Carice Anouk van Houten (Dutch: [kaːˈris(ə ʔ)aːˈnuk fɑn ˈɦʌutə(n)]; born 5 September 1976) is a Dutch actress. Her first leading role in the television film Suzy Q (1999) won her the Golden Calf for Best Acting in a Television Drama; two years later, she won the Golden Calf for Best Actress for Miss Minoes (2001).
Carice van Houten | |
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 Van Houten in 2015 | |
| Born | Carice Anouk van Houten 5 September 1976 Leiderdorp, Netherlands |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Partner(s) | Sebastian Koch (2005–2009) Guy Pearce (2015–present) |
| Children | 1 |
| Parent(s) | Theodore van Houten Margje Stasse |
| Relatives | Jelka van Houten (sister) |
| Website | caricevanhouten |
She gained widespread recognition for her performance in Black Book (2006), the most commercially successful Dutch film to date, for which she won her second Golden Calf for Best Actress, in addition to nominations from the Chicago Film Critics Association, the European Film Academy, and the Online Film Critics Society. She was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress for Valkyrie (2008), and won her fourth and fifth Golden Calf Awards for Best Actress for The Happy Housewife (2010) and Black Butterflies (2011). Her other notable English-language performances include Repo Men (2010), Black Death (2010), and Brimstone (2016).
Van Houten received international recognition for her role as Melisandre on the HBO television series Game of Thrones (2012–2019), for which she received nominations for two Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series.[1][2][3]
Early life
editVan Houten was born in Leiderdorp, Netherlands. She was brought up watching silent films and in an interview she professed to prefer playing scenes without dialogue.[4] She has a younger sister, Jelka van Houten, who is also an actress. Her paternal grandmother was Scottish.[5] 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.[6]
Acting career
editVan 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 woman in Miss Minoes (2001). The first time she could be seen in cinemas in the U.S. was when Martin Koolhoven's AmnesiA (2001) got a small theatrical release.[7]
Van Houten won a Golden Calf for her performance as Rachel Stein in Black Book (2006)[8] at the Netherlands Film Festival. Black Book's director Paul Verhoeven said about her in a television interview: "Never in my life I have worked with an actress this talented", and when asked to compare her with Sharon Stone he said "Carice can really act."[9] The international press was also enthusiastic about her role in Black Book.[10]
In December 2006, van Houten withdrew from a theatre production of Alex van Warmerdam for personal reasons. According to a theatre spokesman it was because of a work overload.[11]
In 2008, she starred in the non-commercial short movie Zingen in het donker (English: Singing in the dark), a drama on domestic violence. She appeared in the magazine Vanity Fair in the issue for March 2008, photographed by Wayne Maser.[12] In 2008, van Houten had a role opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in Body of Lies but her scenes did not make the final cut of the movie.[13]
In April 2009, it was announced that van Houten would star in Black Death by British director Christopher Smith and in the Dutch film Komt een vrouw bij de dokter (English title: Stricken), based on the novel of the same name by Ray Kluun. She also starred in the science fiction thriller Repo Men.[14]
In July 2011, van Houten was cast as the priestess Melisandre in the second season of HBO's fantasy TV series Game of Thrones.[15] Her performance has garnered her praise and recognition, earning her a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her final performance as the character in the season 8 episode "The Long Night" in 2019. After nominations were announced for the ceremony, van Houten received considerable media attention for having been one of the three nominated actors from the show to have self-submitted and paid entry fees to be on the ballot for Emmy consideration after HBO had not done so for them.[16][17] She has also received three Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2014, 2016, and 2017 for the role.[18][19][20]
In 2012, van Houten appeared in Antony and the Johnsons' "Cut the world" video, which was directed by Nabil Elderkin[21] and also starred Willem Dafoe and Marina Abramović.[22]
In 2019, van Houten starred as a prison therapist that becomes infatuated with one of her patients, a serial rapist, in Halina Reijn's directorial debut Instinct. The film premiered at the Locarno Film Festival, receiving the Variety Piazza Grande Award and was selected as the Dutch submission for Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards.[23] Variety's Guy Lodge described van Houten as being "on electrifying form" and Reijn's direction "provides a fearsome reminder" of the former's breakthrough performance in Black Book.[24]
She narrates the Dutch-language version of Steve McQueen's 2023 film De Bezette Stad (Occupied City).
