Sep 11, 1881 - 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).
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| Movie | 2003 | Den talende muse - samtaler med Asta Nielsen | (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1925 | The Joyless Street | Maria Lechner (Mizzi) | |
| Movie | 1920 | Mata Hari | Mata Hari | |
| Movie | 1968 | Asta Nielsen | Herself | |
| Movie | 1910 | The Abyss | Magda Vang | |
| Movie | 2023 | Asta Nielsen - Europas erste Filmikone | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1918 | The Queen of the Stock Exchange | Helene Netzler | |
| Movie | 1914 | Little Angel | Jesta | |
| Movie | 1919 | Towards the Light | Komtesse Ysabel, grevindens datter | |
| Movie | 1913 | The Film Prima Donna | Ruth Breton | |
| Movie | 1922 | Vanina | Vanina | |
| Movie | 1911 | The Black Dream | Stella, cirkusdanserinde | |
| Movie | 1921 | Hamlet | Hamlet | |
| Movie | 1912 | Poor Jenny | Jenny Schmidt | |
| Movie | 1912 | A Romany Spy | Zidra | |
| Movie | 1923 | Downfall | Kaja Falk | |
| Movie | 1923 | Earth Spirit | Lulu | |
| Movie | 1914 | Zapata's Gang | ||
| Movie | 2020 | Sex, Sensations & Superstars: The History of Danish Silent Cinema | Self – Interviewee (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1932 | Impossible Love | Vera Holgk | |
| Movie | 1913 | The Suffragette | Nelly Panburne | |
| Movie | 1927 | Tragedy of the Street | Auguste - Old Street Walker | |
| Movie | 1913 | S1 | Von Hessendorffs Tochter | |
| Movie | 1916 | The ABC of Love | Lis | |
| Movie | 1918 | The Eskimo Baby | Eskimo Ivigtut | |
| Movie | 1911 | The Ballet Dancer | Camille | |
| Movie | 1920 | The Merry-Go-Round | Elena | |
| Movie | 1933 | Asta Nielsen: A Great Artist | herself (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1924 | The House by the Sea | Enricos Ehefrau Teresa | |
| Movie | 2016 | Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film | Self | |
| Movie | 1918 | In Turmoil | Margit | |
| Movie | 1916 | Frontstairs and Backstairs | Sabine Schulze | |
| Movie | 1919 | Intoxication | Henriette Mauclerc | |
| Movie | 1911 | The Strange Bird | Miss May Wolton | |
| Movie | 1920 | Kurfürstendamm | Girl Lissy / Mulatto / Filmstar / Maria | |
| Movie | 1926 | The Fallen | Anna Grosser | |
| Movie | 1927 | The Dangerous Age | Elsie Lindtner | |
| Movie | 1927 | Small Town Sinners | Selma Karchow | |
| Movie | 1925 | Living Buddhas | Tibetanerin | |
| Movie | 1923 | I.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity | Maria Magdalena | |
| Movie | 1924 | The Film in the Film | Self | |
| Movie | 1921 | Wandering Souls | Nastassja Baraschkowa | |
| Movie | 1927 | The Vice of Humanity | Tamara | |
| Movie | 1911 | The Traitress | ||
| Movie | 1911 | Gypsy Blood | Jonna | |
| Movie | 1915 | The False Asta Nielsen | Herself | |
| Movie | 1912 | When the Mask Falls | Sanna | |
| Movie | 1927 | Agitated Woman | Clarina | |
| Movie | 1913 | Death in Seville | Juanita | |
| Movie | 1911 | The Great Moment | Annie | |
| Movie | 1911 | Gypsy Blood | Luscha | |
| Movie | 1912 | Comedians | Kamma | |
| Movie | 1916 | Little Angel's Wedding | Jesta Schneider | |
| Movie | 1925 | Hedda Gabler | Hedda Gabler | |
| Movie | 1924 | The Woman in Flames | Josephine | |
| Movie | 1923 | Navarro the Dancer | Navarro | |
| Movie | 1922 | Fräulein Julie | Julie | |
| Movie | 1913 | Die Sünden der Väter | ||
| Movie | 1920 | Steuermann Holk | Isabella Bouflon | |
| Movie | 1924 | Battle of the Butterflies | ||
| Movie | 1912 | Der Totentanz | Bella Burk | |
| Movie | 1925 | Athleten | Prinzessin Wanda Hoheneck | |
| Movie | 1919 | So Ends My Song | Dora Waren | |
| Movie | 1912 | Die Macht des Goldes | Creszenz Fitzinger | |
| Movie | 1922 | Revenge of the Bandits | Brigantenbraut | |
| Movie | 1921 | Roswolsky's Mistress | Mary Verhag | |
| Movie | 1920 | Graf Sylvains Rache | Madelaine | |
| Movie | 1914 | Das Feuer | Wanda Petri | |
| Movie | 1912 | Zu Tode Gehetzt | Paula Müller | |
| Movie | 1913 | Jugend und Tollheit | Jesta Müller | |
| Movie | 1912 | The General's Children | Thekla von der Linde | |
| Movie | 1914 | Das Kind ruft | Elana | |
| Movie | 1916 | Cinderella | Lotte | |
| Movie | 1915 | Die Tochter der Landstrasse | Zigeunerin Zirzi | |
| Movie | 1911 | The Moth | Olga, Mademoiselle Yvonne | |
| Movie | 1918 | Eine Rose der Wildnis | Wanda | |
| Movie | 1916 | The Guinea-Pig | Jesta | |
| Movie | 1919 | In the Eyes of the Law | Sonja Waler - Journalist - Her Daughter | |
| Movie | 1916 | Dora Brandes | Dora Brandes | |
| Movie | 1916 | Die Ewige Nacht | Marta | |
| Movie | 1917 | The Orphanage Child | Esther | |
| Movie | 1916 | The White Roses | Thilda Wardier | |
| Movie | 1915 | Asta Nielsen als Mannequin | ||
| Movie | 1995 | Die Asta - portræt af Asta Nielsen | Self (archive footage) | |
| TV Show | 1951 | Deutscher Filmpreis | Self | 1 |
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| Movie | 1968 | Asta Nielsen | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1921 | Hamlet | Producer | Production |
