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Connie Nielsen

Connie Nielsen

9 films · 535 frames · top-billed in 4 · 20002024

Born 3 July 1965 · Elling, Frederikshavn, Denmark

Connie Inge-Lise Nielsen 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.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 9 films · 535 frames · top-billed in 4 · 20002024

  • Rungstedlund Award2023
  • Bodil Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role2005

How their films are shot

Measured across 535 frames from the 9 films we hold. This is the look of the work Connie takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 9 films we hold, 47% of their frames are day, 44% low key — the look of the work Connie takes.

Time of day

Day47%
Night43%
Interior5%

Lighting

Low key44%
Natural40%
High key9%

Shot size

Medium35%
Closeup28%
Wide24%
Fullbody8%

Camera angle

Eye level80%
Low angle9%
High angle8%

Mood

Neutral54%
Tense25%
Lonely8%
Ominous5%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

Often with

Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 535 frames from Connie Nielsen's 9 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.