Asta Nielsen
Vesterbro, Copenhagen, Denmark

Asta Nielsen is often considered the 'first international movie star', and was an explosively popular female lead through the 1910s and 20s. Though born in Denmark, she mostly worked in Germany and starred in over 70 films, usually directed by her husband Urban Gad. She was known for her boyish looks and had her breakout in the erotically charged 'Afgrunden' (1910).

Top 10 collaborators

Roles

Match
Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film (2016)
Self
Asta Nielsen: A Great Artist (1933)
herself (archive footage)
Impossible Love (1932)
Vera Holgk
The Dangerous Age (1927)
Elsie Lindtner
Small Town Sinners (1927)
Selma Karchow
Agitated Woman (1927)
Clarina
Tragedy of the Street (1927)
Auguste - Old Street Walker
The Vice of Humanity (1927)
Tamara
The Fallen (1926)
Anna Grosser
Living Buddhas (1925)
Tibetanerin
Hedda Gabler (1925)
Hedda Gabler
Athleten (1925)
Prinzessin Wanda Hoheneck
The Joyless Street (1925)
Maria Lechner (Mizzi)
The Woman in Flames (1924)
Josephine
Battle of the Butterflies (1924)
The House by the Sea (1924)
Enricos Ehefrau Teresa
I.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity (1923)
Maria Magdalena
Downfall (1923)
Kaja Falk
Navarro the Dancer (1923)
Navarro
Earth Spirit (1923)
Lulu
Vanina (1922)
Vanina
Revenge of the Bandits (1922)
Brigantenbraut
Fräulein Julie (1922)
Julie
Wandering Souls (1921)
Nastassja Baraschkowa
Roswolsky's Mistress (1921)
Mary Verhag
Hamlet (1921)
Hamlet
Steuermann Holk (1920)
Isabella Bouflon
Kurfürstendamm (1920)
Girl Lissy / Mulatto / Filmstar / Maria
Graf Sylvains Rache (1920)
Madelaine
Der Reigen - Ein Werdegang (1920)
Elena
In the Eyes of the Law (1919)
Sonja Waler - Journalist - Her Daughter
Intoxication (1919)
Henriette Mauclerc
Towards the Light (1919)
Komtesse Ysabel, grevindens datter
So Ends My Song (1919)
Dora Waren
The Queen of the Stock Exchange (1918)
Helene Netzler
The Eskimo Baby (1918)
Eskimo Ivigtut
Eine Rose der Wildnis (1918)
Wanda
In Turmoil (1918)
Margit
The Orphanage Child (1917)
Esther
Cinderella (1916)
Lotte
The White Roses (1916)
Thilda Wardier
The White Roses (1916)
Thilda Wardier
The ABC of Love (1916)
Lis
Dora Brandes (1916)
Dora Brandes
Frontstairs and Backstairs (1916)
Sabine Schulze
Little Angel's Wedding (1916)
Jesta Schneider
Die Ewige Nacht (1916)
Marta
The Guinea-Pig (1916)
Jesta
The False Asta Nielsen (1915)
Herself
Die Tochter der Landstrasse (1915)
Zigeunerin Zirzi
Das Feuer (1914)
Wanda Petri
Zapata's Gang (1914)
Das Kind ruft (1914)
Elana
Little Angel (1914)
Jesta
The Film Prima Donna (1913)
Ruth Breton
S1 (1913)
Von Hessendorffs Tochter
The Suffragette (1913)
Nelly Panburne
Death in Seville (1913)
Juanita
Die Sünden der Väter (1913)
Jugend und Tollheit (1913)
Jesta Müller
Comedians (1912)
Kamma
A Romany Spy (1912)
Zidra
When the Mask Falls (1912)
Sanna
The General's Children (1912)
Thekla von der Linde
Der Totentanz (1912)
Bella Burk
Poor Jenny (1912)
Jenny Schmidt
Zu Tode Gehetzt (1912)
Paula Müller
Die Macht des Goldes (1912)
Creszenz Fitzinger
The Traitress (1911)
The Ballet Dancer (1911)
Camille
The Strange Bird (1911)
Miss May Wolton
Gypsy Blood (1911)
Luscha
The Great Moment (1911)
Annie
The Black Dream (1911)
Stella, cirkusdanserinde
The Moth (1911)
Olga, Mademoiselle Yvonne
Gypsy Blood (1911)
Jonna
The Abyss (1910)
Magda Vang

Crew

Hamlet (1921)
Producer