Connie Nielsen

Actor Jul 3 (age 60) Elling, Frederikshavn, Denmark 1984–2025 (41 year career)

6.4 avg rating

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.

Known For

Film

Gladiator

Lucilla

Film

Zack Snyder's Justice League

Queen Hippolyta

Film

Wonder Woman

Hippolyta

Film

Nobody

Becca Mansell

Film

The Devil's Advocate

Christabella

Film

Rushmore

Mrs. Calloway

Film

Wonder Woman 1984

Hippolyta

Film

Justice League

Queen Hippolyta

Filmography

Acting (81)

Movies (61)

Nobody 2

as Becca Mansell

Follow Me

as Alice Thomas

Gladiator II

as Lucilla

The Making of Gladiator II

as Self

Origin

as Sabine

Role Play

as Gwen Carver

Ocean Deep

as Mara

A Week in Paradise

as Fiona

Nobody

as Becca Mansell

Zack Snyder's Justice League

as Queen Hippolyta

Wonder Woman 1984

as Hippolyta

Sea Fever

as Freya

Inheritance

as Catherine Monroe

Building Happiness

as Self

I'll Find You

2019

as Lena Moser

5.4

The Catcher Was a Spy

as Koranda

Wonder Woman

as Hippolyta

Justice League

as Queen Hippolyta

Stratton

as Sumner

The Lion Woman

as Mrs. Grjothornet

Ali and Nino

as Duchess Kipiani

The Confessions

as Claire Seth

The Runner

as Deborah Price

3 Days to Kill

as Christine Renner

The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden

2014

as Baroness Von Wagner (voice)

Return to Zero

as Dr. Claire Holden

All Relative

as Maren

Nymphomaniac: Vol. I

as Joe's Mother

Hemingway & Gellhorn

as Tall Blonde Woman (uncredited)

Perfect Sense

as Jenny

Lost in Africa

as Susanne

A Shine of Rainbows

as Maire

Battle in Seattle

as Jean

The Situation

as Anna Molyneux

The Great Raid

as Margaret Utinsky

The Ice Harvest

as Renata Crest

Strength and Honor: Production Pods

2005

as Self

Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'

as Self

Brothers

as Sarah

Return to Sender

as Charlotte Cory

The Hunted

as Abby Durrell

Basic

as CPT Julie Osborne

Making of 'Demonlover'

2003

as Self

One Hour Photo

2002

as Nina Yorkin

6.6

L'esattore (parodia de "Il gladiatore")

2002

Demonlover

2002

as Diane de Monx

5.7

Ultimate Fights from the Movies

2002

as Lucilla (Gladiator) (archive footage)

4.9

Impostor

2001

as Newscaster (uncredited)

Gladiator

as Lucilla

Mission to Mars

as Terri Fisher

Innocents

as Megan Denright

Rushmore

as Mrs. Calloway

Soldier

as Sandra

Permanent Midnight

as Dagmar

The Devil's Advocate

as Christabella

Le paradis absolument

1994

as Sarah

Voyage

1993

as Ronnie Freeland

4.9

Christmas Vacation '91

1991

as Brunilde / Vanessa

5.0

How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave

1984

as Eva

5.5

Tonight at Noon

as Laura

Birds of Prey

Television (20)

Robin Hood

2025

as Eleanor of Aquitaine

7.5

Verdens Vildeste Race

2025

as Self

10.0

The Dreamer: Becoming Karen Blixen

as Karen

Close to Me

as Jo Harding

Dead Talk Live

as Self - Guest

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019

as Self

6.4

Today with Jenna & Sheinelle

as Self

I Am the Night

as Corinna Hodel

FBI

as Ellen Solberg

Liberty

as Katrina

The Following

as Lily Gray

Boss

as Meredith Kane

The Good Wife

as Ramona Lytton

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

as Dani Beck

7.9

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

as Self - Guest

The Daily Show

as Self

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest

Okavango

Colletti Bianchi

as Marilu'

The Oscars

1953

as Self - Presenter

7.0