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.
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 (Movies)
Grandpa Cor
Character:
Release Date:17/10/2024
Quota
Character:(voice)
Release Date:05/09/2024
Occupied City
Character:Narrator (2024 version)
Release Date:30/11/2023
Lost Girls & Love Hotels
Character:Ines
Release Date:18/09/2020
Instinct
Character:Nicoline
Release Date:03/10/2019
Domino
Character:Alex Boe
Release Date:31/05/2019
The Glass Room
Character:Hana
Release Date:14/03/2019
Incarnate
Character:Lindsey
Release Date:01/12/2016
Verhoeven Versus Verhoeven
Character:Self - Actress
Release Date:24/09/2016
Brimstone
Character:Anna
Release Date:12/03/2016
Race
Character:Leni Riefenstahl
Release Date:19/02/2016
Holland: The Living Delta
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:24/09/2015
The Magic of the Diary of Anne Frank
Character:Self
Release Date:29/04/2015
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
Character:Melisandre
Release Date:29/01/2015
The Fifth Estate
Character:Birgitta Jonsdottir
Release Date:11/10/2013
Family Way
Character:Winnie de Roover
Release Date:21/11/2012
Jackie
Character:Sofie
Release Date:10/05/2012
Intruders
Character:Susanna
Release Date:12/09/2011
Black Butterflies
Character:Ingrid Jonker
Release Date:06/02/2011
Kleinste Kortste Film
Character:Woman
Release Date:29/09/2010
Black Death
Character:Langiva
Release Date:07/06/2010
The Happy Housewife
Character:Lea Meijer
Release Date:15/04/2010
Repo Men
Character:Carol
Release Date:18/03/2010
Gewoon Hans
Character:Carice van Houten
Release Date:30/12/2009
Stricken
Character:Carmen
Release Date:26/11/2009
From Time to Time
Character:Maria Oldknow
Release Date:15/10/2009
Valkyrie
Character:Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg
Release Date:25/12/2008
Dorothy Mills
Character:Jane Van Dopp
Release Date:06/08/2008
Love Is All
Character:Kiki Jollema
Release Date:10/10/2007
Black Book
Character:Rachel Stein / Ellis de Vries
Release Date:14/09/2006
A Thousand Kisses
Character:Samarinde
Release Date:09/03/2006
Black Swans
Character:Marleen
Release Date:14/07/2005
Spoon
Character:Juffrouw Broer
Release Date:02/02/2005
Bonkers
Character:Lis
Release Date:01/01/2005
Father's Affair
Character:Monika
Release Date:11/12/2003
Miss Minoes
Character:Minoes
Release Date:06/12/2001
AmnesiA
Character:Sandra
Release Date:03/05/2001
Storm in mijn hoofd
Character:
Release Date:12/03/2001
Suzy Q
Character:Suzy
Release Date:09/03/1999
Ivoren wachters
Character:
Release Date:18/10/1998
Television Appearances
A Beautiful Mess
Character:Self - Host
Malice
Character:Nat Tanner
Dangerous Liaisons
Character:Jacqueline de Montrachet
Red Light
Character:Sylvia Steenhuyzen
Temple
Character:Anna
Game of Thrones
Character:Melisandre
In therapie
Character:Aya
Van Der Vorst Ziet Sterren
Character:
Pauw & Witteman
Character:
Koppensnellers
Character:Georgina Verbaan
De Wereld Draait Door
Character:Self
De Wereld Draait Door
Character:zelf
Acteurs, De
Character:
Acteurs, De
Character:Ellie
Luifel & Luifel
Character:Roos
The Simpsons
Character:Annika Van Houten (voice)
Zomergasten
Character:
German Film Award
Character:Self
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