Carice van Houten

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.

Most Known For

The Simpsons

as Annika Van Houten (voice)

Game of Thrones

as Melisandre

De Wereld Draait Door

as Self

De Wereld Draait Door

as zelf

Pauw & Witteman

German Film Award

as Self

Repo Men

as Carol

Miss Minoes

as Minoes

Valkyrie

as Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg

Instinct

as Nicoline

Malice

as Nat Tanner

Zomergasten

Miss Moxy

as Pink (voice)

Lost Girls & Love Hotels

as Ines

Brimstone

as Anna

Dangerous Liaisons

as Jacqueline de Montrachet

Temple

as Anna

Black Book

as Rachel Stein / Ellis de Vries

Quota

as (voice)

Dorothy Mills

as Jane Van Dopp