Brigitte Nielsen

Brigitte Nielsen

Brigitte Nielsen (born Gitte Nielsen; July 15, 1963) is a Danish actress, model, singer, and television personality, who began her acting career with appearances in the 1985 films Red Sonja and Rocky IV. She is also known for her marriage to Sylvester Stallone (1985-1987) and subsequently appeared with him in the 1986 film Cobra. She then was noted for her widely publicized breakup with Stallone in 1987, and her subsequent relationship with New York Jets defensive end Mark Gastineau from 1988 to 1990. She's also known for her relationship with rapper Flavor Flav in 2005. She began her career modeling for Greg Gorman and Helmut Newton. She then acted in the 1985 films Red Sonja and Rocky IV, later returning to the Rocky series in Creed II (2018). Nielsen married Sylvester Stallone, with whom she starred in the 1986 film Cobra. She played a villain in Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) and starred as the Black Witch in the 1990s Italian film series Fantaghirò. She later built a career starring in B-movies, hosting TV shows, and appearing on reality shows. Her exploits were well-covered in the entertainment media in the 1980s, and the world press started referring to her as an "Amazon" because of her tall stature (verified by the Guinness Book of World Records at six feet, or 1.82 meters). She first commented on her stature and used the term "Amazonian" to describe herself in 1985. She later built a career appearing in B-movies, and in the 2000s, for appearing on reality shows such as The Surreal Life, on which she met and began a relationship with rapper Flavor Flav. In 2008, she appeared on the reality show Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, which depicted her and several other celebrities dealing with recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. She's been married 5 times, Sylvester Stallone was her second husband. She has 5 children: a son with her first husband, a son with NY Jets football player Marc Gastineau, 2 sons with her fourth husband, and a daughter (at the age of 54) with her fifth husband, who is 15 years younger. In her 2011 book, she revealed having had an affair with Arnold Schwarzenegger (he verified this in 2020) during the filming of Red Sonja (1985), after Schwarzenegger had just started a relationship with Maria Shriver. Besides her native Danish, she is fluent in English, German and Italian. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brigitte Nielsen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known For: Acting

Born: Rødovre, Danmark, 1963-07-15

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1985	Red Sonja	Red Sonja	54
2	1985	Rocky IV	Ludmilla Vobet Drago	71
3	1986	Cobra	Ingrid	61
4	1987	Beverly Hills Cop II	Karla Fry	65
5	1988	Domino	Domino	50
6	1988	Bye Bye Baby	Lisa	30
7	1989	Murder on the Moon	Maggie Bartok	30
8	1992	976-EVIL II	Agnes	45
9	1992	The Double 0 Kid	Rhonda	48
10	1992	Mission of Justice	Dr. Rachel K. Larkin	67
11	1992	The Cave of the Golden Rose 2	Strega Nera	62
12	1993	Chained Heat 2	Magda Kassar	38
13	1993	The Cave of the Golden Rose 3	Strega Nera	63
14	1994	The Cave of the Golden Rose 4	Strega Nera	63
15	1995	Compelling Evidence	Michelle Stone	39
16	1995	Body Count	Sybil	51
17	1995	Galaxis	Ladera	40
18	1996	The Cave of the Golden Rose 5	Strega nera	58
19	1997	Snowboard Academy	Mimi	34
20	1998	She's Too Tall	Veronica Lamar	60
21	1998	Paparazzi	Self	51
22	1999	Hostile Environment	Minna	54
23	2001	Doomsdayer	Elizabeth Gast	43
24	2002	Korn: Deuce	Lab Doctor	73
25	2007	Voyage: Killing Brigitte Nielsen	Brigitte	0
26	2007	Comedy Central Roast of Flavor Flav	Self	64
27	2008	The Hustle	Rich Woman	62
28	2009	Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side	Ludmilla Vobet Dragon (voice)	72
29	2010	Big Money Rustlas	The Wife	40
30	2011	Ronal the Barbarian	Amazon Queen (voice)	62
31	2012	Eldorado	Angel	22
32	2014	Mercenaries	Ulrika	51
33	2018	Grindhouse Nightmares	Angel (archive footage)	42
34	2018	Creed II	Ludmilla Drago	70
35	2019	The Experience	Ezilda	47
36	2020	Ferro	Self	78

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	Sanremo Music Festival	Self - Host	78
2	1979	NDR Talk Show	Self	65
3	1981	Wetten, dass..?	Self	53
4	1982	Champs-Elysées	Self	63
5	1987	Sacrée soirée	Self	65
6	1991	Boulevard Bio	Self	60
7	1991	The Cave of the Golden Rose	Dark Witch	72
8	1992	Riverboat	Self	40
9	1992	Parabéns	Self	0
10	1994	Nachtshow	Self	0
11	1995	Die Harald Schmidt Show	Self	70
12	1996	E! True Hollywood Story	Self	81
13	1997	The View	Self	45
14	1998	The Johannes B. Kerner Show	Self	40
15	1998	Fantasy World Cup	Self	50
16	1998	Ciao Darwin	Capitana Alte	77
17	1999	Family Guy	Ludmilla Vobet Drago (archive footage)	74
18	2001	Celebrity Big Brother	Self	48
19	2001	Good Day Live	Self	30
20	2002	V Graham Norton	Self	50
21	2003	The Surreal Life	Self	78
22	2003	The Salon	Self	0
23	2003	Comedy Central Roasts	Self	65
24	2003	High Chaparall	Self	93
25	2004	Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!	Self	36
26	2004	Best Week Ever	Self	56
27	2004	La Ferme Célébrités	Brigitte	50
28	2005	Strange Love	Self	10
29	2005	The Friday Night Project	Self - Host	58
30	2005	The Tyra Banks Show	Self	50
31	2006	Flavor of Love	Self	65
32	2006	Let's Dance	Self - Contestant	60
33	2006	Das perfekte Promi-Dinner	Self	0
34	2006	Midnight Money Madness	Self	70
35	2007	The Surreal Life: Fame Games	Self - Participant	95
36	2007	Dave Navarro's Spread		50
37	2008	Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew	Self	37
38	2008	All Star Mr & Mrs		0
39	2008	Celebrity Juice	Self	65
40	2009	Nite Tales: The Series	Mona	0
41	2009	SOKO Stuttgart	Gina Wartenberg	66
42	2010	Til middag hos...	Sig selv	10
43	2010	Zulu kvægræs	Medvært	100
44	2011	Portlandia	Brigitte Nielsen	69
45	2012	Glööckler, Glanz und Gloria	Self	0
46	2013	Die Promi-Hochzeitsplaner	Self	0
47	2015	Ich bin ein Star – Lasst mich wieder rein!		0
48	2015	Gitte Talks	Brigitte Nielsen	0
49	2022	The Kardashians	Self	85

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