Veerle Baetens
Veerle Baetens | |
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![]() Baetens at theFilm Fest Ghentin 2021 | |
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Nationality | Belgian |
Occupation(s) | Actress, singer |
Years active | 1998–present |
Veerle Baetens(born 24 January 1978) is a Belgian actress and singer probably best known for her role as Elise/Alabama inThe Broken Circle Breakdownand as lead detective Hannah Maes in the crime dramaCode 37.She has also starred in numerous Flemish movies.[1][2]
Early life
[edit]Baetens was born inBrasschaat,Belgium.She had a musical education at the Hoger Instituut voor Dramatische Kunsten in Brussels.
Career
[edit]In 2005, she won the "John Kraaijkamp Musical Award", in the category of 'Leading Actress in a musical', for the title role in theDutchmusicaladaptation ofPippi Longstocking.[3][4]
In 2008, she won the Flemish TV-star Award (Flemish equivalent of theEmmy Award) for Best Actress and Most Popular TV Personality, both for the title role inSara.[5]
In 2012, she released an album with her band "Dallas", calledTake it all.
In 2013, she won the "best actress" category at theEuropean Film Awardsfor her role inThe Broken Circle Breakdown.[6]
In 2013 she portrayedMargaret of Anjouin theStarzminiseriesThe White Queen,based on thenovel of the same namebyPhilippa Gregory.[7]
In 2023 she made her directorial debut with the filmWhen it Melts.
Filmography
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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2000 | Misstoestanden | Fanny Kiekeboe | Renaat Coppens | |
2002 | Alias | Girl at car rental | Jan Verheyen | |
Up | The woman | Jeroen Dumoulein & Dirk Verheye | Short | |
2003–04 | Wittekerke | Els 'Rachel Cohen' Jacobs | Several | TV series (20 episodes) |
2004 | The Kiss | Rita | Hilde Van Mieghem | |
De zusjes Kriegel | Anne | Dirk Beliën | ||
Romance | Chantal | Douglas Boswell | Short | |
Costa! | Veerle | Robin Pera | TV series (1 episode) | |
Rupel | Kathy Bergmans | Renaat Coppens (2) | TV series (1 episode) | |
Sprookjes | Rudi Van Den Bossche | TV series (1 episode) | ||
Flikken | Annick Lafaille | Toon Slembrouck & Dirk Corthout | TV series (4 episodes) | |
2005 | Verlengd weekend | Lisa | Hans Herbots | |
Litteken | The woman | Bert Temmerman | Short | |
2006 | Love Belongs to Everyone | Barbara | Hilde Van Mieghem (2) | |
Stormforce | Alex Breynaert | Hans Herbots (2) | ||
2007–08 | Sara | Sara De Roose | Several | TV series (164 episodes) |
2008 | Loft | Ann Marai | Erik Van Looy | |
Lang Zullen Ze Leven | Irna | Hans Claes | Short | |
Samaritan | The nurse | Douglas Boswell (2) | Short | |
2009 | The Over the Hill Band | The nurse | Geoffrey Enthoven | |
2009–12 | Code 37 | Hannah Maes | Several | TV series (39 episodes) |
2010 | Zot van A. | Anna Reynders | Jan Verheyen (2) | |
Yellow | The woman | Stijn Guillaume | Short | |
2011 | Come as You Are | The nurse | Geoffrey Enthoven(2) | |
Code 37 | Hannah Maes | Jakob Verbruggen | ||
2012 | The Broken Circle Breakdown | Elise Vandevelde/Alabama | Felix Van Groeningen | European Film Award for Best Actress Tribeca Film Festival Award for Best Actress Film Club's The Lost Weekend – Best Actress Film Festival Oostende – Best Actress |
2013 | The Verdict | Meester Teugels | Jan Verheyen (3) | |
The White Queen | Margaret of Anjou | Jamie Payne | TV Mini-Series (Episodes 4 and 5) | |
2014 | Halfway | Natalie | Geoffrey Enthoven(3) | |
Cordon | Katja | Tim Mielants | TV series (10 episodes) | |
2015 | The Ardennes | Sylvie | Robin Pront | |
Un début prometteur | Mathilde Carmain | Emma Luchini | ||
The Team | Alicia Verbeeck | Kasper Gaardsøe &Kathrine Windfeld | TV series (8 episodes) | |
2016 | News from Planet Mars | Chloé | Dominik Moll | |
Au-delà des murs | Lisa | Hervé Hadmar | TV Mini-Series | |
2017 | Tabula Rasa | [Anne] "Mie" D'Haeze | Kaat Beels & Jonas Govaerts | TV series (9 episodes) Also writer |
2018 | Mothers' Instinct | Alice Brunelle | Olivier Masset-Depasse | Magritte Award for Best Actress |
A Sister(Une sœur) | operator | Delphine Girard | Nominated for anOscar for best short movie | |
2019 | Cheyenne et Lola | Cheyenne | Eshref Reybrouck | TV series (8 episodes) Nominated -ACS Award for Best Actress |
2020 | Zuur | Kim | Robin Pront | Short |
2023 | Through the Night(Quitter la nuit) | Anna | Delphine Girard |
Musicals
[edit]- Cabaret(1998)
- Where were you when...(1999)
- Nonsens(1999)
- Chicago(2000)
- Holiday Love Show(2003)
- Pippi Langkous(2005) –Pippi Langkous
Awards as film actress
[edit]Year | Award | Category | Film | Result |
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2013 | European Film Awards[8] | European Actress | The Broken Circle Breakdown | Won |
2013 | Tribeca Film Festival | Best Actress in a Narrative Feature Film | The Broken Circle Breakdown | Won |
2016 | Magritte Awards[9] | Best Actress | Un début prometteur | Won |
References
[edit]- ^Geplaatst door Belgische Madammen en Babes (18 November 2009)."Belgische Madammen en Babes: Veerle Baetens 'De Laatste Show'"(in Dutch). Belgischemadammen.blogspot.Retrieved30 November2013.
- ^"Veerle Baetens".IMDb.
- ^"Musicals & Theaters – Veerle Baetens"(in Dutch). Baetensveerle.webs. Archived fromthe originalon 3 December 2013.Retrieved30 November2013.
- ^hans-maarten (23 March 2005)."Veerle Baetens is Pippi Langkous".De Standaard(in Dutch).
- ^"Veerle Baetens naakt in Code 37"(in Dutch). Mediabom.tv.Retrieved30 November2013.
- ^"Winners 2013".European Film Awards.European Film Academy.Retrieved9 December2013.
- ^"The White Queen (TV Mini-Series 2013) – IMDb".IMDb.
- ^"'The Broken Circle Breakdown' Leads European Film Awards Nominations ".Deadline Hollywood.PMC.9 November 2013.Retrieved3 December2013.
- ^Moury, Gaëlle; Bradfer, Fabienne (7 February 2016)."Jaco Van Dormael et la Flandre se distinguent aux Magritte du cinéma".Le Soir(in French). Archived fromthe originalon 8 February 2016.Retrieved7 February2016.