Personal life
editVan Houten is in a relationship with Australian actor Guy Pearce,[25] whom she met on the set of Brimstone.[26] In August 2016, she gave birth to their son, Monte Pearce.[27] She previously dated German actor Sebastian Koch; they met on the set of the 2006 film Black Book.[28]
Van Houten speaks Dutch, English, German, and French.[29]
Van Houten has stated that Hollywood makes her unhappy: "I have seen Hollywood, and although I have nothing against it, it's not my kind of life. My agent is shocked that I want to stay in Europe," adding, "If Hollywood offers me a great part, of course I'll take it, but I just don't want to live there".[30]
Van Houten has been friends with fellow Dutch actress Halina Reijn since 1994.[31] They worked together in the movies Black Book and Valkyrie. In 2013, the two published a book called Anti Glamour, a parody style guide and a celebration of their friendship,[32] as well as a candid look into the unglamourous back-stage side of their lives.[33]
Van Houten is a lifelong fan of Laurel and Hardy. In June 2016, she called into The Ross Owen Show on Black Sky Radio to talk about her love of the comedy duo.[34]
In both May and September 2023, she was arrested along with more than 1,500 others blocking the A12 motorway in The Hague during a climate protest organized by Extinction Rebellion; she was later released.[35] She has supported ecocide being made a crime at the International Criminal Court, stating: "We are intrinsically linked to the natural world and its magical ecosystems that have provided for us for so long. We must no longer just take. It is time to give back. We owe it to the Earth. Ecocide is a crime and must be punished as such."[36][37]
In August 2023, van Houten voiced her support for Operation Identify Me, an initiative launched in May of the same year, which is focused on establishing the identities of 22 unknown females found throughout Western Europe between 1976 and 2019. Most were the victims of violent crimes.[38]
In 2024, van Houten participated in a video series published by the Palestine Festival of Literature in support of South Africa's case against Israel at the International Court of Justice.[39]
Filmography
edit| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 3 ronden | Emily | |
| 1998 | Ivory Guardians | unknown | |
| 1999 | Suzy Q | Suzy | |
| 2001 | Storm in mijn hoofd | Peaseblossom / Titania | |
| AmnesiA | Sandra | ||
| Miss Minoes | Minoes | ||
| 2002 | The Wild Boar | Pandora | |
| 2003 | Father's Affair | Monika | |
| 2005 | Black Swans | Marleen | |
| Lepel | Miss Broer | ||
| Bonkers | Lis | ||
| 2006 | A Thousand Kisses | Samarinde | |
| Black Book | Rachel Stein / Ellis de Vries | ||
| 2007 | Love is All | Kiki Jollema | |
| 2008 | Dorothy Mills | Jane van Dopp | |
| Valkyrie | Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg | ||
| 2009 | Stricken | Carmen | |
| From Time to Time | Maria Oldknow | ||
| 2010 | Repo Men | Carol | [40] |
| The Happy Housewife | Lea | ||
| Black Death | Langiva | ||
| Satisfaction | |||
| 2011 | Intruders | Susanna | |
| Black Butterflies | Ingrid Jonker | ||
| Vivaldi | Julietta | ||
| 2012 | Jackie | Sophie | |
| Family Way | Winnie de Roover | ||
| 2013 | The Fifth Estate | Birgitta Jónsdóttir | |
| 2016 | Race | Leni Riefenstahl | |
| Brimstone | Anna | ||
| Incarnate | |||
| 2019 | The Affair | Hana | |
| Domino | Alex | ||
| Instinct | Nicoline | Also producer | |
