Holly Mae Brood

Holly Mae Brood (born 25 November 1994) is a Dutch actress and presenter. She is best known for her role as Amy Kortenaer in the soap opera Goede tijden, slechte tijden and the spin-off series Nieuwe Tijden.^[1] She is also known as co-host of the Dutch/Flemish version of Love Island.^[2][3]

Holly Mae Brood
Brood in 2021
Born	(1994-11-25) 25 November 1994 (age 29) Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Occupation(s)	Actress, presenter
Parents	Herman Brood (father) Xandra Jansen (mother)

Career

Film and television

Brood played a role in the 2016 films SneekWeek and Hart Beat.^[4][5] She played a role in the 2018 comedy film Mannen van Mars.^[6] In 2019, she presented Holland's Next Make Over, a spin-off of Holland's Next Top Model.^[7] In that same year, she also appeared in the musical Lazarus at the DeLaMar theatre in Amsterdam, Netherlands.^[8][9]

In 2019 and 2020, Brood appeared in the television series Meisje van Plezier.^[10] She also played the role of Claudia in the 2020 film Life as It Should Be directed by Ruud Schuurman. In March 2022, she appeared in an episode of the police drama series Flikken Maastricht.^[11][12] Brood appears in the 2022 film Foodies.^[13][14]

Brood plays a lead role in the Netflix film The Takeover directed by Annemarie van de Mond.^[15][16] She also provided the voice for the character Goldilocks in the Dutch version of the film Puss in Boots: The Last Wish.^[17] She appears in the Videoland series Hockeyvaders.^[18] She was one of the team captains in the 2023 television show Alles is Muziek.^[19][20]

She appears in the 2023 film Alles is nog steeds zoals het zou moeten zijn which is the sequel to the 2020 film Life as It Should Be.^[21] As of January 2023^[update], Brood is scheduled to appear in the 2024 film De Break-Up Club.^[22][23] As of April 2023^[update], Brood is scheduled to appear in the film Tegendraads directed by Ben Sombogaart.^[24] She also appears in a 2024 Videoland series about Patty Brard.^[25]

Television appearances

In 2014, Brood finished in seventh place in the seventh season of Holland's Next Top Model.^[7]

She appeared in a 2016 episode of the game show Ik hou van Holland. In 2017, she appeared in the second season of the Dutch singing television show It Takes 2.^[26] In that same year, she also appeared in the game show Een goed stel hersens. In 2019, she appeared in an episode of Groeten uit 19xx.^[27]

In 2021, Brood played the role of traitor in the television game show De Verraders.^[28][29] In February 2022, she sang a cover of the song Amor, amor, amor by Dutch singer André Hazes in the television show Hazes Is de Basis.^[30]

Personal life

Her father, though not her biological father, is musician, painter, actor and poet Herman Brood.^[2][31] Her biological father Leo Spindelaar died in 2009.^[32][33][34] Fashion designer and artist Lola Pop Brood is her maternal half-sister.^[35]

She is in a relationship with Dutch musical actor Soy Kroon.^[36][37] They met in 2016 at an audition for the television series Nieuwe Tijden.^[37] In 2017, Brood and Kroon appeared in an episode of the game show De Jongens tegen de Meisjes. In 2018, they both won the fourth season the Dutch television show Dance Dance Dance.^[38][39]

Filmography

Film

• SneekWeek (2016)
• Hart Beat (2016)
• Mannen van Mars (2018)
• Life as It Should Be (2020)
• Foodies (2022)
• nl:The Takeover (2022)
• Alles is nog steeds zoals het zou moeten zijn (2023)
• De Break-Up Club (upcoming, 2024)
• Tegendraads (upcoming, 2024)

Television

• Goede tijden, slechte tijden (2016 – 2017)
• Nieuwe Tijden (2016 – 2018)
• Meisje van Plezier (2019 – 2020)
• Flikken Maastricht (2022)
• Hockeyvaders (2023)
• PATTY (2024)^[40]

Voice acting

• Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (Goldilocks, 2022)

As presenter

• Love Island (2019 – 2023)

As team captain

• Alles is Muziek (2023)

As contestant

• Ik hou van Holland (2016)
• Een goed stel hersens (2017)
• It Takes 2 (2017)
• De Jongens tegen de Meisjes (2017)
• Dance Dance Dance (2018)
• De Verraders (2021)

As herself

• Unknown Brood (2016)
• Groeten uit 19xx (2019)

References

1. "Zó maakte Amy Kortenaer 2 jaar geleden haar GTST-comeback" [This is how Amy Kortenaer made her GTST comeback 2 years ago]. RTL Boulevard (in Dutch). 28 April 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
2. "Holly Mae Brood ziet voor- en nadelen in bekende achternaam" [Holly Mae Brood sees advantages and disadvantages in well-known surname]. NU.nl (in Dutch). 17 March 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
3. "Viktor Verhulst presenteert ook derde seizoen van 'Love Island'" [Viktor Verhulst also presents third season of 'Love Island']. HLN (in Dutch). 13 May 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
4. "Holly Mae Brood over Nieuwe Tijden" [Holly Mae Brood [talks] about Nieuwe Tijden]. Televizier.nl (in Dutch). 4 July 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
5. Jonk, Erik (19 January 2016). "Holly Mae Broods nieuwe wereld in Sneekweek" [Holly Mae Brood's new world in Sneekweek]. Metronieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 December 2022.
6. "Hoofdrollen Martijn Fischer en Daniel Boissevain in Mannen van Mars" [Lead roles Martijn Fischer and Daniel Boissevain in Mannen van Mars]. NU.nl (in Dutch). 25 April 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
7. "HNTM krijgt een spin-off en déze actrice gaat het presenteren" [HNTM is getting a spin-off and this actress is going to present it]. Grazia (in Dutch). 27 November 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
8. "Holly Mae Brood en Thomas Cammaert in Bowie-musical Lazarus". NU.nl (in Dutch). 5 June 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
9. Jonk, Erik (3 April 2022). "Perfectionist Soy Kroon van The Passion en Costa!! tot zwaar stuk over Auschwitz" [Perfectionist Soy Kroon from The Passion and Costa!! to heavy piece about Auschwitz]. Metronieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 April 2022.
10. Jonk, Erik (2 November 2022). "Holly Mae Brood is hacker in Netflix-film The Takeover: 'Maar ik typ nog met twee vingers'" [Holly Mae Brood is a hacker in Netflix film The Takeover: ‘But I still type with two fingers’]. Metronieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 November 2022.
11. "Déze bekende gezichten zijn morgen te zien in Flikken Maastricht" [These familiar faces can be seen tomorrow in Flikken Maastricht]. Libelle (in Dutch). 3 March 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
12. "Holly Mae Brood en Joep Sertons verschijnen in Flikken Maastricht" [Holly Mae Brood and Joep Sertons appear in Flikken Maastricht]. RTL.nl (in Dutch). 3 March 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
13. "Sanne Vogel speelt foodblogger in nieuwe romantische comedy" [Sanne Vogel plays food blogger in new romantic comedy]. NU.nl (in Dutch). 26 September 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
14. "Karsu te horen op titelsong van nieuwe film Foodies" [Karsu can be heard in the title song of the new film Foodies]. RTL Boulevard (in Dutch). 29 April 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
15. "Géza Weisz en Holly Mae Brood spelen hoofdrollen in actiefilm van Netflix" [Géza Weisz and Holly Mae Brood play lead roles in Netflix action film]. NU.nl (in Dutch). 19 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
16. "Netflix maakt Nederlandse film met Holly Mae Brood en Géza Weisz" [Netflix makes Dutch film with Holly Mae Brood and Géza Weisz]. Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 19 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
17. Waals, Frank (7 December 2022). "Holly Mae Brood: 'Papa's papegaai leeft nog steeds'" [Holly Mae Brood: ’Dad’s parrot is still alive’]. De Telegraaf (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 December 2022.
18. "Fiction Valley produceert serie Hockeyvaders voor Videoland" [Fiction Valley produces Hockeyvaders series for Videoland]. broadcastmagazine.nl (in Dutch). 15 April 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
19. "Holly Mae Brood en Jeroen van Koningsbrugge teamcaptains in Alles is Muziek" [Holly Mae Brood and Jeroen van Koningsbrugge team captains in Alles is Muziek]. Showbizznetwerk (in Dutch). 7 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
20. Regeling, Judith (7 February 2023). "RTL onthult teamcaptains van nieuwe muzikale show Alles Is Muziek" [RTL reveals team captains of new music show Alles Is Muziek]. Televizier (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 February 2023.
21. Vermeeren, Renée (24 March 2022). "Opnames gestart van romkom-vervolg 'Alles is nog steeds zoals het zou moeten zijn'" [Filming started of romantic comedy sequel 'Alles is nog steeds zoals het zou moeten zijn']. FilmVandaag.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 April 2022.
22. van den Tempel, Mark (26 January 2023). "Opnamen gestart van De Break-Up Club" [Filming started for De Break-Up Club]. Holland Film Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 January 2023.
23. "Holly Mae Brood in nieuwe feelgood komedie" [Holly Mae Brood in new feel-good comedy]. AD (in Dutch). 26 January 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
24. Koning, Nanneke (3 April 2023). "Opnamen Tegendraads gestart" [Principal photography Tegendraads has started]. Holland Film Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 5 April 2023.
25. "Holly Mae Brood en Eva van de Wijdeven spelen Patty Brard in Videoland-serie". NU.nl (in Dutch). 27 September 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
26. "Holly Mae Brood valt af voor finale It Takes 2" [Holly Mae Brood drops out before final [of] It Takes 2]. NU.nl (in Dutch). 4 June 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
27. "Tweede seizoen Groeten uit 19xx start met 821.000 kijkers" [Second season Groeten uit 19xx starts with 821,000 viewers]. NU.nl (in Dutch). 25 January 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
28. "Déze BN'ers maken deelnemers De Verraders compleet" [These celebrities complete [list of] De Verraders participants]. RTL Boulevard (in Dutch). 2 March 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
29. "Niemand blijft gespaard in eerste aflevering De Verraders" [No one is spared in the first episode [of] De Verraders]. RTL Nieuws (in Dutch). 14 March 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
30. Willemsen, Jef (26 February 2022). "Holly Mae Brood blikt vooruit op Hazes Is de Basis: 'Het was heel bijzonder'" [Holly Mae Brood looks ahead to Hazes Is de Basis: 'It was very special']. Televizier (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 April 2022.
31. "Holly Mae Brood zag vader Herman nooit dronken of stoned" [Holly Mae Brood never saw father Herman drunk or stoned]. NU.nl (in Dutch). 31 October 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
32. "MAGGS herfst 2016". Issuu (in Dutch). 23 August 2016. p. 14. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
33. "Holly Mae Brood: 'Het feesten zit mij wel in het bloed'" [Holly Mae Brood: ‘Partying is in my blood’]. VIVA (in Dutch). 31 October 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
34. "Holly Mae Brood: 'Herman is mijn vader, niet mijn stiefvader'" [Holly Mae Brood: 'Herman is my father, not my stepfather']. RTL Nieuws (in Dutch). 12 May 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
35. "Zó ziet de oudste dochter van Herman Brood er nu uit" [This is what Herman Brood's oldest daughter looks like now]. Libelle.nl (in Dutch). 2 November 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
36. "GTST-acteurs Holly Brood en Soy Kroon hebben toch een relatie" [GTST actors Holly Brood and Soy Kroon have a relationship after all]. NU.nl (in Dutch). 14 August 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
37. "Soy Kroon probeerde relatie met Holly Mae Brood stil te houden" [Soy Kroon tried to keep relationship with Holly Mae Brood quiet]. RTL Boulevard (in Dutch). 11 November 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
38. "Soy Kroon en Holly Mae Brood winnen Dance Dance Dance" [Soy Kroon and Holly Mae Brood win Dance Dance Dance]. RTL Boulevard (in Dutch). 29 September 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
39. "Ruim 1,3 miljoen kijkers voor finale Dance Dance Dance" [More than 1.3 million viewers for the final [of] Dance Dance Dance]. NU.nl (in Dutch). 30 September 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
40. Haar, Fabiën van der (26 January 2024). "Videoland deelt eerste beelden PATTY de serie én maakt nieuwe castleden bekend". Grazia (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 February 2024.

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