Carice van Houten
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| Born |
Carice Anouk van Houten 5 September 1976 Leiderdorp, South Holland, Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Occupation | Actress, singer |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Partner(s) |
Sebastian Koch (2005–2009) Kees van Nieuwkerk (2013–2015) Guy Pearce (2015-present) |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | caricevanhouten |
Carice Anouk van Houten (Dutch pronunciation: [kaːˈris ɑˈnuk vɑn ˈɦʌu̯tə(n)]; born 5 September 1976) is a Dutch actress and singer. She is mostly known for playing the lead in Black Book (2006), the most commercially successful Dutch film to date, and Melisandre in the TV series Game of Thrones since 2012. Internationally, she is also known for English-language work in films like Valkyrie (2008), Repo Men (2010), and Black Death (2010).
Van Houten was born on 5 September 1976 in Leiderdorp, the Netherlands. Her mother, Margje Stasse, is on the board of Dutch educational TV, and her father, Theodore van Houten (9 August 1952 - 7 April 2016), was a writer and broadcaster. He raised Carice with many silent movies, and during a Dutch interview she professed to prefer playing scenes without dialogue. She has a younger sister, Jelka van Houten, who is also an actress. Her paternal grandmother was Scottish. Van Houten went to the St. Bonifatiuscollege (high school) in Utrecht, where she played the leading role in Hugo Claus' Tijl Uilenspieghel, directed by Ad Migchielsen. Van Houten studied briefly at the Maastricht Academy of Dramatic Arts but continued her professional education after one year at the Kleinkunstacademie in Amsterdam.
Van Houten played her first leading role in Martin Koolhoven's TV film Suzy Q. She won a Golden Calf for her part as Suzy. She 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). The first time she could be seen in cinemas in the USA was when Martin Koolhoven's AmnesiA (2001) got a small theatrical release.
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