Carice van Houten
Born: 1976-09-05 in Leiderdorp, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2026
- A Beautiful Mess as Self - Host
2025
- Malice as Nat Tanner
2024
- Grandpa Cor
- Quota as (voice)
2023
- Occupied City as Narrator (2024 version)
2022
- Dangerous Liaisons as Jacqueline de Montrachet
2020
- Lost Girls & Love Hotels as Ines
- Red Light as Sylvia Steenhuyzen
2019
- Instinct as Nicoline
- The Glass Room as Hana
- Temple as Anna
- Domino as Alex Boe
2016
- Brimstone as Anna
- Race as Leni Riefenstahl
- Incarnate as Lindsey
- Verhoeven Versus Verhoeven as Self - Actress
2015
- Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience as Melisandre
- The Magic of the Diary of Anne Frank as Self
- Holland: The Living Delta as Narrator (voice)
2013
- The Fifth Estate as Birgitta Jonsdottir
2012
- Jackie as Sofie
- Family Way as Winnie de Roover
2011
- Game of Thrones as Melisandre
- Intruders as Susanna
- Black Butterflies as Ingrid Jonker
2010
- Black Death as Langiva
- Repo Men as Carol
- In therapie as Aya
- The Happy Housewife as Lea Meijer
- Kleinste Kortste Film as Woman
2009
- From Time to Time as Maria Oldknow
- Van Der Vorst Ziet Sterren
- Stricken as Carmen
- Gewoon Hans as Carice van Houten
2008
- Valkyrie as Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg
- Dorothy Mills as Jane Van Dopp
2007
- Love Is All as Kiki Jollema
2006
- Pauw & Witteman
- A Thousand Kisses as Samarinde
- Black Book as Rachel Stein / Ellis de Vries
- Koppensnellers as Georgina Verbaan
2005
- De Wereld Draait Door as Self
- Spoon as Juffrouw Broer
- Bonkers as Lis
- Black Swans as Marleen
2003
- Father's Affair as Monika
2001
- Miss Minoes as Minoes
- AmnesiA as Sandra
- Luifel & Luifel as Roos
- Acteurs, De
- Storm in mijn hoofd
1999
- Suzy Q as Suzy
1998
1989
- The Simpsons as Annika Van Houten (voice)
1988
1951
- German Film Award as Self