Nive Nielsen
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, 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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- Name
- Nive Nielsen
- Birthplace
- Nuuk, Greenland
- Occupation
- Singer, songwriter, actress
- Born
- 1979 · Nuuk.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Denmark
- Education
- Carleton University
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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, often using a little red guitar-ukulele, which kickstarted her music career. The first concert she played was for Margrethe II of Denmark.
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Nive Nielsen (born 1979) is a Danish actress, composer and singer-songwriter. The actress was born in Nuuk. Nive Nielsen studied at Carleton University.
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She appeared as an Inuk woman in The New World, starring Colin Farrell, in 2005. She also starred in the first season of the AMC supernatural thriller series, The Terror, in 2018. In this series she portrayed an angakkuq (shaman) named Silna, dubbed "Lady Silence" by the crew of Franklin's lost expedition.
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• Name — Nive Nielsen • Birthplace — Nuuk, Greenland • Instrument — Guitar • Genre — Folk, indie • Occupation — Singer, songwriter, actress • Years Active — 2002–present
As part of Nive and the Deer Children
As part of Nive and the Deer Children
• 2012 – Nive Sings! • 2015 – Feet First
Movies
Movies
• 2005 – The New World • 2019 – Togo
Television
Television
• 2018 – The Terror as Lady Silence • 2021 – The North Water as Anna • 2025 – Washington Black as Uki
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Nive Nielsen is recorded with the occupation singer-songwriter. Recorded with the occupation film actor. Recorded as actress, singer-songwriter and composer. Where Nive Nielsen came from, and how Nive Nielsen was formed. Born in Kingdom of Denmark.
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1979
Nive Nielsen was born in 1979.
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- 1.Nive Nielsen & The Deer Children: Feet First. gaffa.dk.
- 2.Review: Nive Nielsen and the Deer Children – Feet First. Musikexpress.
- 3.Grønlandsk sanger-skuespiller får stor rolle i Ridley Scotts nye serie over for britiske stornavne.
- 4.Colin Farrell and Jack O'Connell Anchor 'The North Water,' a Gripping Story of Villainy at Sea: TV Review.
- 5.Nive Nielsen: Uki. IMDb.
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