| 2020 | Lost Girls & Love Hotels | Ines |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Het Labyrint | Mariek | Television series |
| 1999 | Suzy Q | Suzy | Television film |
| 2000 | Goede daden bij daglicht: Op weg | Carola | Television film |
| 2001 | De acteurs | Ellie | Television series |
| 2002 | Luifel & Luifel | Roos | Episode: "De Krottenkoning" |
| 2004 | Russen | José Machielsen | Episode: "De zevende getuige" |
| Kopspijkers | Georgina Verbaan | Episode: "Dance-4-Life" | |
| 2006 | Koppensnellers | Episode: "1.16" | |
| 2009 | Gewoon Hans | Herself | Television film |
| 2010 | In therapie | Aya | 3 episodes |
| 2011 | Human Planet | Narrator | Dutch dubbing |
| 2012–2019 | Game of Thrones | Melisandre of Asshai | 29 episodes |
| 2015 | The Simpsons | Annika van Houten (voice) | Episode: "Let's Go Fly a Coot" |
| 2016 | Robot Chicken | Melisandre, Wife, Mama Bear (voices) | Episode: "Triple Hot Dog Sandwich on Wheat" |
| 2019 | Temple | Anna Willems | Television series |
| 2020 | Red Light | Sylvia Steenhuyzen | Television series |
| 2022 | Dangerous Liaisons | Jacqueline de Montrachet[41] |
Discography
edit- Black Book (soundtrack) (2007) - vocals on four songs
- See You on the Ice (2012) - full album produced by JB Meijers[42]
- "Fear Not" (2015) - single with Michael Prins
- Bobbie Gentry's The Delta Sweete Revisited (2019) by Mercury Rev - vocals on 'Parchman Farm'
- Once Upon a Time in Shaolin (2015) by Wu-Tang Clan
Awards and nominations
editReferences
edit- ^ "Zwartboek beste film aller tijden – Cinema.nl Nieuws" (in Dutch). Cinema.nl. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
- ^ "Carice – vijfde Gouden Kalf" [Carice – Fifth Golden Calf]. NOS (Dutch Broadcast Foundation) (in Dutch). 1 October 2011. Archived from the original on 3 April 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
Actrice Carice van Houten heeft vanavond voor de vijfde keer een Gouden Kalf gewonnen. Het is nog nooit eerder voorgekomen dat een Nederlandse actrice vijf Gouden Kalveren won.
- ^ "Carice van Houten". Emmys.com. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ Van Houten, Carice (5 April 2013). "College Tour" (Interview) (in Dutch). Interviewed by Twan Huys. Amsterdam: NTR. 3:00 minutes in. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- ^ Slater, Lydia (5 March 2010). "Euro star: Carice van Houten". London Evening Standard.
- ^ Fitzherbert, Elizabeth (1 April 2011). "An Actress Suffering Butterflies". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ Rooney, David (25 March 2001). "Amnesia". Variety. Retrieved 7 October 2006.
- ^ Winnaars Gouden Kalveren 2006 Archived 12 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine, 6 October 2006. Retrieved 7 October 2006.
- ^ De Wereld Draait Door Archived 13 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine, 7 September 2006
- ^ Stigter, Bianca (4 September 2006). "Carice van Houten slaat in als een bom" [Carice van Houten hits like a bomb] (in Dutch). NRC newspaper. Archived from the original on 7 January 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2006.
- ^ "Carice van Houten trekt zich terug uit voorstelling". nu.nl (in Dutch). Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau (ANP). 6 December 2006. Archived from the original on 18 December 2006. Retrieved 17 December 2006.
- ^ Van Houten Archived 11 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine (February 2008) in the magazine Vanity Fair. Retrieved on 13 December 2008.
- ^ Carice van Houten uit Hollywood-film geknipt. NU.nl. 18 September 2008.
