Carice van Houten

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Carice van Houten
Birth name Carice Anouk van Houten
Born September 5, 1976
Leiderdorp, the Netherlands
Notable roles Suzy in Suzy Q
Minoes in Undercover Kitty
Rachel Steinn in Black Book

Carice Anouk van Houten (IPA: [karis anuk vɑn hʌutɛn]) (born September 5, 1976) is a Dutch stage and film actress. She won three Golden Calves for her roles in Suzy Q (1999), Undercover Kitty (2001), and Black Book (2006).

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Carice van Houten is born on September 5, 1976 in Leiderdorp. Her mother Margje Stasse is on the board of Dutch educational TV and her father Theodore van Houten is a writer and broadcaster. She has a younger sister Jelka van Houten, who is also an actress. She went the Bonifatius Lyceum (high school) in Utrecht were she played the leading role in Hugo Claus' Tijl Uilenspieghel, director Ad Migchielsen. She studied at the Kleinkunstacademie in Amsterdam.[1]

[edit] Relationship

She has a relationship with actor Sebastian Koch, her co-star in Black Book.[2]

Carice van Houten on the film poster of Black Book
Carice van Houten on the film poster of Black Book

[edit] Acting career

Carice van Houten played her first leading role in Martin Koolhoven's TV film Suzy Q. The film won several national and international awards, becoming the Netherlands' most awarded film of 1999.[citation needed] Van Houten won a Golden Calf for her part as Suzy. She has played in several of Koolhoven's movies. Martin Koolhoven has stated she is the biggest acting talent ever in the Netherlands.[citation needed]

Carice van Houten has also won the Pisuisse Award and the Top Naeff Award for her stage acting and another Golden Calf for her part as the kitten that becomes a girl in Undercover Kitty (2001).

Recently Van Houten won a Golden Calf for her performance as Rachel Steinn in the 2006 film Black Book[3] at the Netherlands Film Festival. Black Book's director Paul Verhoeven says about her in a television interview: "Never in my life I have worked with an actress this talented." and when he is asked to compare her with Sharon Stone he says: "Carice can really act".[4] The international press is also enthusiastic about her role in Black Book.[5] Dick Schümer writes in his review of the film in the Frankfurter Allgemeine that Carice van Houten is "not only more beautiful, but also a better actress than Scarlett Johansson".[6]

In december 2006 she withdrew from a theatre production of Alex van Warmerdam, due to personal reasons. According to a spokesman of the theatre it was because of a work overload.[7]

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Discography

[edit] Awards

[edit] Film Awards

[edit] Theatre Awards

  • Pisuisse Prize (1999)
  • Top Naeff Prize (2000)

[edit] Other Awards

  • ELLE Personal Style Award 2006

[edit] References

  1. ^ Biography for Carice van Houten; retrieved November 25, 2006
  2. ^ Carice valt voor tegenspeler uit 'Zwartboek' August 22, 2006; retrieved November 25, 2006
  3. ^ Winnaars Gouden Kalveren 2006, October 6, 2006; accessed October 7, 2006
  4. ^ De Wereld Draait Door, September 7, 2006
  5. ^ Carice van Houten slaat in als een bom, September 4, 2006; accessed October 7, 2006
  6. ^ Basisinstinkt: Paul Verhoevens „Schwarzbuch“ in Venedig in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, September 1, 2006; accessed October 7, 2006
  7. ^ ANP. "Carice van Houten trekt zich terug uit voorstelling", nu.nl, 2006-12-06. Retrieved on December 17, 2006. (in Dutch)

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NAME Houten, Carice van
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Dutch actress
DATE OF BIRTH September 5, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Leiderdorp, Netherlands
DATE OF DEATH
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