Connie Nielsen

Connie Nielsen

Known for
Acting
Born
July 3, 1965 (age 61)
Birthplace
Elling, Frederikshavn, Denmark

Biography

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. Nielsen is fluent in her native Danish, English, French, German, Italian, Norwegian and Swedish.

Known For

Photos

Connie Nielsen photoConnie Nielsen photoConnie Nielsen photoConnie Nielsen photoConnie Nielsen photoConnie Nielsen photoConnie Nielsen photoConnie Nielsen photo

Filmography

—
Tonight at Noon

Tonight at Noon

Movie · as Laura

—
Birds of Prey

Birds of Prey

Movie

—
Untitled Young Lee Shaw Prequel Series

Untitled Young Lee Shaw Prequel Series

TV · 1 ep

2026
Under the Rain

Under the Rain

Movie

2025
Nobody 2 poster

Nobody 2

Movie · as Becca Mansell

2025
Follow Me poster

Follow Me

Movie · as Alice Thomas

2025
Robin Hood poster

Robin Hood

TV · as Eleanor of Aquitaine · 10 eps

2025
Verdens Vildeste Race poster

Verdens Vildeste Race

TV · as Sig selv · 2 eps

2024
Gladiator II poster

Gladiator II

Movie · as Lucilla

2024
The Making of Gladiator II poster

The Making of Gladiator II

Movie · as Self

2023
Origin poster

Origin

Movie · as Sabine

2023
Ocean Deep poster

Ocean Deep

Movie · as Mara

2023
Role Play poster

Role Play

Movie · as Gwen Carver

2022
A Week in Paradise poster

A Week in Paradise

Movie · as Fiona

2022
The Dreamer: Becoming Karen Blixen poster

The Dreamer: Becoming Karen Blixen

TV · as Karen · 6 eps

2021
Nobody poster

Nobody

Movie · as Becca Mansell

2021
Zack Snyder's Justice League poster

Zack Snyder's Justice League

Movie · as Queen Hippolyta

2021
Close to Me poster

Close to Me

TV · as Jo Harding · 6 eps

2020
Building Happiness poster

Building Happiness

Movie · as Self

2020
Wonder Woman 1984 poster

Wonder Woman 1984

Movie · as Hippolyta

2020
Sea Fever poster

Sea Fever

Movie · as Freya

2020
Inheritance poster

Inheritance

Movie · as Catherine Monroe

2020
Dead Talk Live poster

Dead Talk Live

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2019
I'll Find You poster

I'll Find You

Movie · as Lena Moser

2019
I Am the Night poster

I Am the Night

TV · as Corinna Hodel · 6 eps

2019
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle poster

Today with Jenna & Sheinelle

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
The Catcher Was a Spy poster

The Catcher Was a Spy

Movie · as Koranda

2018
Liberty poster

Liberty

TV · as Katrina · 5 eps

2018
FBI poster

FBI

TV · as Ellen Solberg · 1 ep

2017
Wonder Woman poster

Wonder Woman

Movie · as Hippolyta

2017
Justice League poster

Justice League

Movie · as Queen Hippolyta

2017
Stratton poster

Stratton

Movie · as Sumner

2016
Ali and Nino poster

Ali and Nino

Movie · as Duchess Kipiani

2016
The Confessions poster

The Confessions

Movie · as Claire Seth

2016
The Lion Woman poster

The Lion Woman

Movie · as Mrs. Grjothornet

2015
The Runner poster

The Runner

Movie · as Deborah Price

2014
3 Days to Kill poster

3 Days to Kill

Movie · as Christine Renner

2014
The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden poster

The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden

Movie · as Baroness Von Wagner (voice)

2014
Return to Zero poster

Return to Zero

Movie · as Dr. Claire Holden

2014
All Relative poster

All Relative

Movie · as Maren

2013
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I poster

Nymphomaniac: Vol. I

Movie · as Joe's Mother

2013
The Following poster

The Following

TV · as Lily Gray · 15 eps

2012
Hemingway & Gellhorn poster

Hemingway & Gellhorn

Movie · as Tall Blonde Woman (uncredited)

2011
Perfect Sense poster

Perfect Sense

Movie · as Jenny

2011
Boss poster

Boss

TV · as Meredith Kane · 18 eps

2010
Lost in Africa poster

Lost in Africa

Movie · as Susanne

2009
A Shine of Rainbows poster

A Shine of Rainbows

Movie · as Maire

2009
The Good Wife poster

The Good Wife

TV · as Ramona Lytton · 4 eps

2007
The Situation poster

The Situation

Movie · as Anna Molyneux

2007
Battle in Seattle poster

Battle in Seattle

Movie · as Jean

2005
The Great Raid poster

The Great Raid

Movie · as Margaret Utinsky

2005
The Ice Harvest poster

The Ice Harvest

Movie · as Renata Crest

2005
Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator' poster

Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'

Movie · as Self

2005
Strength and Honor: Production Pods poster

Strength and Honor: Production Pods

Movie · as Self

2004
Brothers poster

Brothers

Movie · as Sarah

2004
Return to Sender poster

Return to Sender

Movie · as Charlotte Cory

2003
The Hunted poster

The Hunted

Movie · as Abby Durrell

2003
Basic poster

Basic

Movie · as CPT Julie Osborne

2003
Making of 'Demonlover' poster

Making of 'Demonlover'

Movie · as Self

2002
Demonlover poster

Demonlover

Movie · as Diane de Monx

2002
One Hour Photo poster

One Hour Photo

Movie · as Nina Yorkin

2002
Ultimate Fights from the Movies poster

Ultimate Fights from the Movies

Movie · as Lucilla (Gladiator) (archive footage)

2002
L'esattore (parodia de "Il gladiatore") poster

L'esattore (parodia de "Il gladiatore")

Movie

2001
Impostor poster

Impostor

Movie · as Newscaster (uncredited)

2000
Gladiator poster

Gladiator

Movie · as Lucilla

2000
Innocents poster

Innocents

Movie · as Megan Denright

2000
Mission to Mars poster

Mission to Mars

Movie · as Terri Fisher

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Dani Beck · 6 eps

1999
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn poster

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1998
Rushmore poster

Rushmore

Movie · as Mrs. Calloway

1998
Permanent Midnight poster

Permanent Midnight

Movie · as Dagmar

1998
Soldier poster

Soldier

Movie · as Sandra

1997
The Devil's Advocate poster

The Devil's Advocate

Movie · as Christabella

1996
The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1994
Le Paradis absolument poster

Le Paradis absolument

Movie · as Sarah

1993
Voyage poster

Voyage

Movie · as Ronnie Freeland

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1993
Okavango

Okavango

TV · 26 eps

1991
Christmas Vacation '91 poster

Christmas Vacation '91

Movie · as Brunilde / Vanessa

1988
Colletti Bianchi

Colletti Bianchi

TV · as Marilu' · 12 eps

1984
How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave poster

How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave

Movie · as Eva

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep