Van Houten 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.[citation needed]
Acting career
Carice van Houten in 2013
Van Houten played her first leading role in Martin Koolhoven's TV filmSuzy 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.
Van Houten won a Golden Calf for her performance as Rachel Stein in Black Book (2006)[6] 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."[7] The international press was also enthusiastic about her role in Black Book.[8]
In December 2006, Van Houten withdrew from a theatre production of Alex van Warmerdam due to personal reasons. According to a theatre spokesman it was because of a work overload.[9]
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.[10] 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.[11]
In July 2011, Van Houten was cast as the priestess Melisandre in the second season of HBO's fantasy TV series Game of Thrones.[13] 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.[14][15] 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.
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.[18]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.[19]
Personal life
Van Houten is in a relationship with Australian actor Guy Pearce,[20] who she met on the set of Brimstone.[21] In August 2016, she gave birth to their son, Monte Pearce.[22] She previously dated German actor Sebastian Koch; they met on the set of the 2006 film Black Book.[23]
Van Houten speaks Dutch, English, German, and French.
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".[24]
Van Houten has been friends with fellow Dutch actress Halina Reijn since 1994.[25] 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,[26] as well as a candid look into the unglamourous back-stage side of their lives.[27]
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.[28]
^"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. 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.
^Van Houten, Carice (5 April 2013). "College Tour". College Tour (Interview) (in Dutch). Interviewed by Twan Huys. Amsterdam: NTR. 3:00 minutes in. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
^Winnaars Gouden Kalveren 2006 12 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine, 6 October 2006. Retrieved 7 October 2006.
^De Wereld Draait Door 13 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine, 7 September 2006
^Stigter, Bianca (4 September 2006). [Carice van Houten hits like a bomb] (in Dutch). NRC newspaper. Archived from the original on 7 January 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2006.
^ANP (6 December 2006). "Carice van Houten trekt zich terug uit voorstelling". nu.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 17 December 2006.
^Van Houten 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.
^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.
^ANP (5 July 2007). [Carice van Houten is unhappy with Hollywood]. nu.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 21 September 2008. Retrieved 5 July 2007. (English translation at van Houten is unhappy with Hollywood)
^ [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.
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In this Dutch name the surname is van Houten not Houten Carice Anouk van Houten Dutch pronunciation kaːˈris aːˈnuk fɑn ˈɦʌute n is a Dutch actress and singer born 5 September 1976 in Leiderdorp 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 Houtenvan Houten at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con InternationalBornCarice Anouk van Houten 1976 09 05 5 September 1976 age 46 Leiderdorp NetherlandsOccupationsActresssingerYears active1997 presentPartner s Sebastian Koch 2005 2009 Guy Pearce 2015 present Children1Parent s Theodore van HoutenMargje StasseRelativesJelka van Houten sister Websitecaricevanhouten wbr comShe 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 Contents 1 Early life 2 Acting career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4 1 Television 5 Discography 6 Awards and nominations 7 References 8 External linksEarly life EditVan Houten 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 citation needed Acting career Edit Carice van Houten in 2013 Van 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 Van Houten won a Golden Calf for her performance as Rachel Stein in Black Book 2006 6 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 7 The international press was also enthusiastic about her role in Black Book 8 In December 2006 Van Houten withdrew from a theatre production of Alex van Warmerdam due to personal reasons According to a theatre spokesman it was because of a work overload 9 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 10 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 11 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 12 In July 2011 Van Houten was cast as the priestess Melisandre in the second season of HBO s fantasy TV series Game of Thrones 13 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 14 15 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 In 2012 Van Houten appeared in Antony and the Johnsons Cut the world video which was directed by Nabil Elderkin 16 and also starred Willem Dafoe and Marina Abramovic 17 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 18 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 19 Personal life EditVan Houten is in a relationship with Australian actor Guy Pearce 20 who she met on the set of Brimstone 21 In August 2016 she gave birth to their son Monte Pearce 22 She previously dated German actor Sebastian Koch they met on the set of the 2006 film Black Book 23 Van Houten speaks Dutch English German and French 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 24 Van Houten has been friends with fellow Dutch actress Halina Reijn since 1994 25 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 26 as well as a candid look into the unglamourous back stage side of their lives 27 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 28 Filmography EditYear Film Role Notes1997 3 ronden Emily1998 Ivory Guardians unknown1999 Suzy Q Suzy2001 Storm in mijn hoofd Peaseblossom TitaniaAmnesiA SandraMiss Minoes Minoes2002 The Wild Boar Pandora2003 Father s Affair Monika2005 Black Swans MarleenLepel Miss BroerBonkers Lis2006 A Thousand Kisses SamarindeBlack Book Rachel Stein Ellis de Vries2007 Love is All Kiki Jollema2008 Dorothy Mills Jane van DoppValkyrie Nina Schenk Grafin von Stauffenberg2009 Stricken CarmenFrom Time to Time Maria Oldknow2010 Repo Men Carol 29 The Happy Housewife LeaBlack Death LangivaSatisfaction2011 Intruders SusannaBlack Butterflies Ingrid JonkerVivaldi Julietta2012 Jackie SophieFamily Way Winnie de Roover2013 The Fifth Estate Birgitta Jonsdottir2016 Race Leni RiefenstahlBrimstone AnnaIncarnate2019 The Affair HanaDomino AlexInstinct Nicoline2020 Lost Girls amp Love Hotels InesTelevision Edit Carice van Houten in 2019 Year Title Role Notes1997 Het Labyrint Mariek Television series1999 Suzy Q Suzy Television film2000 Goede daden bij daglicht Op weg Carola Television film2001 De acteurs Ellie Television series2002 Luifel amp Luifel Roos Episode De Krottenkoning 2004 Russen Jose Machielsen Episode De zevende getuige Kopspijkers Georgina Verbaan Episode Dance 4 Life 2006 Koppensnellers Episode 1 16 2009 Gewoon Hans Herself Television film2010 In therapie Aya 3 episodes2011 Human Planet Narrator Dutch dubbing2012 2019 Game of Thrones Melisandre of Asshai 29 episodes2015 The Simpsons Annika van Houten voice Episode Let s Go Fly a Coot 2016 Robot Chicken Melisandre Sharon Mama Bear voices Episode Triple Hot Dog Sandwich on Wheat 2019 Temple Anna Willems Television series2020 Red Light Sylvia Steenhuyzen Television series2022 Dangerous Liaisons Jacqueline de Montrachet 30 Discography EditBlack Book soundtrack 2007 vocals on four songs See You on the Ice 2012 31 Fear Not 2015 featuring 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 ClanAwards and nominations EditYear Award Category Nominated work Result1999 Golden Calf Award Best Acting in a Television Drama Suzy Q Won2002 Golden Calf Award Best Actress Miss Minoes WonInternational Children s Film Festival Best Actress WonCarrousel international du film de Rimouski Won2005 Golden Calf Award Best Actress Black Swans Nominated2006 Golden Calf Award Best Actress Black Book WonRembrandt Award Best Actress WonChicago Film Critics Association Award Best Actress NominatedEuropean Film Award Best Actress NominatedGerman Film Award Best Actress NominatedOnline Film Critics Society Award Best Breakthrough Performance NominatedSaturn Award Best Actress Nominated2008 Rembrandt Award Best Actress Love is All WonSaturn Award Best Supporting Actress Valkyrie Nominated2010 Rembrandt Award Best Actress Stricken WonGolden Film Award Best Actress WonFangoria Chainsaw Award Best Supporting Actress Black Death Nominated2011 Rembrandt Award Best Actress The Happy Housewife WonGolden Film Award Best Actress WonGolden Calf Award Best Actress Won2012 Rembrandt Award Best Actress Black Butterflies WonGolden Film Award Best Actress WonGolden Calf Award Best Actress WonTribeca Film Festival Best Actress in a Narrative Feature Film WonGolden Film Award Best Actress Jackie WonRembrandt Award Best Actress Nominated2013 Rembrandt Award Best Actress Family Way WonScreen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series 32 Game of Thrones Nominated2015 Nominated2016 Nominated2017 Golden Calf Award Best Supporting Actress Brimstone Nominated2019 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series Game of Thrones NominatedReferences 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 amp Sciences Retrieved 16 July 2019 Van Houten Carice 5 April 2013 College Tour 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 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 ANP 6 December 2006 Carice van Houten trekt zich terug uit voorstelling nu nl in Dutch 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 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 ANP 5 July 2007 Carice van Houten wordt ongelukkig van Hollywood Carice van Houten is unhappy with Hollywood nu nl in Dutch Archived from the original on 21 September 2008 Retrieved 5 July 2007 English translation at van Houten is unhappy with Hollywood 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 amp Carice van Houten in Dutch De Wereld Draait Door 8 November 2013 Retrieved 25 October 2014 The Ross Owen Show therossowenshow 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 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 Wikimedia Commons has media related to Carice van Houten Official website Carice van Houten at AllMovie Carice van Houten at 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