Anna Drijver

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Anna Drijver
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Born (1983-10-01) 1 October 1983 (age 40)
NationalityDutch
Occupation(s)Model, Actress
Years active2004–present
Partner Benja Bruijning
Website http://annadrijver.nl/

Anna Drijver (born 1 October 1983) is a Dutch actress and model.

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Biography

The Hague-born Drijver has practised classical ballet from the age of 6, and has worked as a model since she was fourteen. She appeared in the television series Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden , had a starring role in the BNN television series Bitches and in 2005 appeared in the films Flirt and Het Schnitzelparadijs . She graduated in 2008 from de Amsterdamse Toneel en Kleinkunst Academie. [1]

In 2008 she played a leading role in the film Bride Flight , for which she received very favorable reviews. In the same year Anna sang the role of Aphrodite (goddess of love) in the Dutch version of the video game God of War III and did voice acting for the action-MMO game The Chronicles of Spellborn. [1]

Since 2009 she played a role in the television series De Co-assistent . In the film Komt een vrouw bij de dokter (Love Life) (based on the novel of the same name by Raymond van de Klundert), Anna played the role of Roos, the woman with whom Stijn (Barry Atsma) cheated while his wife Carmen (Carice van Houten) was battling breast cancer. That same year she played the role of Sita in telefilm Stella's oorlog . In 2010, she appeared in the mini-television series Bellicher; de Macht van meneer Miller , playing the role of Kirsten. On the big screen she played the role of Ann Marai in the Dutch remake of the Flemish Film Loft. [1]

Drijver is also a stage actress. She starred in Buitengewoon Binnen (director: Job Raaijmakers), in Uitgedokterd (IRPA productions, directed by Bruun Kuyt) and in 90 Minuten (directed by Ola Mafaalani). In 2010 she starred in the show Niet zo bedoeld (Theater Bellevue  [ nl ]), direction and text by Benja Bruijning).

In 2010 Anna became an ambassador for the Ubuntu Theatre Organization. [2] That same year, she sang Wat Doe Je Dapper with Diggy Dex. In 2011 Anna was in Wie is...de Mol? , and was eliminated in Episode 8. Later that year she was awarded de Gouden Notekraker for her roles in Levenslied and Bellicher. [1]

In 2023, she played the character of Melissa in the highly successful Belgian-Dutch series Knokke Off . [3]

Personal life

Drijver is in a relationship with actor Benja Bruijning. [4] They have two children, a daughter born in November 2016 and a son born in November 2019. [4] [5]

Filmography

YearFilmRole
2004Love TrapTheology Student
2005 Flirt Student
Gadjé Sophie
Impasse Sophie
Het schnitzelparadijs Girl in Disco
2008 Bride Flight Esther
2009 Stella's oorlog Sita
Komt Een Vrouw Bij de Dokter Roos
2010 Loft Ann Marai
Bellicher; de Macht van meneer MillerKirsten Bellicher
2011 Levenslied Betty de Waal
Isabelle Nieuwe Hoofdrolspeelster
2012 Tony 10 Wanda
2013 Freddy, leven in de brouwerij jonge Lucille Heineken
Bellicher; CelKirsten Bellicher
Smoorverliefd Barbara
Der zweite Mann Rebecca Martens
2014 Heer & Meester Daphne van Cleef
2019 Undercover Kim de Rooij/Anouk

Book

YearTitlePublisherISBN
2010Je Blijft (You Stay) Lebowski Achievers ISBN   9789048807178

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Anna Drijver at IMDb
  2. (in Dutch) Anna Drijver ambassadeur UBUNTU Streetkids! Archived 2010-09-21 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Anna Drijver verovert Netflix nu helemaal met veel pikante scènes". filmtotaal.nl. 27 July 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Dochter voor Anna Drijver en Benja Bruijning" (in Dutch). NU.nl. 16 November 2016. Archived from the original on 20 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  5. "Anna Drijver en Benja Bruijning hebben een zoon gekregen". NU.nl (in Dutch). 7 November 2019. Archived from the original on 7 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.

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