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Carice van Houten
Actor, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn September 5, 1976 (49 years)
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.
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 Family · as Maria |
| 2025 | Malice (2025) (TV Series) · as Nat Tanner |
| 2025 | Miss Moxy · as Pink (voice) |
| 2024 | |
| 2024 | Kvota · as (voice) |
| 2023 | Occupied City · as Narrator (2024 Version) |
| 2022 | Dangerous Liaisons (2022) (TV Series) · as Jacqueline De Montrachet |
| 2020 | Red Light (2020) (TV Series) · as Sylvia Steenhuyzen |
| 2020 | Lost Girls and Love Hotels · as Ines |
| 2019 | Instinct · as Nicoline |
| 2019 | Temple (TV Series) · as Anna |
| 2019 | Domino · as Alex Boe |
| 2019 | The Affair · as Hana |
| 2016 | Incarnate · as Lindsey |
| 2016 | Brimstone · as Anna |
| 2016 | Race · as Leni Riefenstahl |
| 2015 | Holland: Natuur in de Delta · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2015 | Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience · as Melisandre |
| 2014 | Welkom bij de Romeinen (TV Series) · as Various Characters |
| 2013 | The Fifth Estate · as Birgitta Jonsdottir |
| 2013 | Game of Thrones: Season 2 - Character Profiles · as Melisandre |
| 2012 | Family Way · as Winnie De Roover |
| 2012 | Jackie · as Sofie |
| 2012 | Game of Thrones: Season 2 - Invitation to the Set · as Melisandre |
| 2012 | Game of Thrones: Destinations of Season 2 · as Melisandre |
| 2011 | Intruders · as Susanna |
| 2011 | Game of Thrones (TV Series) · as Melisandre |
| 2011 | Black Butterflies · as Ingrid Jonker |
| 2011 | Game of Thrones: Season 2 - In Production, Belfast · as Melisandre |
| 2010 | In Therapy (2010) (TV Series) · as Aya |
| 2010 | Black Death · as Langiva |
| 2010 | The Happy Housewife · as Lea Meijer |
| 2010 | Repo Men · as Carol |
| 2009 | Stricken · as Carmen |
| 2009 | From Time to Time · as Maria Oldknow |
| 2008 | Valkyrie · as Nina Schenk Gräfin Von Stauffenberg |
| 2008 | Dorothy Mills · as Jane Van Dopp |
| 2007 | Love Is All · as Kiki Jollema |
| 2006 | Black Book · as Rachel Stein / Ellis De Vries |
| 2006 | Pauw & Witteman (TV Series) |
| 2006 | A Thousand Kisses · as Samarinde |
| 2006 | Koppensnellers (TV Series) · as Georgina Verbaan |
| 2005 | De making of 'Knetter' · as Geïnterviewde Actrice |
| 2005 | Bonkers · as Lis |
| 2005 | Zwarte zwanen · as Marleen |
| 2005 | Robot Chicken (TV Series) · as Mama Bear |
| 2005 | Lepel · as Juffrouw Broer |
| 2003 | Father's Affair · as Monika |
| 2001 | Miss Minoes · as Minoes |
| 2001 | AmnesiA · as Sandra |
| 2000 | Storm in mijn hoofd · as Titania |
| 2000 | Russen (TV Series) · as José Machielsen |
| 1999 | Suzy Q · as Suzy |
| 1998 | |
| 1995 | Kopspijkers (TV Series) · as Georgina Verbaan |
| 1990 | Jiskefet (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1989 | The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Annika Van Houten (voice) |
| 1988 | Summer Residents (TV Series) |