Jelka van Houten

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birthname = Jelline Floriska van Houten
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notable role = Esther Valkhof in "Liefje"
Olga in "Turk's Fruit"
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Jelka van Houten is a Dutch actress of film, stage, and television, though she is perhaps best known for being the sister of fellow actress Carice van Houten. She is currently nominated for a Gouden Notekraker [ [http://www.goudennotekraker.nl/index.php?PageID=3 Nominaties 2007 - Gouden Notekraker ] ] ; the judge's who nominated her have said that "her surprising début holds a lot in store for the future" [http://www.stichtingnorma.nl/13/?s13p155] . Van Houten also received praise for her stage debut [ [http://www.stichtingmusicalawards.nl/winnaars2006.html#jelka :: Stichting Musical Awards :: ] ] as Olga in the musical [ [http://www.turksfruit.com/index.php?navid=4 Turks Fruit, de musical ] ] "Turk's Fruit" [ [http://www.rtl.nl/(/actueel/rtlboulevard/entertainment/)/components/actueel/rtlboulevard/2006/05_mei/entertainment/060523_musical_awards.xml Musical Awards 2006 uitgereikt ] ] , for which she won a Johnny Kraaijkamp Musical Award [ [http://www.mtv.nl/sexual/jelka.html?height=390&width=550 Jelka van Houten ] ] .

Her upcoming projects include the film "Zomerhitte" and the play "Seksual Perversity", at the Theatre de Voorveghter [ [http://www.voorveghter.nl/?id=program,132/Birgit%20Schuurman,%20Jelka%20van%20Houten,%20K%C3%BCrt%20Rogiers%20en%20Cas%20Jansen/Seksual%20Perversity Birgit Schuurman, Nyncke Beekhuyzen, Kürt Rogiers en Cas Jansen, Seksual Perversity | Theater de Voorveghter, Hardenberg ] ] .

Early life

Van Houten was born to Margje Stasse and the writer and broadcaster Theodore van Houten on the first of September, 1978, in Culemborg, Gelderland, Netherlands. She later studied production design at the Netherlands Film and Television Academy, and, whilst there, made her film debut, as an obsessed killer, in "Liefje".

elect Filmography

Film

*"Zomerhitte" (2008)
*"Raak" as Ingrid [ [http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/1228877?view=credit BFI | Film & TV Database | HOUTEN, Jelka van ] ] (2006)
*"Een ingewikkeld verhaal, eenvoudig verteld" as Mai (2005)
*"Schat" as Fountain girl (2004)
*"Liefje" as Esther Valkhof (2001)

Television

*"Anna" as Brecht (2007)
*"Schaep Met De 5 Pooten, 't"
**"Het zal je kind maar wezen!" as Rosita Lefèvre (2006)
*"Rozengeur & Wodka Lime"
**"Recht door zee" as Judith (2006)
*"Bitches"
**"Working Bitch" as Esther de Vries (2006)

References

External links

*imdb|id=0887206
*A Dutch [http://www.ndparking.de/carice.jelkafansite.nl fansite] for Carice and Jelka van Houten