- ^ "Repo Men Madness! Six Interviews, Seven Clips, Plus B-Roll". Dread Central. 15 August 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
- ^ Hibberd, James (19 July 2011). "'Game of Thrones' casts sorceress Melisandre and Stannis Baratheon". EW.com. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- ^ Scott Feinberg (17 July 2019). "Emmys: Three Nominated 'Game of Thrones' Stars Self-Submitted After HBO Did Not Enter Them". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ Tom Huddleston Jr. (18 July 2019). "HBO didn't submit these 3 'Game of Thrones' stars for an Emmy—so they did it themselves and got nominated". CNBC.com. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ "The 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild Awards. Archived from the original on 18 December 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- ^ "The 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild Awards. Archived from the original on 18 December 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- ^ "The 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild Awards. Archived from the original on 15 December 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- ^ Film, Nabil Elderkin's nabil.com website lists the video. Video at vimeo. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
- ^ News, antonyandthejohnsons.com webpage, 6 August 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
- ^ Roxborough, Scott (2 September 2019). "Oscars: Netherlands Selects 'Instinct' for International Feature Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ Lodge, Guy (17 August 2019). "'Instinct' Review: Carice van Houten Thrills in a Risky Psychodrama". Variety. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ Louis Wise (29 March 2019). "Game of fame". The Australian. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ "Guy Pearce Welcomed a Son with GOT Star Carice van Houten — Inside His Love Life". 30 December 2020.
- ^ Carice van Houten [@caricevhouten] (29 August 2016). "Carice van Houten on Twitter" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 August 2020 – via Twitter.
- ^ Will Lawrence (24 May 2013). "'Flashback Friday: Carice van Houten". Wonderland Magazine. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ^ "Carice van Houten Says Melisandre Is Working for the Greater Good". Making Game of Thrones. 20 May 2013. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
- ^ "Carice van Houten wordt ongelukkig van Hollywood" [Carice van Houten is unhappy with Hollywood]. nu.nl (in Dutch). Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau (ANP). 5 July 2007. Archived from the original on 21 September 2008. Retrieved 5 July 2007.
- ^ "Carice van Houten 'afgewezen' door Halina Reijn" [Carice van Houten 'turned down' by Halina Reijn] (in Dutch). De Telegraaf. 14 December 2013. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- ^ "Beroemdemeidenlol: het 'stijlboek' van Van Houten en Reijn" [Famous chicks' fun: Van Houten and Reijn's 'style guide'] (in Dutch). NRC newspaper. 14 November 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- ^ "'Anti glamour': Halina Reijn & Carice van Houten" (in Dutch). De Wereld Draait Door. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- ^ "The Ross Owen Show". therossowenshow.
- ^ "'Extinction Rebellion protest in Netherlands ends with 1,500 arrested". BBC News. 27 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
- ^ "Supporters of Ecocide Law". Stop Ecocide International. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
- ^ "Carice van Houten nieuwe ambassadeur Stop Ecocide NL". www.ditjesendatjes.nl (in Dutch). 1 March 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
- ^ Hessen Police (23 August 2023). "IDENTIFY ME: Internationale Kampagne zu Morden an unbekannten Frauen" (in German). Hessen, Germany. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
- ^ Roxborough, Scott (12 January 2024). "Susan Sarandon, Charles Dance, Cynthia Nixon Among Stars Supporting South Africa's Genocide Charges Against Israel". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "Carice is de vrouw van Leonardo en Jude???". MovieReporter.nl. 28 September 2007. Archived from the original on 15 October 2007. Retrieved 28 September 2007.
- ^ Petski, Denise (16 June 2021). "'Dangerous Liaisons': Lesley Manville, Carice Van Houten, Paloma Faith, Michael McElhatton, Kosar Ali, 9 More Cast In Starz Prequel Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ^ "Carice van Houten – See You on the Ice (CD, Album)". Discogs. 27 September 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
- ^ Nolfi, Joey (14 December 2016). "SAG Awards nominations 2017: See the full list". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
External links
edit- Carice van Houten discography at Discogs
- Carice van Houten at IMDb
- Carice van Houten at Virtual History