GLADIATOR actress Connie Nielsen doesn’t appear to have aged a day as she walked the red carpet for the Gladiator II film.
The actress starred as Lucilla in the first Gladiator film, which was released in 2000, and has reprised her role in the sequel this year.
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Connie starred alongside Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington and Pedro Pascal in the sequel film, which comes 24 years after the first smash hit movie.
Walking the red carpet, 59-year-old Connie appears to have barely changed since she first played Lucilla in 2000 opposite Russell Crowe.
Speaking about her role as Lucilla, Connie told Entertainment Weekly earlier this year: “She’s both feared by those who are in power, as well as exploited by them as much as they can.
“And so Lucilla was very unusual at the time in the Roman Empire.
“Her life was just constantly up for grabs and endangered all the time.”
She also revealed that returning to the Gladiator film and experiencing the Colosseum again had a huge impact on her.
She explained: “It was a very emotional experience for me.
“I had so many wonderful memories from the time of doing it and it was kind of marvellous to look back and then all of a sudden be there again.
“It was frankly quite mind-boggling to have that experience.”
Outside of the Gladiator films, Danish actress Connie has also appeared in Zack Snyder’s Justice League, Wonder Woman 1984, and TV series including The Good Wife.
The actress is also fluent in multiple languages including her native Danish, English, French, German, Italian, Norwegian and Spanish.
Outside of acting, Connie is a mother to two sons including one she shares with Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich.
The pair dated from 2004 until 2012.
Connie Nielsen’s career
Danish actress Connie Nielsen has a glittering TV and film career spanning four decades, with some notable hits including Gladiator and Wonder Woman.
If you’re wondering where you might have seen Connie before, here’s some of her most notable roles…
1985 – Arcadia: Election Day
1994 – Okavango” The Wild Frontier
2000 – Gladiator
2006 – Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
2010 – Lost In Africa
2014 – 3 Days To Kill
2014 – The Good Wife
2016 – The Lion Woman
2017 – Wonder Woman
2021 – Zack Snyder’s Justice League
2023 – Ocean Deep
2024 – Gladiator II
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