The Most Beautiful Dutch Actresses

Inge Schrama was born on 5 December 1985 in Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. She is an actress, known for Goede tijden, slechte tijden (1990), Dunya en Desie (2002) and Kees & Co (1997).

Sylvia Hoeks has been living and working in the US for the past 6 years. Born in the Netherlands, she was scouted by Elite Models at age 14 and traveled the world to model. After doing this, she finished high school and attended the Maastricht Theatre Academy.

After graduation, she made her national breakthrough with the Jos Stelling film, Duska (2007), for which she won a Golden Calf (the Dutch equivalent of the Oscars) at the annual Dutch Film Festival. Sylvia quickly became in-demand for both stage and screen directors and stars in prestigious Dutch TV series, like Overspel (2011) (VARA), Bloedverwanten (2010) (AVRO) and several theatre plays.

Within two years after graduating, Sylvia had the opportunity to play her first leading role as "Julia" in the feature film, De storm (2009) (Ben Sombogaart, 2009), which became a major box office hit. The film was a national success and reached the Stony Brook Film Festival (NY, USA) and Festroia International Film Festival (Setubal, Portugal), where she received the award for "best actress".

In 2010, Sylvia starred as "Tirza" in the feature film, Tirza (2010), by director Rudolf van den Berg, which won the "Best Film" award at Festroia International Film Festival in Portugal. In 2011, Sylvia was presented at the Berlinale as Shooting Star, the unique Pan European initiative which puts a spotlight on Europe's best actors.

In 2011, Sylvia played the main character, "Johanna", in the feature film, The Gang of Oss (2011). Five years after her national breakthrough, she started working together again with director Jos Stelling on his new feature film, The Girl and Death (2012), in a Russian-German co production (release 2012).

In 2013, Sylvia plays her first international role in The Best Offer (2013) (The Best Offer), directed by Giuseppe Tornatore and starring next to Geoffrey Rush. The film was a box office hit in several European countries as Italy and Spain and is nominated for Best Film at the 2013 European Film Awards. Released in the Netherlands and the US in 2014.

In 2015, she starred in several Film and TV productions in The Netherlands, Germany and Denmark and accepts the female lead in Luc Besson's new action thriller, American Renegades (2017) (The Lake), which will have its international release in 2017.

In 2016, Sylvia starred in the new Blade Runner 2049 (2017), directed by Denis Villeneuve.

In 2017 Sylvia starred in 'Girl in the spiders web' as Camilla Salander.

In 2018 Sylvia took on the role of 'Queen Kane' in Apple TV show 'See' which filmed its second season in 2020.

In 2020 Sylvia stars next to August Diehl in World war 2 movie 'Plan A'.

In 2020 Sylvia is co producing a limited series about erotic movie Icon "Sylvia Kristel' together with Michael Roskam ( Bullhead and The Drop).

In 2021 she continues to star in season 3 of the Apple TV show 'See'.

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.

Hanna Verboom is a Dutch actress, filmmaker, social entrepreneur and keynote speaker. In her work, Hanna is always committed to raising awareness about topics like sustainability, mental health and diversity.

As actress, Hanna gained recognition among the public through her roles in the successful Dutch series De Co-Assistent and Feuten. Later, she took on various national and international roles. In 2020, Hanna directed and produced the short documentary Uit de schaduw, an intimate and personal portrait addressing the taboo around mental variations. The impact of Uit de Schaduw was so profound that in 2023, a sequel named Samen uit de Schaduw followed.

As a dedicated social entrepreneur, she is the visionary founder of Get it Done and Cinetree. The Get it Done Foundation unites and empowers change-makers to collectively make a difference in the world. Cinetree is a streaming platform that curates a selection of films and documentaries each week. Besides being a streaming platform, Cinetree is also co-organizer of the successful events HER Film Festival and Forest Film Festival.

With a multi-cultural upbringing and through her multifaceted roles Hanna continues to inspire positive change, elevate important conversations, and drive forward progress in society. In 2022, Hanna received recognition for her work and was voted 'Entrepreneurial Woman of the Year' in the sustainability category.

