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My Take
Carice van Houten is far more than Melisandre, even if Game of Thrones is how most of the world met her. The thing that genuinely impresses me is her dominance at home: multiple Golden Calf wins for Best Actress, the Netherlands' top film honour, going back to Suzy Q and Miss Minoes. That's not a one-role actor, that's a serious national talent who happened to break through globally. She's also a singer, which speaks to range. I find her watchable because there's intelligence and a slight danger behind the eyes, the sense she's always thinking a step beyond the script.
Overview
Carice Anouk van Houten (Dutch: [kaːˈris(ə ʔ)aːˈnuk vɑn 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).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Carice van Houten
- Name (Japanese)
- カリス・ファン・ハウテン
- Reading
- かりす・ふぁん・はうてん
- Born
- September 5, 1976 (age 49)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Dragon
- Origin
- Leiderdorp, South Holland, Netherlands
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / radio personality / television actor / film actor / singer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2002 Golden Calf for Best Actress
- 2006 Golden Calf for Best Actress
- 2010 Golden Calf for Best Actress
- 2011 Golden Calf for Best Actress
- 1999 Golden Calf award for Best Actress in a Television Drama
- 2003 Colombina
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Actor — see all → · Radio personality — see all → · More people from Netherlands →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.