This sexy Danish actress has been around in the entertainment industry for nearly four decades, and Connie Nielsen has established herself as a bankable global star. Even with her advancing age, this talented woman has appeared in numerous films, and it does not look like she has plans of stopping anytime soon.
This lovely celebrity grew up in the town of Elling, a small village located north of Denmark with a population of a thousand. None of her parents was directly in the showbiz industry, although her mother wrote musical reviews on top of being an insurance agent.
After high school, Connie Nielsen went to France to pursue an acting and modeling career. This move eventually led her to Italy to study drama at Piccolo Teatro di Milano. The actress lived in the country for many years before moving to the United States.
Her feature film debut happened in the French romantic comedy roughly translated to, Where did you get back? We didn’t see you go out. Several years passed before her next appearance, this time on a TV movie called Voyage and Le Paradis absolument.
The hot blonde’s breakthrough in the United States was in the horror film Devil’s Advocate, opposite Hollywood A-listers Keanu Reeves and Al Pacino. This appearance led to more mainstream roles in movies like Permanent Midnight, Rushmore, Soldier, Innocents, and Mission to Mars.
One of her most notable characters to date is Lucilla in the historical epic, Gladiator. She served as the protagonist’s former lover, and the antagonist’s sister and Connie Nielsen did excellent work in this dual role.
There is something about her gaze and facial features that work well in historical themes, as the stunning blonde bagged a similar part as the Amazonian queen Hippolyta in Wonder Woman. The movie marked her participation in the DC Extended Universe, and Connie Nielsen reprised her role in Justice League and Wonder Woman 1984.
All these varieties show that the actress can do different genres and perfect them. She trained several hours a day to perform the action stunts, and Connie Nielsen’s warrior outfit served to emphasize her generous boobs and ass.