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Connie Nielsen
1965Jul, 3

Connie Nielsen

Connie Nielsen, Danish-American actress
Connie Inge-Lise Nielsen (born 3 July 1965) is a Danish actress. She has starred as Lucilla in the film Gladiator (2000) and as Hippolyta in the DC Extended Universe, and in the films Wonder Woman (2017), Justice League (2017), Wonder Woman 1984 (2020), and Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021).

She has appeared in films such as The Devil's Advocate (1997), Soldier (1998), Mission to Mars (2000), One Hour Photo (2002), Basic (2003), The Hunted (2003), The Ice Harvest (2005), Nymphomaniac (2013), 3 Days to Kill (2014), Inheritance (2020), and Nobody (2021).

She also had roles in the NBC crime drama series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2006), the Starz political drama series Boss (2011–2012), the Fox crime thriller series The Following (2014), the TNT limited drama series I Am the Night (2019) and starred in the Channel 4 drama series Close to Me in 2021.

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Events on 1965

  • 8Mar

    Vietnam War

    Thirty-five hundred United States Marines are the first American land combat forces committed during the Vietnam War.
  • 15Mar

    Voting Rights Act

    President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to the Selma crisis, tells U.S. Congress "We shall overcome" while advocating the Voting Rights Act.
  • 6Aug

    Voting Rights Act of 1965

    US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law.
  • 27Nov

    Lyndon B. Johnson

    Vietnam War: The Pentagon tells U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson that if planned operations are to succeed, the number of American troops in Vietnam has to be increased from 120,000 to 400,000.
  • 28Nov

    Ferdinand Marcos

    Vietnam War: In response to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson's call for "more flags" in Vietnam, Philippine President-elect Ferdinand Marcos announces he will send troops to help fight in South Vietnam.