Nielsen, Connie

Nielsen was born in the city of Frederikshavn ( Northern Jutland , Denmark ). My father was a bus driver, my mother worked in the field of insurance. ^{[1] [2]}

At 10, she moved with her family to the small town of Elling . For the first time on stage, she performed at the age of 15, in a cabaret where her mother worked. At the age of 18, Connie Nielsen left Denmark for Paris. There she continued to perform and comprehend acting, studied in Rome , Milan , and South Africa . Later, the actress settled in Italy .

At age 19, in 1984, Nielsen made her film debut in the French film Par O «T'es Rentré? On T'a Pas Vu Sortir ” , and in 1988, in the Italian television mini-series Colletti Bianchi.

In 1993, she starred in the American television film Voyage, where critics noticed her. In 1996 she moved to the United States, where she continued her acting classes. In 1997, she starred in her first English-language feature film, Devil's Advocate . After that, roles in the films “Eternal Midnight” followed (1998), Rushmore Academy (1998) and Soldier (1998).

The actress gained wide fame in 2000, after the role of Lucilla in Ridley Scott 's Oscar-winning film “The Gladiator ” and Terry Fisher in the science fiction film directed by Brian De Palma “ Mission to Mars ”. Since that time, Nielsen starred in the American films " Photos in an hour " (2002), " Pounded " (2003) and " Base" Clayton " " (2003). She also starred in the French film Demonlover (2002), director Olivier Assayas .

In 2004, Nielsen made her debut in Danish cinema in the movie Brothers , for which she received the Bodil Film Award as the best Danish actress, as well as the prize for Best Actress of the San Sebastian Film Festival . In addition, Connie was nominated for the European Film Awards .

In 2006, Nielsen starred in several episodes of the series Law and Order: Special Corps .

Nielsen was married to Lars Ulrich , drummer of Metallica , until October 2012. Connie has two sons: Sebastian (2.06.1990) from his first marriage, and Bruce (05.21.2007) from his marriage with Lars. Helped with directing the video for Metallica The Unnamed Feeling . In one of the polls of the American magazine Entertainment Weekly in 2000, it was called a "sex symbol." Connie Nielsen speaks a little Spanish and is fluent in seven languages: Danish , English , German , French , Italian , Swedish and Norwegian ^[3] .