Marja Kok | |
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Born | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 29 June 1944
Occupation(s) | Actress, film director |
Years active | 1967-present |
Marja Kok (born 29 June 1944) is a Dutch actress and film director. In 1981 she won the Golden Calf for Best Actress award. [1] She has appeared in more than 25 films and television shows since 1967.
Renette Pauline Soutendijk, known professionally as Renée Soutendijk, is a Dutch actress. A gymnast in her youth, Soutendijk began her acting career in the late 1970s. She was a favorite star of director Paul Verhoeven's films, and is perhaps best known for her work in his 1980 release Spetters and 1983's The Fourth Man. Her good looks and striking blond hair secured her status as a Dutch sex symbol in the 1980s.
The Golden Calf is the award of the Netherlands Film Festival, which is held annually in Utrecht. The award has been presented since 1981, originally in six categories: Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Feature Film, Best Short Film, Culture Prize and Honourable mention. In 2004, there were 16 award categories, mainly because in 2003 the categories Best Photography, Best Montage, Best Music, Best Production Design, Best Sound Design were added.
Carice Anouk van Houten is a Dutch actress. Her first leading role in the television film Suzy Q (1999) won her the Golden Calf for Best Acting in a Television Drama; two years later, she won the Golden Calf for Best Actress for Miss Minoes (2001).
Kim van Kooten is a Dutch actress and screenwriter. In international cinema, she is best known for the 2003 Dutch/US co-production Phileine Says Sorry, filmed partly in New York City, in which she plays the lead. She is the author of the script of the very successful Dutch movie Alles is Liefde, and won a Golden Calf for Best Actress in Phileine Says Sorry (2003), and for Best Scenario with Met grote blijdschap (2001).
Monic Hendrickx is a Dutch actress. She has won several awards during her career including four Golden Calf awards for Best Actress at the Nederlands Film Festival, the Jury Award at the 2001 Newport Beach Film Festival and the Best Actress Award at the 1999 Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema.
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Kok is either a Dutch occupational surname, "kok" meaning "cook", or an alternate spelling for the common Chinese surname Guo. Kok is a quite common surname in the Netherlands, ranking 27th in 2007. Notable people with the surname Kok include:
In for Treatment is a 1979 Dutch drama film directed by Marja Kok and Erik van Zuylen. It was created by members of the Dutch theater group Het Werkteater after two theater productions on the same theme of facing the prospect of death following a diagnosis remained in demand after hundreds of performances. The story is based on the experiences of the father of the lead actor Joop Admiraal.
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Joy is a 2010 Dutch drama film directed by Mijke de Jong. The film premiered on 14 February 2010 at the Berlin International Film Festival. The film follows an orphaned young woman searching for her biological mother. It was the third in a trilogy of films in which de Jong followed a young female character as she became an adult.
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