Connie Nielsen
Danish actress

Famous For
Movies & TV
GladiatorWonder WomanJustice LeagueThe Devil's AdvocateGladiator II
Awards
Rungstedlund Award (2023)Bodil Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role (2005)
Connie Nielsen
Danish actress
Biography
Connie Inge-Lise Nielsen (born 3 July 1965) is a Danish actress. She has starred as Lucilla in the films Gladiator (2000) and Gladiator II (2024) and as Queen Hippolyta in the DC Extended Universe (2017–2021). She has also starred in films such as Soldier (1998), Mission to Mars (2000), One Hour Photo (2002), Basic (2003), The Hunted (2003), The Ice Harvest (2005), Nymphomaniac (2013), 3 Days to Kill (2014), Inheritance (2020), Nobody (2021) and its sequel Nobody 2 (2025). She also had roles as New York Police Department Detective Dani Beck, the temporary partner of Christopher Meloni's Elliot Stabler in the NBC crime drama series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2006), the Starz political drama series Boss (2011–2012), the Fox crime thriller series The Following (2014), and the TNT limited drama series I Am the Night (2019), and starred in the Channel 4 drama series Close to Me (2021).
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Photos

Connie Nielsen speaking at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California.