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Connie Nielsen

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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.

Notable films

Where to start

Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

Gladiator

As Lucilla

Gladiator II

As Lucilla

The Devil's Advocate

As Christabella

Zack Snyder's Justice League

As Queen Hippolyta

Nobody

As Becca Mansell

Wonder Woman

As Hippolyta

Wonder Woman 1984

As Hippolyta

Justice League

As Queen Hippolyta

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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Ghosts in the Machine

From a stuntman's final role to a star's digital encore, these eight films trace cinema's long affair with performing from beyond the grave.

8 films

The DVDs That Changed Everything

In the autumn of 1997, the first DVD players reached British shops, and the format arrived with a sales pitch that sounded too good to be true: cinema in your l...

13 films

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