Connie Nielsen

Birth Name:

Connie Inge-Lise Nielsen

Birth Place:

Elling, Frederikshavn, Denmark

Profession

Actress, Producer

Founded the Human Needs Project in 2010
Has received a Bodi Award for Best Actress
Won an Empire Award for best actress in 2001 for her role in "Gladiator․"
Attended Piccolo Teatro di Milano to study acting
Made her screen acting debut in the film "How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave" in 1984
Quote: "I'm definitely more attracted to chaos than to order․ The point is, I find the female roles out there very cliché․ If we are limited to being only lovers or mothers, we are missing out․"
Quote: "We have a certain warped sense of humor in Scandinavia, and that is what comes across in the choices in a lot of our movies․"
Appeared in several European films before making her English-language debut in the 1997 movie, "The Devil's Advocate․"
Best known for her role as Lucilla in "Gladiator" and as Nina Yorkin in "One Hour Photo․"
Fluent in eight languages, including Danish, German, Italian and Swedish
Served as the keynote speaker at the 2013 Gates Foundation Sanitation Summit

2000Sierra Award - Best Supporting Actress:Nominated
2001Actor - Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture:Nominated
2001Blockbuster Entertainment Award - Favorite Supporting Actress - Action:Nominated
2001Empire Award - Best Actress:Winner
2003Saturn Award - Best Supporting Actress:Nominated
2003Chainsaw Award - Best Supporting Actress:Nominated
2003Stinker Award - Worst Fake Accent: Female:Nominated
2004Silver Seashell - Best Actress:Winner
2004Zulu - Best Actress (Årets danske kvindelige hovedrolle):Winner
2005Bodil - Best Actress (Bedste kvindelige hovedrolle):Winner
2005European Film Award - European Actress:Nominated
2005EFA People's Choice Award - Best European Actress:Nominated
2005Special Jury Prize - Performance:Winner
2025Movies for Grownups Award - Best Supporting Actress:Nominated
2025CinEuphoria - Best Ensemble - International Competition:Nominated

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