Carice van Houten

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Carice Anouk van Houten ( Dutch pronunciation: [ka: 'ris a:' nuk f? n ' (born September 5, 1976) is a Dutch actress and singer. He was born by radio theater-producer and theorist Theodore van Houten in Leiderdorp, The Netherlands. His younger sister Jelka is also an actress. He was exposed to performing arts at an early age and attended the Maastricht Academy of Arts Academy and the Kleinkunstacademie Cinema in Amsterdam. His first major role in the film Suzy Q (1999) won him the Golden Calf for Best Acting in Television Drama; two years later, he won the second Golden Calf for Best Actress for Undercover Kitty (2001).

She earned wide acclaim for her performance in the Black Book (2006), the most commercially successful commercial film to date, where she won the second Golden Calf for Best Actress, in addition to a nomination from the Chicago Film Critics Association, The European Film Academy, and the Film Critics Institute Online. She was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress for Valkyrie (2008), and won the fourth and fifth Golden Calf Award for Best Actress for The Happy Housewife (2010) and > Black Butterflies (2011). Other notable English contexts include Repo Men (2010), Black Death (2010), and Brimstone (2016).

Since 2012, Van Houten has received international recognition for his role as Melisandre on the HBO Game of Thrones (2012-present) television series, where he has been nominated for two Screen Actors Guild Awards for Extraordinary Performance by Ensemble in the Drama Series. After meeting Australian actor and musician Guy Pearce on the set of Brimstone in 2015, he gave birth to their first child the following year.

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Van Houten was born on September 5, 1976 in Leiderdorp, The Netherlands. His mother, Margje Stasse, was on the Dutch education TV board, and his father, Theodore van Houten (9 August 1952 - April 7, 2016), was a writer and broadcaster. She grew up watching a silent movie; in an interview he claimed to prefer to play a scene without dialogue. She has a younger sister, Jelka van Houten, who is also an actress. His paternal grandmother was Scottish. Van Houten went to St. Bonifatiuscollege (high school) in Utrecht, where he played a leading role in Hugo Claus' Tijl Uilenspieghel , directed by Ad Migchielsen. Van Houten studied briefly at the Maastricht Academy of Dramatic Arts but continued his professional education after a year at Kleinkunstacademie in Amsterdam.

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Acting career

Van Houten played his first lead role in the TV movie Martin Koolhoven Suzy Q . He won the Golden Calf for his 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 a kitten who became a woman at Undercover Kitty (2001). The first time he could be seen in theaters in the US was when Martin Koolhoven's AmnesiA (2001) got a small theatrical release. Van Houten won the Golden Calf for his performance as Rachel Stein at the Black Books (2006) at the Dutch Film Festival. Paul Verhoeven said about him in a television interview: "Never in my life have I worked with this talented actress," and when asked to compare it with Sharon Stone he said, "Carice can really act". The international press is also enthusiastic about his role in Black Book .

In December 2006, Van Houten resigned from the production of theater Alex van Warmerdam for personal reasons. According to the theater spokesman because of excessive work.

The first English-language film Carice is Dorothy from French director AgnÃƒÆ'Ã‚Â¨s Merlet.

In 2008 he starred in the non-commercial short film Zingen on het donker (English: Singing in the dark ), a drama on domestic violence. She appeared in Vanity Fair magazine in March 2008, photographed by Wayne Maser.

In 2008, Van Houten had Leonardo DiCaprio's opposite role in Body of Lies but the scene did not make the final cut of the film.

On October 4, 2008 the filming started from From Time to Time directed by Julian Fellowes. It is based on the classical literature of The Chimneys of Green Knowe by Lucy M. Boston. The stars of Van Houten as Maria Oldknow.

In April 2009, it was announced that Van Houten will star in Black Death by British director Christopher Smith and in the Dutch film Komt een vrouw bij de doctor (English title: Stricken ), based on a novel of the same name by Ray Kluun. He also starred in the science fiction movie Repo Men.

In July 2011, Van Houten was cast as Melisandre priest in the second season of the HBO fantasy TV series Game of Thrones.

In 2012, Van Houten appeared on Antony and Johnsons video "Cut the world", directed by Nabil Elderkin and also starring Willem Dafoe and Marina Abramovi.

In November 2012, the video for "Particle of Light", the second single from her album, See You on the Ice, debuted on YouTube. It was written by Howe Gelb from Giant Sand.

In May 2015, she plays Annika Van Houten (Milhouse's cousin) on "Let's Go Fly A Coot" episode of The Simpsons. He was chosen specifically for his last name.

In 2016, he plays the role of Leni Riefenstahl at Race .

In 2016 he appeared in Brimstone , his fourth collaboration with director Martin Koolhoven. Other cast members are Dakota Fanning, Kit Harington, and Guy Pearce.

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Personal life

Van Houten befriends fellow Dutch actress Halina Reijn, whom she has known since 1994. They work together in the film Black Books and Valkyrie . In 2013, they published a book together titled Anti Glamor , style guides (mock) and their friendship celebrations, as well as an honest outlook to the back side of the stage that was not interesting in their life. Despite twice kissing in front of the camera, and joking about being a lesbian, there is no real romantic engagement.

Van Houten has stated that Hollywood makes him unhappy: "I've seen Hollywood, and although I'm not against it, it's not my type of life.I'm surprised that I want to live in Europe," adding, "If Hollywood offers my biggest part, I will accept it, but I do not want to live there. "

In March 2016 he announced that he was expecting his first child with Guy Pearce by the end of 2016. On 29 August 2016, Van Houten and Pearce announced the birth of their son, Monte Pearce.

She is a fan of Laurel and Hardy for life and in June 2016 she was called to The Ross Owen Show on Black Sky Radio to talk about her love for comedy duo.