Carice van Houten
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 5, 1976 (age 50)
- Birthplace
- Leiderdorp, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Biography
Carice Anouk van Houten, born on September 5, 1976, is a Dutch stage and film actress. 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.
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Filmography
A Family
Movie · as Maria
A Beautiful Mess
TV · as Self - Host / Jury · 8 eps
Miss Moxy
Movie · as Pink (voice)
Malice
TV · as Nat Tanner · 6 eps
Quota
Movie · as (voice)
Grandpa Cor
Movie
Occupied City
Movie · as Narrator (2024 version)
Dangerous Liaisons
TV · as Jacqueline de Montrachet · 8 eps
Lost Girls & Love Hotels
Movie · as Ines
Red Light
TV · as Sylvia Steenhuyzen · 10 eps
Domino
Movie · as Alex Boe
The Glass Room
Movie · as Hana
Instinct
Movie · as Nicoline
Temple
TV · as Anna · 15 eps
Incarnate
Movie · as Lindsey
Race
Movie · as Leni Riefenstahl
Brimstone
Movie · as Anna
Verhoeven Versus Verhoeven
Movie · as Self - Actress
The Magic of the Diary of Anne Frank
Movie · as Self
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
Movie · as Melisandre
Holland: The Living Delta
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Game of Thrones: Spanish Kingdom Special
Movie · as Self
The Fifth Estate
Movie · as Birgitta Jonsdottir
Jackie
Movie · as Sofie
Family Way
Movie · as Winnie de Roover
Intruders
Movie · as Susanna
Black Butterflies
Movie · as Ingrid Jonker
Game of Thrones
TV · as Melisandre · 47 eps
Repo Men
Movie · as Carol
Black Death
Movie · as Langiva
The Happy Housewife
Movie · as Lea Meijer
Kleinste Kortste Film
Movie · as Woman
Otto Frank, the Father of Anne
Movie · as Diary fragments (voice-over)
In therapie
TV · as Aya · 60 eps
Stricken
Movie · as Carmen
Gewoon Hans
Movie · as Carice van Houten
From Time to Time
Movie · as Maria Oldknow
Van Der Vorst Ziet Sterren
TV · 1 ep
Valkyrie
Movie · as Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg
Dorothy Mills
Movie · as Jane Van Dopp
Love Is All
Movie · as Kiki Jollema
Black Book
Movie · as Rachel Stein / Ellis de Vries
A Thousand Kisses
Movie · as Samarinde
Bonkers
Movie · as Lis
Koppensnellers
TV · as Georgina Verbaan · 28 eps
Pauw & Witteman
TV · 1 ep
Spoon
Movie · as Juffrouw Broer
Black Swans
Movie · as Marleen
De Wereld Draait Door
TV · as Self, zelf · 5 eps
Father's Affair
Movie · as Monika
Miss Minoes
Movie · as Minoes
AmnesiA
Movie · as Sandra
Storm in mijn hoofd
Movie · as Titania
Acteurs, De
TV · as Ellie · 1 ep
Luifel & Luifel
TV · as Roos · 1 ep
Suzy Q
Movie · as Suzy
Ivoren wachters
Movie
The Simpsons
TV · as Annika Van Houten (voice) · 1 ep
Zomergasten
TV · 1 ep
German Film Award
TV · as Self · 1 ep