Nicolette van Dam | |
|---|---|
 Nicolette van Dam in 2006 | |
| Born | Nicolette Helena Elizabeth van Dam 14 August 1984 |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, television presenter, model |
| Years active | 2001–present |
Nicolette van Dam (born 14 August 1984) is a Dutch actress, model and television host.
Nicolette van Dam was born in Amsterdam in 1984. After finishing high school at the havo level at the age of 18, van Dam went to study at HBO. She didn't finish her study—instead, she was discovered and became a model. After appearing in several video clips, van Dam got the role of the conceited Bionda in the kids soap ZOOP , which was aired on the Dutch Nickelodeon. In 2005, the first movie about the show was released in Dutch theaters: Zoop in Africa [1] The movie was followed by Zoop in India (2006). In 2007 the film Zoop in South-America was released in the Netherlands. For the second Zoop movie, van Dam sang Jadoo Jadoo, which was listed at the Kids Top 20. She was also nominated for a Golden Calf for her role in the second film.
After having guest starred in the series Van Speijk in 2006, van Dam presented the reality show Pimp my Room . Her next credit as a presenter, was for the kids show Jetix Max , which is aired every Sunday on the Dutch network Jetix.
Van Dam also appeared in the movies Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo and Plop in de Stad , dubbed a voice in Ice Age: The Meltdown and had a guest role in one of the most successful investigation series of the Netherlands; Baantjer .
From March 2007 to November 2009, van Dam had a role in the successful comedy series Voetbalvrouwen .
In 2016, Van Dam hosted, together with Tim Douwsma, the SBS6 competition show The Next Boy/Girl Band.
She plays a lead role in the 2023 film Juf Braaksel en de magische ring directed by Aram van de Rest. She also plays a lead role in the 2024 film Juf Braaksel en de geniale ontsnapping.
On 18 June 2014, during the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Nicolette van Dam tweeted a photo-shopped mock-up of Colombia national team members James Rodríguez and Radamel Falcao snorting vanishing foam with the caption "Colombian wall", making an allusion of snorting cocaine. The post was removed soon afterwards, followed by an apology stating "Queridos Colombianos, there was no offense intended from my side. Please accept my honest and sincere apologies".
Colombian Minister of Foreign Affairs María Ángela Holguín spoke out against Van Dam, saying "This is not the first time that she has put out a disparaging tweet, and Colombia will not accept this". [2] Holguín proceeded to request Colombian ambassador in the Netherlands, Eduardo Pizarro Leongómez, to go to the chancellery of said country in search for more severe consequences to Van Dam's "disrespect towards Colombia". [3] [4] [5] As a consequence of the incident, Van Dam resigned her position as UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. [6]
Audrey Kathleen Hepburn was a British actress. Hepburn had a successful career in Hollywood and was recognised as a film and fashion icon, she was ranked by the American Film Institute as the third-greatest female screen legend from the Classical Hollywood cinema and was inducted into the International Best Dressed Hall of Fame List.
Susan Abigail Sarandon is an American actor. She is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award and a British Academy Film Award, in addition to nominations for six Primetime Emmy Awards, and nine Golden Globe Awards.
Sir Roger George Moore was an English actor. He was the third actor to portray Ian Fleming's fictional secret agent James Bond in the Eon Productions/MGM Studios film series, playing the character in seven feature films: Live and Let Die (1973), The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Moonraker (1979), For Your Eyes Only (1981), Octopussy (1983), and A View to a Kill (1985). Moore's seven appearances as Bond are the most of any actor in the Eon-produced entries.
Téa Leoni is an American actress. In her early career, she starred in the television sitcoms Flying Blind (1992–93) and The Naked Truth (1995–1998). Her breakthrough role was in the 1995 action comedy film Bad Boys. Leoni had lead roles in films such as Deep Impact (1998), The Family Man (2000), Jurassic Park III (2001), Spanglish (2004), and Fun with Dick and Jane (2005). From 2014 to 2019, she starred as Elizabeth McCord, Secretary of State, in the CBS political drama series Madam Secretary.
