Connie Nielsen
Acting • Born 1965-07-03
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.
Filmography
81 credits
Gladiator
Movie • 2000
Lucilla
The Devil's Advocate
Movie • 1997
Christabella
Origin
Movie • 2023
Sabine
The Hunted
Movie • 2003
Abby Durrell
Brothers
Movie • 2004
Sarah
Basic
Movie • 2003
CPT Julie Osborne
Rushmore
Movie • 1998
Mrs. Calloway
The Situation
Movie • 2007
Anna Molyneux
Permanent Midnight
Movie • 1998
Dagmar
Demonlover
Movie • 2002
Diane de Monx
Tonight at Noon
Movie
Laura
Return to Sender
Movie • 2004
Charlotte Cory
Soldier
Movie • 1998
Sandra
One Hour Photo
Movie • 2002
Nina Yorkin
Battle in Seattle
Movie • 2007
Jean
Hemingway & Gellhorn
Movie • 2012
Tall Blonde Woman (uncredited)
A Shine of Rainbows
Movie • 2009
Maire
Innocents
Movie • 2000
Megan Denright
Gladiator II
Movie • 2024
Lucilla
Lost in Africa
Movie • 2010
Susanne
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
Movie • 2002
Lucilla (Gladiator) (archive footage)
Birds of Prey
Movie
Perfect Sense
Movie • 2011
Jenny
Ocean Deep
Movie • 2023
Mara
Voyage
Movie • 1993
Ronnie Freeland
3 Days to Kill
Movie • 2014
Christine Renner
Le paradis absolument
Movie • 1994
Sarah
The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden
Movie • 2014
Baroness Von Wagner (voice)
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
Movie • 2013
Joe's Mother
Role Play
Movie • 2023
Gwen Carver
Building Happiness
Movie • 2020
Self
The Runner
Movie • 2015
Deborah Price
The Great Raid
Movie • 2005
Margaret Utinsky
Return to Zero
Movie • 2014
Dr. Claire Holden
The Ice Harvest
Movie • 2005
Renata Crest
All Relative
Movie • 2014
Maren
Ali and Nino
Movie • 2016
Duchess Kipiani
Wonder Woman
Movie • 2017
Hippolyta
The Confessions
Movie • 2016
Claire Seth
The Lion Woman
Movie • 2016
Mrs. Grjothornet
Nobody 2
Movie • 2025
Becca Mansell
Justice League
Movie • 2017
Queen Hippolyta
Stratton
Movie • 2017
Sumner
How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave
Movie • 1984
Eva
Christmas Vacation '91
Movie • 1991
Brunilde / Vanessa
Wonder Woman 1984
Movie • 2020
Hippolyta
Sea Fever
Movie • 2020
Freya
Inheritance
Movie • 2020
Catherine Monroe
I'll Find You
Movie • 2019
Lena Moser
Nobody
Movie • 2021
Becca Mansell
Making of 'Demonlover'
Movie • 2003
Self
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Movie • 2021
Queen Hippolyta
Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'
Movie • 2005
Self
A Week in Paradise
Movie • 2022
Fiona
The Catcher Was a Spy
Movie • 2018
Koranda
The Making of Gladiator II
Movie • 2024
Self
Follow Me
Movie • 2025
Alice Thomas
L'esattore (parodia de "Il gladiatore")
Movie • 2002
Strength and Honor: Production Pods
Movie • 2005
Self
Impostor
Movie • 2001
Newscaster (uncredited)
Mission to Mars
Movie • 2000
Terri Fisher
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Dani Beck
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
Okavango
TV • 1993
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
TV • 1999
Self - Guest
Boss
TV • 2011
Meredith Kane
The Good Wife
TV • 2009
Ramona Lytton
Close to Me
TV • 2021
Jo Harding
The Following
TV • 2013
Lily Gray
Liberty
TV • 2018
Katrina
FBI
TV • 2018
Ellen Solberg
The Dreamer: Becoming Karen Blixen
TV • 2022
Karen
Dead Talk Live
TV • 2020
Self - Guest
I Am the Night
TV • 2019
Corinna Hodel
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
TV • 2019
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self - Presenter
Colletti Bianchi
TV • 1988
Marilu'
Robin Hood
TV • 2025
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Verdens Vildeste Race
TV • 2025
Sig selv