Carice van Houten
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.
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Films (44)
A Family
2026 · Maria, Executive Producer
Miss Moxy
2025 · Pink (voice)
Grandpa Cor
2024
Quota
2024 · (voice)
Occupied City
2023 · Narrator (2024 version)
The Love Hotel Girl
2020 · Ines
Instinct : Liaison interdite
2019 · Nicoline
Domino - La guerre silencieuse
2019 · Alex Boe
Le Palais de Verre
2019 · Hana
La reencarnación
2016 · Lindsey
Verhoeven Versus Verhoeven
2016 · Self - Actress
Sin refugio
2016 · Anna
La Couleur de la victoire
2016 · Leni Riefenstahl
Holland: The Living Delta
2015 · Narrator (voice)
La Magie du journal d'Anne Frank
2015 · Self
Game of Thrones: Spanish Kingdom Special
2015 · Self
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
2015 · Melisandre
Le Cinquième Pouvoir
2013 · Birgitta Jonsdottir
Family Way
2012 · Winnie de Roover
Jackie
2012 · Sofie
Entités
2011 · Susanna
Ingrid Jonker
2011 · Ingrid Jonker
Kleinste Kortste Film
2010 · Woman
Black Death: Viaje al infierno
2010 · Langiva
The Happy Housewife
2010 · Lea Meijer
Repo men
2010 · Carol
Otto Frank, the Father of Anne
2010 · Diary fragments (voice-over)
Gewoon Hans
2009 · Carice van Houten
Stricken
2009 · Carmen
Le Secret de Green Knowe
2009 · Maria Oldknow
Walkyrie
2008 · Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg
Dorothy
2008 · Jane Van Dopp
Love Is All
2007 · Kiki Jollema
Black Book
2006 · Rachel Stein / Ellis de Vries
A Thousand Kisses
2006 · Samarinde
Maman, mon éléphant et moi
2006 · Lis
Black Swans
2005 · Marleen
Le petit mathématicien
2005 · Juffrouw Broer
Father's Affair
2003 · Monika
Miaou !
2001 · Minoes
AmnesiA
2001 · Sandra
Storm in mijn hoofd
2001 · Titania
Suzy Q
1999 · Suzy
Ivoren wachters
1998
Séries (16)
A Beautiful Mess
2026 · Self - Host / Jury
Malicia
2025 · Nat Tanner
Les Liaisons dangereuses
2022 · Jacqueline de Montrachet
Red Light
2020 · Sylvia Steenhuyzen, Creator
Temple
2019 · Anna
Le trône de fer
2011 · Melisandre
In therapie
2010 · Aya
Van Der Vorst Ziet Sterren
2009
Pauw & Witteman
2006
Koppensnellers
2006 · Georgina Verbaan
De Wereld Draait Door
2005 · Self, zelf
Acteurs, De
2001 · Ellie
Luifel & Luifel
2001 · Roos
Les Simpson
1989 · Annika Van Houten (voice)
Zomergasten
1988
German Film Award
1951 · Self