Carice van Houten

Carice van Houten

actress, producer, writer

Carice van Houten was born on Sep 05, 1976 in Netherlands. Carice van Houten's big-screen debut came with Suzy Q directed by Martin Koolhoven in 1999. Carice van Houten is known for Red Light directed by Anke Blondé, Carice van Houten stars as Sylvia Steenhuyzen and Maaike Neuville as Evi Vercruyssen. Carice van Houten has got 26 awards and 20 nominations so far. The most recent award Carice van Houten achieved is Cannes International Series Festival (CannesSeries). The upcoming new tvshow Carice van Houten plays is Dangerous Liaisons - Season 1 which will be released on Nov 06, 2022.

One of Europe's most celebrated actresses, Carice van Houten is perhaps best known as 'Melisandre' in the iconic TV show Game of Thrones, a performance for which she has been recognized with an Emmy Award nomination in 2019. Other projects include Paul Verhoeven's award-winning Black Book and Bryan Singer's Valkyrie opposite Tom Cruise and as Melisandre on Game of Thrones. Recent projects include Instinct and Temple, a TV show for Sky opposite Mark Strong, which has been picked up for a second season.Her Dutch-language feature Love Life, gained her further critical acclaim and broke box office records in her native Holland. Her next film Happy Housewive won her a record breaking 5th Golden Calf at The Netherlands Film Festival and was voted 'Best Dutch Actress of All Time' by the Dutch audience. Other awards include Best Actress for Black Butterflies at the Tribeca Film Festival and the Best Performance award for Instinct at the Les Arcs Film Festival 2019.Her credits include Juan Carlos Fresnadillo's Intruders and Bill Condon's The Fifth Estate, the Jesse Owens biopic, Race, with Jason Sudekis and Jeremy Irons and voiced a character in The Simpsons. She can also be seen in Brian de Palma's Domino and in Brimstone, opposite Dakota Fanning, Guy Pearce and Kit Harrington, and The Glass Room, with Claes Bang. She played a leading role in Halina Reijn's directorial feature debut Instinct, opposite Marwan Kenzari (Aladdin), which won the Variety Piazza Grande Award in Locarno Film Festival 2019. Instinct is the first outing for the Carice and Halina's production banner, Man Up.Up next is the new Dutch series Red Light, in which she not only plays the lead role but she is also creative producer of the show, together with Halina and their production company Man Up The show is expected to air in Autumn 2020.

  • Birthday

    Sep 05, 1976
  • Place of Birth

    Leiderdorp, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
  • Also known

    Carice Anouk van Houten, Карис ван Хаутен

Known For

Awards

26 wins & 20 nominations

Cannes International Series Festival (CannesSeries)
2020
Red Light (2020)
Winner - Special Interpretation Prize
CinEuphoria Awards
2020
Merit - Honorary Award
Winner - CinEuphoria
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