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Brigitte Nielsen (born July 15, 1963 in Rødovre) is a Danish actress who became very popular in 1980s B-movies, most notably as the titular character in Red Sonja, due to her stature (she stands six feet, or 1.83 metres, tall) and sultry looks. Because of these attributes, she was termed an "amazon" by the world press. Nielsen reached the height of her fame in 1987, when she played the assassin Karla Fry in Beverly Hills Cop II. She became famous for her love life as well, marrying actor Sylvester Stallone, then
football player Mark Gastineau.
In the 1990s, she hosted an English-language talk show that was broadcast across Europe, to much acclaim. The show revived public interest in Nielsen and helped her brush off the misconception that she could only be known for her beauty.
She appeared on the third season of the VH1 reality show The Surreal Life, which was filmed in July and began airing in early September 2004. In the show, Nielsen was seen flirting with rapper Flava Flav and rumor has it that the two are now a couple. The show was such a success, due mainly to the interplay between the unusual couple, that there were rumors within the first couple of weeks of Surreal Life about a VH1 spin-off reality show starring the couple that would be filmed once the show had ended.
Now that The Surreal Life has finished its third season, VH1 has confirmed that Flava Flav and Brigitte Nielsen will indeed star in a new reality show, called Strange Love, which will begin airing on the channel on December 9.
Nielsen also appeared with Flav on the 2004 VH1 My Music Awards.
In 2005 she appeared in the UK TV programme Celebrity Big Brother along with her former mother-in-law Jackie Stallone and the writer Germaine Greer.
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