Connie Nielsen
Actor, Producer
July 3, 1965 (61 years)
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.
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Filmography
| 2026 | |
| 2025 | Robin Hood (2025) · as Eleanor Of Aquitaine |
| 2025 | Verdens Vildeste Race · as Sig Selv |
| 2025 | Nobody 2 · as Becca Mansell |
| 2025 | Follow Me · as Alice Thomas |
| 2024 | Gladiator II · as Lucilla |
| 2024 | Role Play · as Gwen Carver |
| 2023 | Origin · as Sabine |
| 2023 | Ocean Deep · as Mara |
| 2022 | The Dreamer - Becoming Karen Blixen · as Karen |
| 2022 | A Week in Paradise · as Fiona |
| 2021 | Close To Me · as Jo Harding |
| 2021 | Nobody · as Becca Mansell |
| 2021 | Zack Snyder's Justice League · as Queen Hippolyta |
| 2020 | Wonder Woman 1984 · as Hippolyta |
| 2020 | Inheritance · as Catherine Monroe |
| 2019 | Sea Fever · as FreyaOn Plex |
| 2019 | I'll Find You · as Lena MoserOn Plex |
| 2019 | I Am the Night · as Corinna Hodel |
| 2018 | FBI · as Ellen Solberg |
| 2018 | The Catcher Was a Spy · as Koranda |
| 2018 | Liberty · as Katrina |
| 2017 | Justice League · as Queen Hippolyta |
| 2017 | Wonder Woman · as Hippolyta |
| 2017 | Stratton · as SumnerOn Plex |
| 2016 | Ali and Nino · as Duchess KipianiOn Plex |
| 2016 | Løvekvinnen · as Mrs. Grjothornet |
| 2016 | The Confessions · as Claire Seth |
| 2015 | The Runner · as Deborah PriceOn Plex |
| 2014 | All Relative · as Maren |
| 2014 | Return to Zero · as Dr. Claire HoldenOn Plex |
| 2014 | 3 Days to Kill · as Christine Renner |
| 2013 | The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden · as Baroness Von Wagner (voice) |
| 2013 | Nymphomaniac: Vol. I · as Joe's Mother |
| 2013 | The Following · as Lily GrayOn Plex |
| 2012 | Hemingway & Gellhorn · as Tall Blonde Woman (uncredited) |
| 2011 | Boss (2011) · as Meredith KaneOn Plex |
| 2011 | Perfect Sense · as Jenny |
| 2010 | Lost in Africa · as Susanne |
| 2009 | A Shine of Rainbows · as Maire |
| 2009 | The Good Wife · as Ramona Lytton |
| 2007 | Battle in Seattle · as JeanOn Plex |
| 2006 | The Situation · as Anna Molyneux |
| 2005 | The Ice Harvest · as Renata Crest |
| 2005 | The Great Raid · as Margaret Utinsky |
| 2004 | Return to Sender · as Charlotte Cory |
| 2004 | Brothers · as Sarah |
| 2003 | Basic · as Cpt Julie Osborne |
| 2003 | The Hunted · as Abby Durrell |
| 2002 | Demonlover · as Diane De Monx |
| 2002 | One Hour Photo · as Nina Yorkin |
| 2002 | Ultimate Fights from the Movies · as Lucilla (gladiator) (archive Footage) |
| 2001 | Impostor · as Newscaster (uncredited) |
| 2000 | Gladiator · as Lucilla |
| 2000 | Mission to Mars · as Terri Fisher |
| 2000 | Innocents · as Megan Denright |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit · as Dani Beck |
| 1998 | Rushmore · as Mrs. Calloway |
| 1998 | Soldier · as Sandra |
| 1998 | Permanent Midnight · as Dagmar |
| 1997 | The Devil's Advocate · as Christabella |
| 1993 | Voyage · as Ronnie Freeland |
| 1991 | Vacanze di Natale '91 · as Brunilde / Vanessa |
| 1984 |
| 2023 | Ivalu · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | The Dreamer - Becoming Karen Blixen · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Close To Me · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | The Dreamer - Becoming Karen Blixen · as Idea |