Carice van Houten
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
A Family
as Maria
A Family
as Maria
Miss Moxy
as Pink (voice)
Miss Moxy
as Pink (voice)
Grandpa Cor
Grandpa Cor
Quota
as (voice)
Quota
as (voice)
Occupied City
as Narrator (2024 version)
Occupied City
as Narrator (2024 version)
Lost Girls & Love Hotels
as Ines
Lost Girls & Love Hotels
as Ines
Instinct
as Nicoline
Instinct
as Nicoline
Domino
as Alex Boe
Domino
as Alex Boe
The Glass Room
as Hana
The Glass Room
as Hana
Incarnate
as Lindsey
Incarnate
as Lindsey
Verhoeven Versus Verhoeven
as Self - Actress
Verhoeven Versus Verhoeven
as Self - Actress
Brimstone
as Anna
Brimstone
as Anna
Race
as Leni Riefenstahl
Race
as Leni Riefenstahl
Holland: The Living Delta
as Narrator (voice)
Holland: The Living Delta
as Narrator (voice)
The Magic of the Diary of Anne Frank
as Self
The Magic of the Diary of Anne Frank
as Self
Game of Thrones: Spanish Kingdom Special
as Self
Game of Thrones: Spanish Kingdom Special
as Self
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
as Melisandre
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
as Melisandre
The Fifth Estate
as Birgitta Jonsdottir
The Fifth Estate
as Birgitta Jonsdottir
Family Way
as Winnie de Roover
Family Way
as Winnie de Roover
Jackie
as Sofie
Jackie
as Sofie
Intruders
as Susanna
Intruders
as Susanna
Black Butterflies
as Ingrid Jonker
Black Butterflies
as Ingrid Jonker
Kleinste Kortste Film
as Woman
Kleinste Kortste Film
as Woman
Black Death
as Langiva
Black Death
as Langiva
The Happy Housewife
as Lea Meijer
The Happy Housewife
as Lea Meijer
Repo Men
as Carol
Repo Men
as Carol
Otto Frank, the Father of Anne
as Diary fragments (voice-over)
Otto Frank, the Father of Anne
as Diary fragments (voice-over)
Gewoon Hans
as Carice van Houten
Gewoon Hans
as Carice van Houten
Stricken
as Carmen
Stricken
as Carmen
From Time to Time
as Maria Oldknow
From Time to Time
as Maria Oldknow
Valkyrie
as Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg
Valkyrie
as Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg
Dorothy Mills
as Jane Van Dopp
Dorothy Mills
as Jane Van Dopp
Love Is All
as Kiki Jollema
Love Is All
as Kiki Jollema
Black Book
as Rachel Stein / Ellis de Vries
Black Book
as Rachel Stein / Ellis de Vries
A Thousand Kisses
as Samarinde
A Thousand Kisses
as Samarinde
Black Swans
as Marleen
Black Swans
as Marleen
Spoon
as Juffrouw Broer
Spoon
as Juffrouw Broer
Bonkers
as Lis
Bonkers
as Lis
Father's Affair
as Monika
Father's Affair
as Monika
Miss Minoes
as Minoes
Miss Minoes
as Minoes
AmnesiA
as Sandra
AmnesiA
as Sandra
Storm in mijn hoofd
as Titania
Storm in mijn hoofd
as Titania
Suzy Q
as Suzy
Suzy Q
as Suzy
Ivoren wachters
Ivoren wachters