Date of Birth: °Ghent, Belgium, 15th of September 1992
Diplomas: Graduate Master/Magister (MA) ‘Magna cum laude’ in Performing Arts Drama Acting: Royal Conservatory Antwerp (AP Hogeschool Antwerp/Dora van der Groen/Herman Teirlinck) on the 1st of July 2014
High school: Athenaeum De Wingerd Ghent, Latin-Modern Languages
Language Skills: Dutch, English (Native speaker British and American English), Irish (language coach), French, Spanish, Italian (language coach), German (language coach)
Public Appearances:
THEATRE
-Actress "Work Harder" by Wunderbaum directed by Lies Pauwels (Sept/Oct 2020 - Oct 2021)
-Lead Dancer and choreographer in "Pablo" by Dansvitrine - Minard Ghent (January-February 2019), Vooruit Ghent (May 2019) & Kortrijk Dansstorm festival (2021)
-Actress "The Audition 2" (August 2021)
-Actress "4 girls 1 Wagner" by Het Kartel (April 2021)
-Actress "Freud: the musical" by Het Kartel (March 2021)
-Actress "Two women and the gas station" by Het Kartel (February 2021)
-Educational researcher at "Lunchbox Theatre" directed by Stuart Palmers - Plettenberg Bay, South-Africa (March-May 2020)
-Performer "Hear my voice" directed by Filip Rathé and Joris Blanckaert (December 2019)
-Actress "Genderlicious" by Huis van de Mens Ghent - Casa Rosa (October 2019)
-Actress in workshop directed by Randi De Vlieghe at BRONKS Brussels (September 2019)
-Actress in workshop "Beckett/A case study", directed by Angelo Vercamp & Malpertuis (September 2019)
-Lead Actress "The arbitrary tyranny of love or what should pass for that" - Tinnenpot Ghent Gentse Feesten (July 2019)
-Performer in "Roma Non Esiste" by Leonardo Delogu & Valerio Sirna - DOM Rome, Italy (July 2019)
-Lead Actress "Liv" by theatre company De Mannschaft (September '16 - November '17 - April/May '19)
-Actress in masterclass on T.S. Eliot by Vivane De Munck & Malpertuis (March 2019)
-Actress in workshop "Anatomie van Pijn" NTGent (January-February 2019)
-Director & Lead Actress "The Audition" - deSingel Antwerp / Cultuurmarkt, Fakkeltheater Antwerp / K.C. België Hasselt / Gentse Feesten, Huis van de Mens / G.C. Merelbeke / Minard Ghent / Tinnenpot Gentse Feesten / Arenberg (June 2015 - December 2018)
-Lead Actress in opera "De halve ring - Wagner" by De Warme Winkel - Monty lafs, deSingel Antwerp, Europe Endless Express, ITS festival Amsterdam (March 2013 - November 2018)
-Supporting Actress - "La Democrazia in America" directed by Romeo Castellucci - deSingel Antwerp / Holland festival / ... , (March 2017 - June 2018)
-Director & Lead Actress "Well-behaved women seldom make history" - Gentse Feesten (July 2018)
-Bob Wilson Masterclass - Troubleyn Antwerp (May 2018)
-Jan Fabre Masterclass / Teaching Group - Troubleyn Antwerp (January 2018)
-Supporting Actress "Improv-night with Kent Skov", directed by Kent Skov (Fakkeltheater Antwerp - July 2017)
-Lead Actress - “Sirens” / “Wijven”, directed by Alexander Devriendt / Ontroerend Goed (Vooruit Ghent, STUK Leuven, Arenbergschouwburg Antwerp, Edinburgh Fringe Festival August 2014, Plymouth November 2014, London SOHO theatre December 2014-January 2015, Jersey County Arts Centre January 2015, Bern Switzerland May 2015, Manchester & Birmingham October 2015, Antwerp December 2016, Ghent February 2017, Bristol UK June 2017)
● WINNER BEST ENSEMBLE “The Stage Award for acting excellence at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2014” for “Sirens” (August 2014)
● Nomination "Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award" 2014 for "Sirens"
-Master class Ivana Chubbuck Amsterdam (May 2016), scenes with Sven De Ridder
-Master class by Theodoros Terzopoulos, Troubleyn (Jan Fabre) Antwerp Belgium (January 2016)
-Master class and research program “Jan Fabre/Troubleyn” by Ivana Jozic (October - November 2014)
-Lead Actress - "Teenage Riot" (2009-2013) directed by Alexander Devriendt / Ontroerend Goed (Performances in Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, England, Scotland Edinburgh, Italy, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Unicorn Theater London, Melbourne Australia)
