Monique van de Ven

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Monique van de Ven (2008)

Monique van de Ven (* 28. July 1952 in Zeeland , North Brabant as Monica Maria Theresia van de Ven ) is a Dutch actress .

Life

Van de Ven was born in the Brabant village of Zeeland and grew up in Rijswijk . She attended the Toneelacademie Maastricht (drama school) in Maastricht and for a year the Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten (University of Music and Dance at the Academy of Fine Arts) in The Hague .

Her film debut from 1973, the leading female role alongside Rutger Hauer in the Wolkers film adaptation Turkish Fruits , directed by Paul Verhoeven , brought her breakthrough and international attention. In the same year, Verloren Maandag with Jan Decleir followed , in 1974 Wim Verstappens Dakota with Willeke van Ammelrooy and Erik van Zuylens De laatste trein , before she played in 1975 under the renewed direction of Paul Verhoeven in the historical drama Das Mädchen Keetje Tippel .

In 1973 she married the cameraman and director Jan de Bont , with whom she was married for 17 years. They had both lived in Los Angeles since the early 1980s . There she tried to gain a foothold professionally and had some guest appearances in the US crime series Starsky & Hutch and played in an episode of Remington Steele .

After her divorce from de Bont, she married her colleague Edwin de Vries , whom she met in 1987 while filming Een Maand Later .

In 1999 she was named Actress of the Century in the Netherlands. Van de Ven made her debut as a director in 2008 with the film adaptation of Zomerhitte (Summer Heat) by Jan Wolkers. In 1996 she had already been behind the camera in a short film.

Van de Ven has been UNICEF ambassador for the Netherlands since 1996 .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1973: Turkish fruits (Turks fruit)
  • 1974: Dakota
  • 1974: Lost maandag
  • 1975: The girl Keetje Tippel (Keetje Tippel)
  • 1975: De laatste trein
  • 1976: Anita Drögemöller and the calm on the Ruhr
  • 1977: Dokter Vlimmen
  • 1978: Dag dokter
  • 1978: Stuntman (Stunt Rock)
  • 1978: Starsky and Hutch
  • 1979: Een vrouw as Eva
  • 1979: I still love you (Uit elkaar)
  • 1981: Hoge hakken, real rande
  • 1982: Breach of Contract
  • 1982: Ademloos
  • 1983: The end of the fire
  • 1983: Remington Steele (TV series)
  • 1984: The Scorpion (De schorpioen)
  • 1986: The attack (De Aanslag)
  • 1987: role reversal (Een maand later)
  • 1987: Iris
  • 1988: Cursed Amsterdam (Amsterdamned)
  • 1989: Paint It Black
  • 1989: De kassière
  • 1990: Romeo
  • 1990: The Man Inside - Deadly Messages (The Man Inside)
  • 1991: Eline Vere
  • 1992: The Sign (De Johnsons)
  • 1995: Long live the queen (Lang leve de koningin)
  • 2001: De bovenman
  • 2001: The Discovery of Heaven
  • 2004: Amazones
  • 2007: Zadelpijn (TV movie)

Director

  • 2008: Seductive Game (Zomerhitte)

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personal data
SURNAME Ven, Monique van de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ven, Monica Maria Theresia van de (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch actress
DATE OF BIRTH July 28, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Zeeland , North Brabant Province , Netherlands