Nive Nielsen

Nive Nielsen
Nielsen at Rudolstadt-Festival in 2016
Nielsen at Rudolstadt-Festival in 2016
Background information
Born1979 (age 44–45)
Nuuk, Greenland
GenresFolk, indie
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter, actress
Instrument(s)Guitar
Years active2002–present
Websiteniveandthedeerchildren.com

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 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.

  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.

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