● Nomination “Innovation Theater Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2010” for "Teenage Riot"
-Lead Actress - “De Diepte van het Dal” directed by Dimitri Leue & Warre Borgmans (September-November 2013)
-Supporting Actress - Recitation children’s theater Het Paleis Antwerp (2012)
-Lead Actress - World Tour internationally acclaimed theater production “Once And For All We're Gonna Tell You Who We Are So Shut Up And Listen,” directed by Alexander Devriendt / Ontroerend Goed (2009-2011)
● WINNER “Total Theater Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2008” for “Once And For All We're Gonna Tell You Who We Are So Shut Up And Listen”
● WINNER “Herald Angel Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2008”“ for "Once And For All We're Gonna Tell You Who We Are So Shut Up And Listen”
Performances in New York (Under the radar festival 2010), L.A. (UCLA Live 2009), Melbourne (Arts House 2009), Sydney (Sydney Theatre Company 2009 by hosts Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton), Montréal (Just For Laughs/Juste Pour Rire 2009), Christchurch (Christchurch Arts Festival 2009), Toronto (Harbourfrontcentre 2010) and Ghent (Minard 2011)
-Lead Actress - Theater play “Remember me” (2008 - 2010), “Kopergietery”, directed by Geert Vandyck and Jan Sobrie
-Supporting Actress - Musical production Backstage, “Kamer 58” (singing, dancing, drama), “Once upon a crime...” during 'The Gentse Feesten' directed by James Cooke (2006 - 2008)
TV – FILM
-Supporting Actress "Liv" in Belgian VRT-series "Onder Vuur/Under Fire", directed by Joost Wynant (April 2021)
-Supporting Actress "Vicky" in Belgian/Dutch series "Undercover 3", directed by Joël Vanhoebrouck (December 2020)
-Lead Actress "Rachel Dejaegher" in series "VY-iNC", directed by Dan Thorens (August 2020)
-Actress in "Red Light", directed by Wouter Bouvijn and Anke Blondé, produced by Halina Reijn and Carice Van Houten (September-December 2019)
-Actress "Marie Anne Dupont" in Spanish movie "La vida era eso", directed by David Martìn de los Santos (June 2019)
-Supporting Actress in German series "Dunkelstadt", directed by Asli Özge for ZDFneo (May 2019)
-Supporting Actress "Laura" in "Love / Paranoid", directed by Joost Prins (March 2019)
-Supporting Actress "Chanelle" in "The kidnapping of Phil Frisco", directed by Raf Reyntjens and Koen Van Sande (filming May-September 2018)
-Actress in "The Spy", directed by Jens Jonssen (May 2018)
-Supporting Actress "Lore" in "Koud Licht", directed by Michael Van den Eynde and Xavier Baeyens (filming March-April 2018)
-Supporting Actress "Polly" in short "Out of the blue, into the black", directed by Alidor Dolfing (filming August 2017)
● Selected at the Sao Paulo International Film Festival - Brazil 2018
● Nomination "De keuze van Canvas" - Belgium 2017
● Nomination "Humo Award" - Belgium 2017
-Actress "Secretary Wold" in "Domino", directed by Brian de Palma (filming June 2017)
-Supporting Actress "Hilde" in French movie "Rattrapage", directed by Tristan Séguéla (filming April 2017)
-Supporting Actresss "Magdaleine" in Belgian series "De Bende van Jan de Lichte" VTM (filming November 2016 - February 2017)
-Supporting Actress “Margaret Kelley” (Irish part) in English movie “A Quiet Passion” directed by Terence Davies (New York premiere on the 5th of October 2016, filming May 2015), together with Cynthia Nixon and Jennifer Ehle
● WINNER "Grand Prix Best Movie" for "A Quiet Passion" - Film Fest Ghent 2016
-Script Writer, actress and voice actress for "Het Lindepaviljoen & De Loteling Zoersel" (July - October 2016)
-Lead Actress in secret project with Sven De Ridder & Lecter Media (September 2016)
-Supporting Actress "Zoë" in Flemish series "De Kotmadam" VTM (filming May - June 2016)
-Supporting Actress "Saar Slembrouck" in Flemish series "Zie Mij Graag" (filming May 2016)
-Supporting Actress in Flemish series “Cordon” season 2 (premiere September 2016 on VTM (BE), filming December 2015)
-Supporting Actress in Video Clip “Try to Hurt You - Nightman” (filming December 2015)
