Katja Schuurman

Katja Römer- Schuurman ( born February 19, 1975 in Bunnik ) is a Dutch actress.

Schuurman took its first steps as an actress or during their school years. In 1992, she starred in the series Uit de school geklapt the Dutch broadcasting company NCRV with. After graduating from high school, she played several small roles in television series.

Your breakthrough Schuurman in the role of " Jessica Harmsen " (1995-1999) in the series Goede tijden, slechte tijden, the Dutch equivalent of the German soap opera Good Times, Bad Times. At the height of the popularity of the show, she took along with her fellow series Guusje Nederhorst and Babette van Veen under the band name Linda, Roos & Jessica Ademnood on the single that finished the end of 1995 for seven weeks # 1 on the Dutch charts. As Schuurman in the spring of 1999 got off along with her close friend Cas Jansen from the series, the ratings fell by more than 20 percent.

In December 1999, Schuurman made ​​headlines when she caused a traffic accident in drunken state.

After Goede tijden, slechte tijden she played in various films. Among other things, she appeared briefly in the 2002 Bret Easton Ellis adaptation The rules of the game on. In 2003 she had a starring role in the film Interview of 2004 murdered filmmaker Theo van Gogh. In this film she played himself as a soap opera actress and her home served as a backdrop. A year after the murder of van Gogh, she hosted the BNN documentary Prettig weekend, ondanks everything, in which the journalist Stan de Jong analyzed the police investigation to the Hofstad Group.

Katja Schuurman is the elder sister of singer and actress Birgit Schuurman.