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.

Filmography

• 2025Follow Me — Alice Thomas
• 2025Nobody 2 — Becca Mansell
• Robin Hood — Eleanor of Aquitaine
• Verdens Vildeste Race — Sig selv
• 2024Gladiator II — Lucilla
• 2023Ocean Deep — Mara
• 2023Origin — Sabine
• 2023Role Play — Gwen Carver
• 2022A Week in Paradise — Fiona
• The Dreamer: Becoming Karen Blixen — Karen
• Close to Me — Jo Harding, Creator
• 2021Nobody — Becca Mansell
• 2021Zack Snyder's Justice League — Queen Hippolyta
• 2020Inheritance — Catherine Monroe
• 2020Sea Fever — Freya
• 2020Wonder Woman 1984 — Hippolyta
• I Am the Night — Corinna Hodel
• 2019I'll Find You — Lena Moser
• FBI — Ellen Solberg
• Liberty — Katrina
• 2018The Catcher Was a Spy — Koranda
• 2017Justice League — Queen Hippolyta
• 2017Stratton — Sumner
• 2017Wonder Woman — Hippolyta
• 2016Ali and Nino — Duchess Kipiani
• 2016The Confessions — Claire Seth
• 2016The Lion Woman — Mrs. Grjothornet
• 2015The Runner — Deborah Price
• 20143 Days to Kill — Christine Renner
• 2014All Relative — Maren
• 2014Return to Zero — Dr. Claire Holden
• 2014The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden — Baroness Von Wagner (voice)
• 2013Nymphomaniac: Vol. I — Joe's Mother
• The Following — Lily Gray
• 2012Hemingway & Gellhorn — Tall Blonde Woman (uncredited)
• Boss — Meredith Kane
• 2011Perfect Sense — Jenny
• 2010Lost in Africa — Susanne
• 2009A Shine of Rainbows — Maire
• The Good Wife — Ramona Lytton
• 2007Battle in Seattle — Jean
• 2007The Situation — Anna Molyneux
• 2005The Great Raid — Margaret Utinsky
• 2005The Ice Harvest — Renata Crest
• 2004Brothers — Sarah
• 2004Return to Sender — Charlotte Cory
• 2003Basic — CPT Julie Osborne
• 2003The Hunted — Abby Durrell
• 2002Demonlover — Diane de Monx
• 2002L'esattore (parodia de "Il gladiatore")
• 2002One Hour Photo — Nina Yorkin
• 2002Ultimate Fights from the Movies — Lucilla (Gladiator) (archive footage)
• 2001Impostor — Newscaster (uncredited)
• 2000Gladiator — Lucilla
• 2000Innocents — Megan Denright
• 2000Mission to Mars — Terri Fisher
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Dani Beck
• 1998Permanent Midnight — Dagmar
• 1998Rushmore — Mrs. Calloway
• 1998Soldier — Sandra
• 1997The Devil's Advocate — Christabella
• 1994Le Paradis absolument — Sarah
• Okavango
• 1993Voyage — Ronnie Freeland
• 1991Christmas Vacation '91 — Brunilde / Vanessa
• Colletti Bianchi — Marilu'
• 1984How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave — Eva
• Birds of Prey
• Tonight at Noon — Laura
• Untitled Young Lee Shaw Prequel Series

Appearances as themselves (12)

• 2024The Making of Gladiator II — Self
• 2020Building Happiness — Self
• Dead Talk Live — Self - Guest
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• Today with Jenna & Sheinelle — Self
• 2005Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator' — Self
• 2005Strength and Honor: Production Pods — Self
• 2003Making of 'Demonlover' — Self
• The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn — Self - Guest
• The Daily Show — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• The Oscars — Self - Presenter