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).

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life 1.2 Relationship 1.3 Acting career 2 Filmography 3 Discography 4 Awards 4.1 Film Awards 4.2 Theatre Awards 4.3 Other Awards 5 References 6 External links

[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]

[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

• 3 ronden (1997)
• Ivory Guardians (1998)
• Suzy Q (1999)
• Storm in mijn hoofd (2001)
• AmnesiA (2001)
• Minoes (2001)
• Undercover Kitty (2001)
• The Wild Boar (2002) (short film)
• Father's Affair (2003)
• Black Swans (2005)
• Lepel (2005)
• Bonkers (2005)
• A Thousand Kisses (2006)
• Black Book (2006)

[edit] Discography

• Black Book (2006)

[edit] Awards

[edit] Film Awards

• Golden Calf 1999: Best TV Actress - Suzy Q
• Camério (2002): Best Actress - Undercover Kitty
• Golden Calf 2002: Best Actress - Undercover Kitty
• Artek (2005): Best Actress - Undercover Kitty
• Golden Calf 2006: Best Actress - Black Book

[edit] Theatre Awards

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

[edit] Other Awards

• ELLE Personal Style Award 2006

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Carice van Houten at the Internet Movie Database
• Carice van Houten at All Movie Guide
• Carice & Jelka van Houten Fansite

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