Gladiator star, Connie Neilsen, 59, has barely aged a day as she stuns on the  SFFILM Awards pink carpet 24 years after starring within the unique film

Gladiator star Connie Nielsen doesn’t appear to have aged a day as the actress turned heads at the SFFILM Awards Night in San Francisco, California, on Monday.

The star, 59, played Lucilla in the original Gladiators back in 2000 and has rejoined the cast alongside Paul Mescal and Yuval Gonen for the latest installment.

Wowing on the red carpet, the beauty ensured all eyes were on her as she sizzled in a black floor length gown.

The stunning ensemble featured a cross neck cut-out on the chest and a leather skirt which showed off her incredible curves.

She added inches to her frame in a pair of black heels and toted her belongings in a small stylish black bag.

Connie accessorised with gold hoop earrings and opted for a radiant palette of make up. 

Gladiator star Connie Nielsen doesn’t appear to have aged a day as the actress turns heads at the SFFILM Awards Night in San Francisco, California , on Monday, (left) and (right) in the 2000 movie

The star, 59, played Lucilla in the original Gladiators back in 2000 and has rejoined the cast alongside Paul Mescal and Yuval Gonen for the latest instalment

She appeared in great sprits as she posed for snaps on the red carpet before entering the star-studded event. 

Gladiator II takes place several decades after the first instalment, and features Lucius (the son of Lucilla) who is now living in Numidia, a region of northern Africa.

Although he was sent to Numidia as a child, the film follows Lucius’ return to Rome to reunite with his mother—and coming into conflict as he does so.

Connie is one of only two actors to return from the original movie alongside Derek Jacobi who plays Gracchus.

And Lucilla has a prominent role in the film, with the actress revealing that director Ridley Scott was a major reason for her return.

Speaking about her return the star described filming as an ‘amazing process’ as she gushed: ‘just walking into the arena on that first day back was an absolute surreal experience.’

She added: ‘I was just so excited to tell the story of this woman who Ridley has set up to hold within herself a crumbling empire and a crumbling legacy of her father, the loss of a son, and in the whole of it, this heart that’s being loved by an amazing man called Pedro Pascal.

‘And then this moment where she finds her son again. I mean, these are incredible experiences and situations that Ridley set up for me. 

Wowing on the red carpet, the beauty ensured all eyes were on her as she sizzled in a black floor length gown

The stunning ensemble featured a cross neck cut-out on the chest and a leather skirt which showed off her incredible curves

She added inches to her frame in a pair of black heels and toted her belongings in a small stylish black bag

The actress previously revealed that returning to Gladiator was ’emotional’

‘How could I be anything but excited?’

Speaking about her role as Lucilla, Neilsen told Entertainment Weekly earlier this year: ‘She’s both feared by those who are in power, as well as exploited by them as much as they can.

‘And so Lucilla was very unusual at the time in the Roman Empire.

‘Her life was just constantly up for grabs and endangered all the time.’

Away from the Gladiator franchise, the Danish actress has also starred in Zack Snyder’s Justice League, Wonder Woman 1984 and TV series including The Good Wife.

She is also fluent in multiple languages including her native Danish, English, French, German, Italian, Norwegian and Spanish.

As for her personal life, Connie is a mother to two sons including one she shares with Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich. The pair dated from 2004 until 2012.