Monique van de Ven

Monique van de Ven ( born July 28, 1952 in Zeeland, Noord Brabant as Monica Maria Theresia van de Ven ) is a Dutch actress.

Van de Ven was born in the village of Brabant, Zeeland and grew up in Rijswijk. She attended the Toneelacademie Maastricht ( acting school ) in Maastricht and one year the Royal Academy of Beeldende Kunsten ( Academy of Music and Dance at the Academy of Fine Arts) in The Hague.

Her film debut in 1973, the female lead role opposite Rutger Hauer in the film adaptation Wolkers Turkish Delight, directed by Paul Verhoeven has already brought it to the breakthrough and international attention. That same year, followed Lost Maandag with Jan Decleir, 1974 Wim Verstappens Dakota with Willeke van Ammelrooy and Erik van Zuylens De laatste trein before they re- directed by Paul Verhoeven in the historical drama played 1975 The Runaway Girl Keetje.

In 1973 she married the cameraman and director Jan de Bont, with whom she was married 17 years. Since the early 1980s, both lived in Los Angeles. There they tried to gain a foothold and professionally also had some guest appearances on the U.S. crime series Starsky & Hutch and starred in an episode of Remington Steele.

After her divorce from de Bont she married her colleague Edwin de Vries, whom she met during filming of Een Maand Later 1987.

She was honored in the Netherlands as an actress of the century in 1999. With the filming of Zomerhitte ( heat ) by Jan Wolkers van de Ven in 2008 made ​​his debut as a director. In 1996 she had stood in a short film behind the camera.

Since 1996, van de Ven is a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for the Netherlands.

Filmography (selection)

Direction

• Zomerhitte (2008)