Brigitte Nielsen

Brigitte Nielsen
Nielsen at London Fashion Week in 2010
Born
Gitte Nielsen

(1963-07-15) 15 July 1963 (age 61)
Rødovre, Denmark
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
  • singer
Years active1984–present
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Spouses
  • Kasper Winding
    (m. 1983; div. 1984)
  • (m. 1985; div. 1987)
  • (m. 1990; div. 1992)
  • Raoul Meyer
    (m. 1993; div. 2005)
  • Mattia Dessì
    (m. 2006)
Partners
Children5
Websitebrigittenielsen.com

Brigitte Nielsen (Danish pronunciation: [pʁiˈkitə ˈne̝lsn̩]; born Gitte Nielsen; 15 July 1963) is a Danish actress, model, and singer. She began her career modelling for Greg Gorman and Helmut Newton. She subsequently acted in the 1985 films Red Sonja and Rocky IV, later returning to the Rocky series in Creed II (2018). Nielsen starred in the 1986 film Cobra alongside her then-husband Sylvester Stallone. 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.