Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
September 5, 1976
Place of Birth:
Leiderdorp, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
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Carice van Houten
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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Quota | (voice) |
| 2024 | Grandpa Cor | |
| 2023 | Occupied City | Narrator (2024 version) |
| 2020 | Lost Girls & Love Hotels | Ines |
| 2019 | Domino | Alex Boe |
| 2019 | The Glass Room | Hana |
| 2019 | Instinct | Nicoline |
| 2016 | Incarnate | Lindsey |
| 2016 | Race | Leni Riefenstahl |
| 2016 | Brimstone | Anna |
| 2016 | Verhoeven Versus Verhoeven | Self - Actress |
| 2015 | The Magic of the Diary of Anne Frank | Self |
| 2015 | Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience | Melisandre |
| 2015 | Holland: The Living Delta | Narrator (voice) |
| 2013 | The Fifth Estate | Birgitta Jonsdottir |
| 2012 | Jackie | Sofie |
| 2012 | Family Way | Winnie de Roover |
| 2011 | Intruders | Susanna |
| 2011 | Black Butterflies | Ingrid Jonker |
| 2010 | Repo Men | Carol |
| 2010 | Black Death | Langiva |
| 2010 | The Happy Housewife | Lea Meijer |
| 2010 | Kleinste Kortste Film | Woman |
| 2009 | Stricken | Carmen |
| 2009 | Gewoon Hans | Carice van Houten |
| 2009 | From Time to Time | Maria Oldknow |
| 2008 | Valkyrie | Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg |
| 2008 | Dorothy Mills | Jane Van Dopp |
| 2007 | Love Is All | Kiki Jollema |
| 2006 | Black Book | Rachel Stein / Ellis de Vries |
| 2006 | A Thousand Kisses | Samarinde |
| 2005 | Spoon | Juffrouw Broer |
| 2005 | Black Swans | Marleen |
| 2005 | Bonkers | Lis |
| 2003 | Father's Affair | Monika |
| 2001 | Miss Minoes | Minoes |
| 2001 | AmnesiA | Sandra |
| 2001 | Storm in mijn hoofd | |
| 1999 | Suzy Q | Suzy |
| 1998 | Ivoren wachters | |
| A Family |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | A Beautiful Mess | Self - Host |
| 2025 | Malice | Nat Tanner |
| 2022 | Dangerous Liaisons | Jacqueline de Montrachet |
| 2020 | Red Light | Sylvia Steenhuyzen |
| 2019 | Temple | Anna |
| 2011 | Game of Thrones | Melisandre |
| 2010 | In therapie | Aya |
| 2009 | Van Der Vorst Ziet Sterren | |
| 2006 | Koppensnellers | Georgina Verbaan |
| 2006 | Pauw & Witteman | |
| 2005 | De Wereld Draait Door | Self |
| 2005 | De Wereld Draait Door | zelf |
| 2001 | Acteurs, De | |
| 2001 | Acteurs, De | Ellie |
| 2001 | Luifel & Luifel | Roos |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Annika Van Houten (voice) |
| 1988 | Zomergasten | |
| 1951 | German Film Award | Self |