After a 5-year acting break Hanna will make her comeback in 2023, taking on a leading role in the drama series Elixer which explores the misconduct in the pharmaceutical industry. This series is set to be broadcast in 2025.

Gaby Blaaser was born on 7 June 1986 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. She is an actress, known for Goede tijden, slechte tijden (1990), Spangas op survival (2009) and Spangas (2007).

Georgina Verbaan was born on 9 October 1979 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. She is an actress and writer, known for 't Schaep met de 5 pooten (2006), The Blood Pact (2017) and Joyride (2005).

During her last year at the Amsterdam University of the Arts, she was cast for her first two leading roles - both Het Schnitzelparadiijs and Vet Hard went on to become box-office hits and her career took off. Bracha is one of the Netherlands most sought-after leading ladies.

Jennifer Hoffman was born on 23 December 1980 in Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. She is an actress and producer, known for Westenwind (1999), De luizenmoeder (2018) and Deep Shit (2021).

Victoria has portrayed over 37 characters in 11 films and over 800 episodes of TV drama.

Victoria was born in the Soviet Union and moved to the Netherlands at age 12. She learned Dutch from scratch and built a TV career speaking Dutch like a native.

After years of working in Amsterdam she decided to bring a new dimension to her career. She landed her first Russian-speaking role in Moscow in 2009. Drawing on her Eastern European background she starred in the short film "American Dreams," playing Marina, the Russian wife of Lee Harvey Oswald. The film was awarded Best Short Film at the Hollywood Festival.

In 2016 Victoria learned Serbian to play a part in the Dutch Oscar submission The Paradise Suite.

Ironically, Victoria gets cast for strong iron ladies, like doctors and lawyers in the Netherlands, while in Russia she often gets the comic, girl-next-door types. On stage she has played for the National Theatre; in 2020 she appeared in the show "Mijn Man Begript Me Niet" over 50 times.

Later this year Victoria will play her first historical role in an Italian film.

Eva Duijvestein was born on 19 December 1976 in Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. She is an actress, known for Meiden van De Wit (2002), Docklands (2010) and Kicks (2007). She has been married to Jan Jaap van der Wal since September 2010.

Lieke van Lexmond was born on 6 February 1982 in IJsselstein, Utrecht, Netherlands. She is an actress, known for Centraal Medisch Centrum (2016), Goede tijden, slechte tijden (1990) and De TV Kantine (2009). She has been married to Bas van Veggel since June 2016. They have two children.

Katja Schuurman was born on 19 February 1975 in Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands. She is an actress and director, known for Interview (2003), The Rules of Attraction (2002) and Costa! (2001). She was previously married to Freek van Noortwijk and Thijs Römer.

Angela Schijf became famous thanks to her performance in Goede tijden, slechte tijden (1990) (GTST), in which she played Kim from 1996 until 1999. After that she played lead roles in the films I Love You Too (2001) and Godforsaken (2003). She also played in the film The Shaft (2001).

Angela played the lead in the musical 42nd Street in 2000-2001, and for that won the Musical Award voor Beste Vrouwelijke Nieuwkomer (Musical Award for best new female talent). In 2002-2003 she stood on the stage again playing in Momenten van Geluk, as wel as in 42nd Street again.

On TV Angela could be seen in shows as Oppassen!!! (1991), M'n dochter en ik (1995), Baantjer (1995) and Babes (1999). More recently, she played the younger sister of three in the series Meiden van De Wit (2002).

The past theatre season she played a lead role in Glazen Speelgoed (The Glass Menagerie), and last March her new feature film De ordening (2003) was shown by NPS.

Gigi Ravelli was born on 28 June 1982 in Laren, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. She is an actress, known for Goede tijden, slechte tijden (1990), App (2013) and Heart Street (2014).

Peggy Vrijens was born on 28 October 1976 in Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands. She is an actress and writer, known for Julia's Tango (2007), Joyride (2005) and Het huis Anubis en de vijf van het magische zwaard (2010).