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Carice van Houten

  • Actress
  • Producer
  • Writer
IMDbProStarmeterTop 5,000204
Carice van Houten
A pair of scheming ex-lovers attempt to exploit others by usingthe power of seduction. TV adaptation of Pierre Choderlos de Laclos' classic 18th Century novel 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses'.
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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.

Up next is the new Dutch series Red Light, in which she not only plays the lead role but she is also creative producer of the show, together with Halina and their production company Man Up The show is expected to air in Autumn 2020.
BornSeptember 5, 1976
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BornSeptember 5, 1976
IMDbProStarmeterTop 5,000204
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    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 26 wins & 20 nominations total

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    Known for

    Game of Thrones (2011)
    Game of Thrones
    9.2
    TV Series
    • Melisandre(as Carice Van Houten)
    Carice van Houten, Michiel Huisman, and Sebastian Koch in Black Book (2006)
    Black Book
    7.7
    • Rachel Stein
    • Ellis de Vries
    • 2006
    Tom Cruise in Valkyrie (2008)
    Valkyrie
    7.1
    • Nina von Stauffenberg
    • 2008
    Jude Law and Forest Whitaker in Repo Men (2010)
    Repo Men
    6.3
    • Carol
    • 2010

    Credits

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    Actress



    • Poor Boy
      • Pre-production
    • A Family
      • Maria
      • In Production
    • Malice
      • In Development
      • TV Series



    • Quota (2024)
      Quota
      7.4
      Short
      • (voice)
      • 2024
    • Alice Englert and Nicholas Denton in Dangerous Liaisons (2022)
      Dangerous Liaisons
      5.8
      TV Series
      • Jacqueline de Montrachet
      • 2022
    • Mark Strong in Temple (2019)
      Temple
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Anna Willems
      • 2019–2021
    • Carice van Houten, Halina Reijn, and Maaike Neuville in Red Light (2020)
      Red Light
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Sylvia Steenhuyzen
      • 2020–2021
    • Alexandra Daddario in Lost Girls and Love Hotels (2020)
      Lost Girls and Love Hotels
      4.7
      • Ines
      • Margaret's friend
      • 2020
    • Carice van Houten and Marwan Kenzari in Instinct (2019)
      Instinct
      6.0
      • Nicoline
      • 2019
    • Guy Pearce, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Eriq Ebouaney, Carice van Houten, Hamid Krim, and Bouzan Hadawi in Domino (2019)
      Domino
      4.5
      • Alex Boe
      • 2019
    • Game of Thrones (2011)
      Game of Thrones
      9.2
      TV Series
      • Melisandre (as Carice Van Houten)
      • 2012–2019
    • Hanna Alström and Carice van Houten in The Affair (2019)
      The Affair
      5.5
      • Hana
      • 2019
    • Incarnate (2016)
      Incarnate
      5.3
      • Lindsey
      • 2016
    • Guy Pearce and Dakota Fanning in Brimstone (2016)
      Brimstone
      7.0
      • Anna
      • 2016
    • Robot Chicken (2005)
      Robot Chicken
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Melisandre
      • Wife
      • Mama Bear (voice)
      • 2016
    • Stephan James in Race (2016)
      Race
      7.1
      • Leni Riefenstahl
      • 2016
    • Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, and Yeardley Smith in The Simpsons (1989)
      The Simpsons
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Annika Van Houten
      • Annika van Houten (voice)
      • 2015
    • Welkom bij de Romeinen (2014)
      Welkom bij de Romeinen
      8.1
      TV Mini Series
      • Cleopatra
      • 2014

    Producer



    • Carice van Houten, Halina Reijn, and Maaike Neuville in Red Light (2020)
      Red Light
      7.1
      TV Series
      • creative producer
      • 2020–2021
    • Carice van Houten and Marwan Kenzari in Instinct (2019)
      Instinct
      6.0
      • producer
      • 2019

    Writer



    • Carice van Houten, Halina Reijn, and Maaike Neuville in Red Light (2020)
      Red Light
      7.1
      TV Series
      • creator
      • 2020–2021

    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

    Videos54

    Could the Mad Queen Win "Game of Thrones"?
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    Could the Mad Queen Win "Game of Thrones"?
    "Game of Thrones" Gets Only Darker From Here
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    "Game of Thrones" Gets Only Darker From Here
    "Game of Thrones" Gets Only Darker From Here
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    "Game of Thrones" Gets Only Darker From Here
    The Night King Comes to "Game of Thrones"
    Clip 3:04
    The Night King Comes to "Game of Thrones"
    Black Death: "What Brings You to Our Village?"
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    Black Death: "What Brings You to Our Village?"
    The Fifth Estate
    Clip 1:15
    The Fifth Estate
    The Fifth Estate
    Clip 0:27
    The Fifth Estate

    Personal details

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    • Official sites
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      • Official Site
    • Alternative name
      • Carice Van Houten
    • Height
      • 5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
    • Born
      • September 5, 1976
      • Leiderdorp, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
    • Children
      • Monte Pearce
    • Parents
        Margje Stasse
    • Relatives
      • Jelka van Houten(Sibling)
    • Other works
      Play: Driekoningenavond (2006)
    • Publicity listings
      • 4 Interviews
      • 11 Articles
      • 31 Pictorials
      • 7 Magazine Cover Photos

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      She was approached to play the role of "Cersei Lannister" in Game of Thrones (2011), but refused, due to schedule conflicts with Intruders (2011), and the role went to Lena Headey. In Season 2, she was cast as "Melisandre".
    • Quotes
      I don't do method acting. If I play a farmer I'm not gonna spend 3 weeks on a chicken farm. That's a bit too much for me. For Minoes (in which she played a cat in a woman's body) I didn't spend 3 weeks in a cat pound.

    FAQ

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    • How old is Carice van Houten?
      48 years old
    • When was Carice van Houten born?
      September 5, 1976
    • Where was Carice van Houten born?
      Leiderdorp, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
    • What is Carice van Houten's birth name?
      Carice Anouk van Houten
    • How tall is Carice van Houten?
      5 feet 5 inches, or 1.65 meters

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