Connie Nielsen Net Worth

Connie Nielsen's Quotes

• 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 limiting ourselves.
• [on The Hunted (2003)] I trained with the FBI in Portland and I also had many conversations with female FBI agents in Los Angeles, as well. That was again something that also came in very handy for Basic (2003), because I'd learned already how to handle a gun and how to behave just physically when you're in a situation, a threat. That was very good to know. I didn't have to do that again.
• Often when you get a really good script, and you receive the new pages, you see that the entire thing has been dumbed down. Films in the '30s and '40s, that were huge blockbusters, were very sophisticated in their language, and the ideas they brought. There were no questions about whether the audience would get it or not. Today there is a certain fear, or horror, that the audience won't understand. They underestimate the audience very often. And that is because, when you look at the box-office to see that total braindead films make lots of money, then that's what the cash machine is telling you to do. In other words: More braindead, more money!
• 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.

Interesting Facts about Connie Nielsen

1. Has a son, Sebastian Sartor (b. 26 November 1989). Father is Italian actor Fabio Sartor.
2. Fluent in Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.
3. Even though she was born in Denmark, her first Danish movie was not until Brothers (2004), directed by Susanne Bier.
4. Was in a relationship with drummer Lars Ulrich of Metallica from 2004-2012.
5. Big fan of Danish directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg.
6. One of her hobbies is collecting designer sunglasses. She owns around 200 pairs.
7. When she turned 18, she traveled to Paris to pursue her acting career. She later also worked and studied in Rome, Milan, South Africa and New York.
8. Born in Elling and raised in Copenhagen.
9. Son, Bryce Thadeus Ulrich-Nielsen (b. 21 May 2007). Father is Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich.
10. Favorite band is The Clash.
11. She was in a relationship with Italian actor Fabio Sartor, when she lived and worked in Italy, from 1988 to 1994.
12. She is the first actress to portray the DC comic book character Hippolyta in a "Wonder Woman" film. Charlene Holt, Cloris Leachman, Carolyn Jones, and Beatrice Straight performed the role for television.
13. Lives in Marin County, California.
14. She is no relation to fellow Danish actress Brigitte Nielsen.
15. She has appeared in one film that has been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Rushmore (1998).
16. She did extensive research on Ancient Rome for Gladiator (2000) and often acted as an unofficial consultant to help get historical details right.