Carice van Houten

Carice Anouk van Houten ( born September 5, 1976 in Leiderdorp, South Holland) is a Dutch stage and film actress. She won at the Dutch Film Festival five times the Golden Calf for her roles in the films Suzy Q ( 1999), The Mysterious Minusch (2001), Black Book (2006), De Gelukkige Huisvrouw (2010) and Black Butterflies ( 2011).

Life

Carice van Houten's parents are Margje Street and Theodore van Houten. She has a younger sister, Jelka van Houten, who is also an actress. Her parents were both professional working in television. She went to St. Boniface College in Utrecht, where he played the lead role in Hugo Claus Tijl Uilenspieghel ( German: " Till Eulenspiegel "). She then studied at the Kleinkunstacademie in Amsterdam.

Her first starring role was played by van Houten in Martin Koolhoven TV film Suzy Q. For her performance, she won a Golden Calf. This is the price she received a second time for her starring role in the film The Mysterious Minusch in 2001. In the U.S., she was for the first time in the same year in the movie Amnesia to see, in which she worked again with director Martin Koolhoven.

In 2006, she starred in the war film Black Book the lead role, for which she won at the Netherlands Film Festival you already third Golden Calf. Director Paul Verhoeven emphasized praise that he had never worked with such a talented actress. Also from the international press has been highlighted very positive van Houten's representation.

For her performance in Black Book she could now participate increasingly in international film productions and played in 2008 in Operation Valkyrie - The Stauffenberg assassination alongside Tom Cruise and 2010 Repo Men next Jew Law and Forest Whitaker larger roles. Since 2012, Carice van Houten is seen in the U.S. fantasy series Game of Thrones as a priestess Melisandre.

Carice van Houten was until 2009 a relationship with actor Sebastian Koch, her partner in the film Black Book.

Filmography

Discography

  • 2006: Black Book
  • 2012: See You On The Ice

Awards

Film Awards

  • Golden Calf 1999: Best TV Actress - Suzy Q
  • Camerio 2002: Best Actress - Undercover Kitty
  • Golden Calf 2002: Best Actress - Undercover Kitty
  • Artek 2005: Best Actress - Undercover Kitty
  • Golden Calf 2006: Best Actress - Black Book
  • European Film Awards 2007: nominated for Best Actress - Black Book
  • German Film Award 2008: nominated for Best Actress - Black Book
  • Golden Calf 2010: Best Actress - De gelukkige Huisvrouw
  • Golden Calf 2011: Best Actress - Black Butterflies

Theater awards

  • Pisuisse Prize 1999
  • Top Naeff Prize 2000

More prices

  • Elle -Personal Style Award 2006
Golden Calf (award) Black Book (Film) Jude Law Lepel (Film) Black Death (Film) Intruders (2011 film) Elle (magazine) Integrated Authority File
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