Brigitte Nielsen Biography
Brigitte Nielsen is a Danish actress, model, singer and reality television personality who began her career modeling for Greg Gorman and Helmut Newton and later acted in the 1985 films Red Sonja and Rocky IV.
She is also famous for being married to Sylvester Stallone, with whom she starred in the 1986 film Cobra. She began appearing on reality shows in the 2000s and built her career starring in B-movies and hosting TV shows.
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Brigitte Nielsen Age & Height
Nielsen was born Gitte Nielsen on 15 July 1963. She is currently 55 years old with a height of 1.85 m. The world press refers to her as an “Amazon” because of her tall stature.
Brigitte Nielsen Family
Nielsen was born Gitte Nielsen in Rødovre, a suburb of Copenhagen, Denmark. She is the daughter of Hanne Nielsen, a librarian, and Svend Nielsen, an engineer, and the ex-sister-in-law of Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn. Nielsen has an elder brother, Jan Nielsen.
Brigitte Nielsen Spouse/ Husband & Children
Nielsen has been married five times and has four sons and one daughter. Her first son, Julian Winding was born on 12 April 1984, with her first husband, Kasper Winding, to whom she was married from 1983–84. She then married actor Sylvester Stallone, on 15 December 1985 at the Beverly Hills, California. Their marriage lasted 19 months, with their divorce being finalized in July 1987.
Her second child, Killian Marcus Gastineau (born on 15 December 1989), she had with ex-fiancé Mark Gastineau. Between 1990 and 1992, she was married to director and photographer Sebastian Copeland. Her fourth marriage was to Raoul Meyer, with whom she has two sons; Douglas Aaron (born on 19 April 1993) and Raoul, Jr. (born on 21 May 1995).
In 1987, she confessed to an affair with Tony Scott and in 2005, she had a highly publicized relationship with rapper Flavor Flav. Nielsen has also confessed to having an affair with Arnold Schwarzenegger while he was in a relationship with Maria Shriver. Her current husband is Mattia Dessi whom she got married to in Malta on 8 July 2006. The two have a daughter, Frida who was born on June 22, 2018.
Brigitte Nielsen Movies and TV Shows
Movies/Films
| 1985 | Red Sonja |
| 1985 | Rocky IV |
| 1986 | Cobra |
| 1987 | Beverly Hills Cop II |
| 1988 | Bye Bye Baby |
| 1988 | Domino |
| 1989 | Murder by Moonlight |
| 1992 | 976-Evil II |
| 1992 | The Double0 Kid |
| 1992 | Mission of Justice |
| 1992 | Fantaghirò 2 |
| 1993 | Fantaghirò 3 |
| 1993 | Chained Heat II |
| 1994 | Fantaghirò 4 |
| 1995 | Compelling Evidence |
| 1995 | Body Count |
| 1995 | Galaxis |
| 1996 | Fantaghirò 5 |
| 1996 | Snowboard Academy |
| 1998 | Paparazzi |
| 1999 | She’s Too Tall |
| 2000 | Hostile Environment |
| 2000 | Doomsdayer |
| 2008 | The Hustle |
| 2009 | The Fish |
| 2010 | Big Money Rustlas |
| 2011 | Ronal the Barbarian |
| 2012 | Eldorado |
| 2013 | The Key |
| 2014 | Mercenaries |
| 2015 | Exodus |
| 2018 | Experience |
Television
| 1992 | Counterstrike |
| 2000 | Un posto al sole |
| 2009 | Nite Tales: The Series |
| 2011 | SOKO 5113 |
| 2014 | Raising Hope |
| 2015 | Portlandia |
| 2015 – | Gitte Talks |
| 2017 – | Adi Shankar’s Gods and Secrets |
Brigitte Nielsen Discography
Albums
• 1988 Every Body Tells a Story
• 1992 I’m the One… Nobody Else
• 2008 Brigitte Nielsen (re-release of I’m the One… Nobody Else and Every Body Tells a Story)
Singles
• “Body Next to Body” – Falco meets Brigitte Nielsen; 1987; (No. 6 Austria, No. 22 Germany, No. 1 Japan)
• “Every Body Tells a Story”; 1987; (No. 38 Italy; No. 15 Germany)
• “Maybe”; 1988
• “Siento”; 1988 (South America only)
• “It’s a Strange Love”; 1988
• “Rockin’ Like a Radio”; 1990
• “My Girl (My Guy)”; 1991
• “How Could You Let Me Go?”; 1992
• “Work That Body”; 1993
• “No More Turning Back” (as Gitta); 2000; released by Jive; (No. 1 Spain, No. 1 Eurodance chart; No. 64 Netherlands, No. 54 UK)
• “Everybody’s Turning Back” (as Gitta vs. Rozalla)
• “Tic Toc” (as Gitta); 2001; released by Blanco y Negro
• “You’re No Lady” (as Gitta with Ru Paul); 2002; released by Do It Yourself; (No. 1 Spain)
• “Misery” (as Gitte Nielsen with Spleen United); 2012
Brigitte Nielsen Domino
Obscene phone calls provoke a platinum blonde (Brigitte Nielsen) making a video documentary about Billie Holiday.
Initial release: October 1988
Director: Ivana Massetti
Cinematography: Tonino Nardi
Producer: Giovanni Di Clemente
Screenplay: Ivana Massetti, Gérard Brach
Brigitte Nielsen Beverly Hills Cop 2
The hard-nosed Detroit cop from the original film returns to Los Angeles to help solve another case. This time he must direct his efforts towards unravelling the Alphabet Crimes, a series of robberies committed by leather-jacketed punks. The investigation puts him on the trail of an illegal arms dealer and his hit lady.
Initial release: 20 May 1987 (USA)
Director: Tony Scott
Featured song: Shakedown
Box office: 300 million USD
Budget: 20 million USD
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