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.
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Born | 1979 (age 42–43) Nuuk, Greenland |
Genres | Folk, indie |
Occupation(s) | Singer, actor songwriter |
Instrument(s) | Guitar |
Years active | 2002–present |
Website | niveandthedeerchildren |
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.
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