Nive Nielsen
Nive Nielsen | |
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 Nielsen at Rudolstadt-Festival in 2016 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 1979 (age 44–45) Nuuk, Greenland |
| Genres | Folk, indie |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, actor songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Website | niveandthedeerchildren |
Nive Nielsen is a Greenlandic singer-songwriter and an actress. An Inuk from Nuuk, Greenland, as a singer-songwriter she plays with her band The Deer Children,[1][2] often using a little red guitar-ukulele, which kickstarted her music career. The first concert she played was for Margrethe II of Denmark.
She appeared as an Inuit woman in The New World, starring Colin Farrell, in 2005. She also played the lead female in the first season of the AMC supernatural thriller series, The Terror, in 2018. In this series she portrayed a shaman dubbed "Lady Silence" by the crew of the Franklin expedition.
Discography
Albums
- 2012 – Nive Sings!
- 2015 – Feet First
Filmography
Movies
- 2005 – The New World
- 2019 – Togo
Television
- 2018 – The Terror as Lady Silence[3]
References
- ^ "Nive Nielsen & The Deer Children: Feet First". gaffa.dk. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
- ^ "Review: Nive Nielsen and the Deer Children – Feet First". Musikexpress (in German). Retrieved 8 May 2017.
- ^ "Grønlandsk sanger-skuespiller får stor rolle i Ridley Scotts nye serie over for britiske stornavne" (in Danish). Retrieved 21 September 2017.
External links
- http://niveandthedeerchildren.com/
- https://www.discogs.com/artist/4138507-Nive-Nielsen-The-Deer-Children
- Nive Nielsen at IMDb
- http://finespind.dk/index.php/artikler-og-billedserier/788-portraet-af-den-fremadstormende-gronlandske-musiker-og-skuespiller-nive-nielsen-interview
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