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,[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
Nielsen at Rudolstadt-Festival in 2016
Nielsen at Rudolstadt-Festival in 2016
Background information
Born1979 (age 43–44)
Nuuk, Greenland
GenresFolk, indie
Occupation(s)Singer, actor songwriter
Instrument(s)Guitar
Years active2002–present
Websiteniveandthedeerchildren.com

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

As part of Nive and the deer children
  • 2012 – Nive Sings!
  • 2015 – Feet First

Filmography

Movies

Television

References
  1. "Nive Nielsen & The Deer Children: Feet First". gaffa.dk. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  2. "Review: Nive Nielsen and the Deer Children – Feet First". Musikexpress (in German). Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  3. "Grønlandsk sanger-skuespiller får stor rolle i Ridley Scotts nye serie over for britiske stornavne" (in Danish). Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  4. "Colin Farrell and Jack O'Connell Anchor 'The North Water,' a Gripping Story of Villainy at Sea: TV Review". Retrieved 5 August 2021.
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