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.
Nive Nielsen | |
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Background information | |
Born | 1979 (age 44–45) Nuuk, Greenland |
Genres | Folk, indie |
Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, actress |
Instrument(s) | Guitar |
Years active | 2002–present |
Website | niveandthedeerchildren |
She appeared as an Inuk 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 edit
Albums edit
As part of Nive and the deer children edit
- 2012 – Nive Sings!
- 2015 – Feet First
Filmography edit
Movies edit
- 2005 – The New World
- 2019 – Togo
Television edit
- 2018 – The Terror as Lady Silence[3]
- 2021 - The North Water as Anna[4]
References edit
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Colin Farrell and Jack O'Connell Anchor 'The North Water,' a Gripping Story of Villainy at Sea: TV Review". Retrieved 5 August 2021.
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nive Nielsen.
- 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