Carice van Houten
Acting • Born 1976-09-05
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.
Filmography
60 credits
Valkyrie
Movie • 2008
Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg
Love Is All
Movie • 2007
Kiki Jollema
Spoon
Movie • 2005
Juffrouw Broer
Father's Affair
Movie • 2003
Monika
Repo Men
Movie • 2010
Carol
Black Book
Movie • 2006
Rachel Stein / Ellis de Vries
Miss Minoes
Movie • 2001
Minoes
Black Death
Movie • 2010
Langiva
Stricken
Movie • 2009
Carmen
Dorothy Mills
Movie • 2008
Jane Van Dopp
Intruders
Movie • 2011
Susanna
The Happy Housewife
Movie • 2010
Lea Meijer
Kleinste Kortste Film
Movie • 2010
Woman
Black Butterflies
Movie • 2011
Ingrid Jonker
A Thousand Kisses
Movie • 2006
Samarinde
Black Swans
Movie • 2005
Marleen
Jackie
Movie • 2012
Sofie
Family Way
Movie • 2012
Winnie de Roover
The Fifth Estate
Movie • 2013
Birgitta Jonsdottir
Incarnate
Movie • 2016
Lindsey
Suzy Q
Movie • 1999
Suzy
AmnesiA
Movie • 2001
Sandra
Storm in mijn hoofd
Movie • 2001
Race
Movie • 2016
Leni Riefenstahl
Brimstone
Movie • 2016
Anna
Bonkers
Movie • 2005
Lis
The Magic of the Diary of Anne Frank
Movie • 2015
Self
Gewoon Hans
Movie • 2009
Carice van Houten
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
Movie • 2015
Melisandre
Holland: The Living Delta
Movie • 2015
Narrator (voice)
Verhoeven Versus Verhoeven
Movie • 2016
Self - Actress
Domino
Movie • 2019
Alex Boe
Lost Girls & Love Hotels
Movie • 2020
Ines
The Glass Room
Movie • 2019
Hana
Instinct
Movie • 2019
Nicoline
From Time to Time
Movie • 2009
Maria Oldknow
Ivoren wachters
Movie • 1998
Quota
Movie • 2024
(voice)
Grandpa Cor
Movie • 2024
Occupied City
Movie • 2023
Narrator (2024 version)
A Family
Movie • 2026
Maria
Miss Moxy
Movie • 2025
Pink (voice)
Van Der Vorst Ziet Sterren
TV • 2009
Zomergasten
TV • 1988
Koppensnellers
TV • 2006
Georgina Verbaan
De Wereld Draait Door
TV • 2005
Self
Acteurs, De
TV • 2001
Acteurs, De
TV • 2001
Ellie
Pauw & Witteman
TV • 2006
In therapie
TV • 2010
Aya
Dangerous Liaisons
TV • 2022
Jacqueline de Montrachet
Game of Thrones
TV • 2011
Melisandre
Malice
TV • 2025
Nat Tanner
German Film Award
TV • 1951
Self
Temple
TV • 2019
Anna
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Annika Van Houten (voice)
Luifel & Luifel
TV • 2001
Roos
Red Light
TV • 2020
Sylvia Steenhuyzen
De Wereld Draait Door
TV • 2005
zelf
A Beautiful Mess
TV • 2026
Self - Host