Connie Nielsen

Connie Inge-Lise Nielsen (born 3 July 1965) is a Danish actress.
Nielsen was born in Frederikshavn, Denmark to an insurance clerk mother and a bus driver father . She was raised in a small village named Elling. She began her acting career working alongside her mother on the local revue and variety scene. At 18 she traveled to Paris, France where she worked as an actress and model, which led to further work and study in Italy — at drama school in Rome and in master classes with Lydia Styx, a teacher at il Piccolo Teatro di Milano in Milan. She lived in Italy for many years, before moving to the United States, where she still resides.
Nielsen has a son, Sebastian (b. 2 June 1990), from a previous relationship. Since 2003 Nielsen has been dating Metallica-drummer Lars Ulrich, and on May 21 2007, they welcomed a boy, named Bryce Thadeus Ulrich-Nielsen. The couple and their son, Bryce, as well as Ulrich's two children from previous marriage, Myles, 10, and Layne, 7, currently resides in the San Francisco-area.
Nielsen's favorite band is The Clash, and she is a big fan of Danish movie-directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg. The latter directed Metallica's music video for their