-Supporting Actress in English movie “The Exception”, directed by David Leveaux (filming September - October 2015)
-Supporting Actress “Marilyn” in Flemish series “De Zonen van Van As” season 3 (filming May - June 2015), directed by Thomas de Cock
-Lead Actress in “De neus van Pinokkio” by ALASKA TV (uitzending op Eén, 12 mei 2013)
-Actress in BBC series “The White Queen”, episode 4, directed by James Kent, scenes with James Frain and David Oakes (Eén, 7 juli 2013)
-Actress “Crimi Clowns” series 7 en 17, directed by Luc Wyns (Diamond City Productions, 1 oktober 2012 on 2B and Veronica)
-Guest Lead Actress as "Maya Meeuws" in TV-series “WITSE”, season 7, episode 8, directed by Luc Coghe (broadcast 29th of July 2012 and 11th of April 2010, filming 2009)
-Supporting Actress in Short Film “About Fish” (Narafi hogeschool, 2011)
-Television-, radio- en internet internship with VRT 'De Overname' (2008)
WINS
● WINNER "Grand Prix Best Movie" for "A Quiet Passion", directed by Terence Davies at the Film Fest Ghent (October 2016)
● WINNER BEST ENSEMBLE “The Stage Award for acting excellence" at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2014 for theater performance “Sirens” (August 2014)
● WINNER “Total Theater Award" at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2008 for “Once And For All We're Gonna Tell You Who We Are So Shut Up And Listen” (August 2008)
● WINNER “Herald Angel Award" at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2008 for "Once And For All We're Gonna Tell You Who We Are So Shut Up And Listen” (August 2008)
PUBLICATION/INTERVIEW
-Flair BE, "'t is maar om te spelen: 3 actrices met een passie voor het podium" March-edition 2019
-Poëziekrant BE & NL, May-edition 2018
-Selectief Magazine DeMorgen, De Auditie, 4th of February 2018
-The Guardian, Sirens, 13th of August 2014
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/aug/13/edinburgh-festival-review-sirens-ontroerend-goed
-BBC News Night UK, 2nd of December 2014
-The Guardian UK, Verona Verbakel of Sirens, 2nd of December 2014
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/dec/02/feminism-ontroerend-goed-sirens-soho-theatre
-The New York Times, Once and for all we’re gonna tell you who we are so shut up and listen, 10th of January 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/11/theater/reviews/11once.html?_r=0
PRESENTER
-Radio host on Topradio, movie host (2015)
-Finalist Fashion One Correspondent Search Benelux, presenter international English fashion program (2013)
-Presenter announcements and interviews on JUS Jongeduld Festival (2009)
-Radio host on Urgent.fm (2009)
VOICE-WORK
-Actress audiobook Mijn vader is een saucisse by publishing house Horizon (February 2021)
-ADR-Actress movie Red Light, directed by Wouter Bouvijn (June 2020)
-Actress in voice-commercial Zalando Belgium (December 2016)
MODELLING/COMMERCIALS
-Supporting Actress Commercial/Advertisement McDonalds, directed by Jeroen Mol (filming February 2021)
-Supporting Actress Commercial/Advertisement Jobat, directed by Wim Geudens (filming February 2020)
-Supporting Actress Commercial/Advertisement BrandMR, directed by Johan Kramer (filming November 2019)
-Supporting Actress Commercial/Advertisement DSM Keukens (filming July 2018)
-Supporting Actress Commercial/Advertisement KBC (filming June 2018)
-Supporting Actress Commercial/Advertisement Dolce Gusto (filming March 2016)
-Supporting Actress Commercial/Advertisement Carrefour (filming February 2016)
-Supporting Actress Commercial/Advertisement Decathlon Candid Camera (filming December 2015)
-Supporting Actress Commercial/Advertisement Lotto National Lottery Belgium (filming October 2015)
-Model in shoot for Unibet (filming August 2015)
-Lead Actress Commercial/Advertisement Playstation 4 (filming November 2014)
-Model in shoot for “Banksys” (August 2014)
-Supporting Actress Commercial/Advertisement Belgacom advertising film (filming 2013)
-Model for several photographers (Marc Lagrange, Kurt Anthierens, Eén, Jef Jacobs, Elies Van Renterghem, Manuel jh. Becerra Mendoza, Els Van Opstal …)
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