Goodwill ambassador is a post-nominal honorific title, a professional occupation and/or authoritative designation that is assigned to a person who advocates for a specific cause or global issue on the basis of their notability such as a public figure, advocate or an authoritative expert. Sometimes the role of a goodwill ambassador is presented as "Ambassador" or "Goodwill Ambassador" preceding the first and last name, the titled name of the individual is always presented with an organizational, regional or national affiliation. Goodwill ambassadors generally deliver goodwill by promoting ideals or positions from one entity to another, or to a population to establish a benevolent relationship. A goodwill ambassador may be an individual from one country who resides in or travels to another country on a diplomatic mission at a peer to peer level. This can be country to country, state to state, city to city, or as an intermediate emissary representative of the people of a specific organization or cultural group, such as an indigenous tribe, marginalized people or enclave population.
Kim Do-jin, professionally known as Won Bin, is a South Korean actor. He first gained wide popularity in 2000 after starring in the KBS's television series Autumn in My Heart. One of the most selective actors in the Korean entertainment industry, he has starred in only five films to date, Guns & Talks, Taegukgi, My Brother, Mother and The Man from Nowhere. He was Gallup Korea's Film Actor of the Year in 2010 and 2011.
Jamai Johannes Loman is a Dutch singer, musical actor and presenter who was the winner of the first series of Idols, the Dutch variant of Pop Idol.
Tara Rae Moss is a Canadian-Australian author, documentary maker and presenter, journalist and UNICEF national ambassador for child survival.
Nina Susann Åström, is a Finland Swede Christian singer-songwriter, pianist and evangelist.
Raising Malawi is a charity non-profit organization that was founded by Madonna and Michael Berg in 2006. It is dedicated to helping with the extreme poverty and hardship endured by Malawi's one million orphans, primarily through health and education programming. Initially, the "Raising Malawi Academy for Girls" was to be constructed but following an audit by the Global Philanthropy Group, which questioned expenditure on salaries and benefits as well as the management capacity and culture, the charity's school headmistress resigned in October 2010 and the project was scrapped.
Mahmoud Kabil is an Egyptian actor and political activist. He is also the UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for the Middle East and North Africa. Kabil served as an officer in the Military of Egypt's Special Forces before becoming a promising actor in Egyptian cinema during the 1970s. Blacklisted in 1980, Kabil moved to the United States and took a 14-year hiatus from acting. He made a successful comeback upon his return to Egypt in 1993, and has since starred in more than 50 films and TV series on his way to becoming one of Egypt's most popular actors. After years of involvement with the United Nations, Kabil was named a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in November 2003.
Eva Röse is a Swedish actress and television host. She is best known internationally for her role as the sinister android Niska in Season 1 of the Swedish science fiction TV series Real Humans. Since 2022, she is the President of the Republic of Jamtland.
Victoria Koblenko is a Dutch actress, presenter and columnist of Ukrainian descent.
Afroza Sultana Ratna, best known by her stage name Shabana, is a Bangladeshi film actress. She earned a total of ten Bangladesh National Film Awards. Her national film award-winning roles were in Janani (1977), Sokhi Tumi Kar (1980), Dui Poisar Alta (1982), Nazma (1983), Bhat De (1984), Apeksha (1987), Ranga Bhabi (1989), Moroner Pore (1990) and Achena (1991). Across her three-decade-long career, she appeared in 299 films. She co-starred with Alamgir in 130 of them.
Krrish is an Indian media franchise of superhero films, television series, comics and video games. The film series is directed, produced and written by Rakesh Roshan. Krrish is considered Indian cinema's first such film series. All three films star Rakesh's son Hrithik. The films are centred, initially, on a mentally disabled boy who has an encounter with an extraterrestrial being, and later, his son, who grows up to be a reluctant superhero Krrish.
Mahtab Keramati is an Iranian actress. She has received various accolades, including a Crystal Simorgh, two Hafez Awards. In August 2006, she was appointed as UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in Iran.
Goedele Maria Gertrude Liekens is a Belgian politician, sexologist, tv host and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Belgium 1986 and represented her country at Miss Universe 1986. She also currently serving as a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives for the party Open VLD, to which she was elected in 2019.
Vivienne Linette van den Assem is a Dutch actress and presenter.
Patrick Martens is a Dutch actor. He is known for his role in the youth soap opera Zoop. He also played the role of Morris Fischer in the soap opera Goede tijden, slechte tijden.
Juf Braaksel en de magische ring is a 2023 Dutch children's film directed by Aram van de Rest. The film is based on the book of the same name by Carry Slee. The film won the Golden Film award after having sold 100,000 tickets. It was the first Golden Film award of 2024.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
