1965) is a Danish actress. She has starred as Lucilla in the films Gladiator (2000) and Gladiator II (2024) and as Queen Hippolyta in the DC Extended Universe (2017–2021). She has also starred in films such as Soldier (1998), Mission to Mars (2000), One Hour Photo (2002), Basic (2003), The Hunted (2003), The Ice Harvest (2005), Nymphomaniac (2013), 3 Days to Kill (2014), Inheritance (2020), Nobody (2021) and its sequel Nobody 2 (2025).
She also had roles as New York Police Department Detective Dani Beck, the temporary partner of Christopher Meloni's Elliot Stabler in the NBC crime drama series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2006), the Starz political drama series Boss (2011–2012), the Fox crime thriller series The Following (2014), and the TNT limited drama series I Am the Night (2019), and starred in the Channel 4 drama series Close to Me (2021).