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Brigitte Nielsen
Age: 46
Height: 6' 1"
Birth Place: Rødovre, Denmark
Born: Jul. 15th, 1963
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BIOGRAPHY: Brigitte Nielsen was born Gitte Nielsen in Rødovre, Denmark, on July 15, 1963. In 1979 she moved to France, then Italy, where she began her modeling career. In 1984 Italian producer Dino De Laurentiis (I) hired her for the lead in Red Sonja (1985) with Arnold Schwarzenegger. The following year she met Sylvester Stallone and, in December 1985, married him. Meanwhile, she shot three other films: Rocky IV (1985), Cobra (1986) and Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), directed by Tony Scott (I), with Eddie Murphy (I), Paul Reiser and Chris Rock (I). In July 1987 Nielsen and Stallone divorced, and she recorded an LP called "Everybody Tells a Story" and sang "Body Next to Body" with Falco (I). In the 1990s she made quite a few films, including 976-Evil II (1992), Fantaghirò 2 (1992) (TV) and its sequels, The Double 0 Kid (1992) (V), Chained Heat II (1993), Galaxis (1995) with Sam Raimi, Compelling Evidence (1995), She's Too Tall (1998) with Corey Feldman and George Hamilton (I), and Doomsdayer (2000). In recent years she has become interested in the music world, doing a duet with drag-queen RuPaul (I), "You're No Lady" (2002). She has four children: Julian (b. 1984), Killian (b. 1989), Douglas (b. 1993) and Raoul Jr. (b. 1995). She divides her residences between Italy and the US.
TRIVIA:
- Her first son Julian (b. 1984) married Sine Thybeak Hansen on April 19, 2004 in Copenhagen in the same day and at the same age of his mother when she married Julian's father, the musician 'Kasper Winding' (qv).
- While she acted in _Domino (1988)_ (qv), she was pregnant, a pregnancy that she lost during the shooting of the film. The film was shut down for two weeks while she recovered.
- Swam for many years when she was young.
- During the shooting of Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)_ director 'Tony Scott (I)' (qv) had an illicit affair with Brigitte, who was then married to 'Sylvester Stallone' (qv). The affair, which he describes as "horrendous", led to the break-up of Scott's second marriage to the commercials' producer Glynis Sanders.
- She is terrified by crabs.
- Her favorite writers are 'Wilbur Smith' (qv) and 'Ken Follett' (qv).
- Married Mattia Dessi for a second time on the Mediterranean island of Malta.
- Ex-wife of 'Sylvester Stallone' (qv). Former mother-in-law to 'Sage Stallone' (qv) and 'Seargeoh Stallone' (qv). Former sister-in-law of 'Frank Stallone (I)' (qv) Jr. Former daughter-in-law of 'Jackie Stallone' (qv) and 'Frank Stallone (II)' (qv) Sr.
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