Jelka van Houten

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Jelka van Houten
Born	Jelline Floriska van Houten 1 September 1978(1978-09-01) Culemborg, Gelderland, the Netherlands
Years active	2001-present

Jelka van Houten is a Dutch actress of film, stage, and television, though she is perhaps best known for being the sister of fellow actress Carice van Houten. She is currently nominated for a Gouden Notekraker^[1]; the judge's who nominated her have said that "her surprising début holds a lot in store for the future"^[2]. Van Houten also received praise for her stage debut^[3] as Olga in the musical^[4] Turk's Fruit^[5], for which she won a Johnny Kraaijkamp Musical Award^[6].

Her upcoming projects include the film Zomerhitte and the play Seksual Perversity, at the Theatre de Voorveghter^[7].

Contents 1 Early life 2 Select Filmography 2.1 Film 2.2 Television 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Early life

Van Houten was born to Margje Stasse and the writer and broadcaster Theodore van Houten on the first of September, 1978, in Culemborg, Gelderland, Netherlands. She later studied production design at the Netherlands Film and Television Academy, and, whilst there, made her film debut, as an obsessed killer, in Liefje.

[edit] Select Filmography

[edit] Film

• Zomerhitte (2008)
• Raak as Ingrid^[8] (2006)
• Een ingewikkeld verhaal, eenvoudig verteld as Mai (2005)
• Schat as Fountain girl (2004)
• Liefje as Esther Valkhof (2001)

[edit] Television

• Anna as Brecht (2007)
• Schaep Met De 5 Pooten, 't
  • Het zal je kind maar wezen! as Rosita Lefèvre (2006)
• Rozengeur & Wodka Lime
  • Recht door zee as Judith (2006)
• Bitches
  • Working Bitch as Esther de Vries (2006)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Jelka van Houten at the Internet Movie Database
• A Dutch fansite for Carice and Jelka van Houten