Dutch version
Now that winter has arrived and we can enjoy several TV series and movies on the couch, we can shamelessly start the binge watching season.
While the abundance of streaming sites makes it difficult for us to determine our choice, I was pleasantly surprised by the fact that there are many Dutch-language films on the streaming site netflix.
So I came across a few films in which Carice van Houten has an acting role that I had not seen yet. Most of us will know Carice van Houten through her role in Game of Thrones where she plays the role of Melisandre, but she has a lot of films on her list.
Biografie Carice van Houten
Carice Anouk van Houten was born on 5 September 1976 in the Dutch province of South Holland.in the village Leiderdorp, and was born as daughter of the Dutch-Scottish Theodore van Houten and Carice Irene and was named after the daughter of the British composer Edward Elgar
Together with her 2 year younger sister Jelka van Houten she grew up together with art and culture.
At the age of 5, the brash youth of Carice van Houten was canceled by divorcing her parents, her mother remarried but also this marriage ran a part when Carice van Houten was 17 years old, this fracture remained an emotional moment for her and made some impression on her life.
Already in her childhood, Carice van Houten was convinced she wanted to become an actress, as she already played in 1993 the title role in Tijl Uilenspiegel, a play by the widely praised Hugo Claus, at the St. Bonifatius College in Utrecht.
She graduated in June 2000 at the Kleinkunstacademie in Amsterdam.
Already during her training she was discovered by director Hans Kemna so she got a role in the 13-part TV series Het Labyrint in which she played the role of Marieke.
The definitive breakthrough for actress, however, came through her role in the film Suzy Q in the year 1999 and provided the actress a Golden Calf and was followed by a Pisuisse prize
Her definitive breakthrough came through her role in the film Minoes, in which she plays the role of a cat that is changing in a girl who plays a journalist to protect the city from a malicious plan. Together with the Theo Maassen she put an excellent role in the picture that ensured that this film included several major international prizes the guard dragged.
Since then, the career of Carice van Houten went up quickly and played an excellent role in several national and international films.
Filmography
Because the list of films in which Carice van Houten plays an acting role is so extensive we have selected some for you.
Carice van Houten will play the role of Minoes a cat that turns into a girl who has gone into the city from a malicious plan.
Carice van Houten plays the role of Marleen in a romantic drama. Black Swans is the story of two passionate people, in which Marleen and Vince, embark on a passionate love affair. Where both are sucked up by the vehemence of their feelings in this relationship.
Black Book is one of the masterpieces of Paul Verhoeven where Carice van Houten the role of Rachel Stein / Ellis de Vries a Jewish singer who infiltrates the regional headquarters of the Gestapo on behalf of the Dutch resistance during the Second World War.
In this movie Carice van Houten plays with actors like Tom Cruise in which she plays the role of Nina Schenk von Stauffenberg the beloved of Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg who planned an assassination attempt on Hitler during the WWII.
Lea played by Carice van Houten is the role of a woman who after her first delivery child landed in a downward spiral.
This film is based on the novel by Heleen van Royen
Carice van Houten plays the role of Ingrid Jonker a South African poet and writer who wrote in Afrikaans, in the apartheid-torn South Africa. And was looking for love and a home.
Carice van Houten plays the role of Sofie one of the two Dutch twin sisters traveling to America on look for their mother.
Not only was Carice van Houten rewarded several times for her excellent acting talent, her voice was also used several times in various cartoons such as The Simpsons and Robot Chicken.
But most of us will know Carice van Houten of the series Game of Thrones where she plays the role of Melisandre. The Red Priestess who does everything to reach her goal.
