Jelka van Houten
Birthday: 1978-09-01
Place of Birth: Culemborg, Gelderland, Netherlands
Biography: 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; the judge's who nominated her have said that "her surprising début holds a lot in store for the future". Van Houten also received praise for her stage debut as Olga in the musical Turk's Fruit, for which she won a Johnny Kraaijkamp Musical Award. Her upcoming projects include the film Zomerhitte and the play Seksual Perversity, at the Theatre de Voorveghter.
Movies
Summer Heat
Photographer Bob loses his girlfriend. A year later he meets Kathleen. Is she in love? Or does she u...
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Trollie: The Great Rescue
When Max goes out looking for troll’s footsteps, he climbs the fence of luxury hotel Dikkersdorp. Ca...
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Jackie
Two Dutch twin sisters travel to the United States, looking for their long-lost mother....
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The Domino Effect
If global economy came to a sudden stop what would be the effect on families worldwide? People in di...
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Raak
Small events in the lives of three people eventually lead to the moment at which a boy throws a rock...
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Oink
A young girl sets out to prove to her disapproving mother she can house-train the endearing but unru...
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A Christmoose Story
Based on the best-selling novel, A CHRISTMOOSE STORY brings to life the tale of an unlikely friendsh...
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Near Neighbours
Three women in the big city pass each other daily but never really get to know each other. How much ...
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Life is Beautiful
Erasmus compiled a few thousand Adagia, each exemplifies the classical truths that are our timeless ...
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Anna
Anna starts and ends in euphoria: brother and sister Stijn and Brecht have both put the ghosts of th...
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Liefje
How reliable are memories? Liefje explores the boundary between reality and fantasy. In a therapeuti...
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King Sausage
When Greetje's father Mr. Tuitjes, a butcher, decides to compete against his Italian rival Smakkerel...
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Jack's Wish
Jack Oei (8) has two moms, is an only child and feels lonely. Jack’s biggest wish is a brother. But ...
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Bed & Breakfast
A socially awkward workaholic resigns on a whim and then contemplates her new future in a Groningen ...
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Honey
Eva is not getting any younger, but has a good job, a beautiful house and nice friends. When she tur...
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Men in the City 2
A lot has changed in the lives of our men, but in the sequel to Men in the City, finding their true ...
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Family Weekend
A widower invites his children for a family weekend with the announcement that he has news. He is ge...
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Hart Beat
Making music means everything for the shy Zoë. But since her father left, she never played guitar ag...
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Waldstille
In this drama, Ben is faced with the anger and grief of his entire village when, inebriated, he caus...
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Het Verlangen
Two brothers get caught up in a bitter battle for honor when they attempt to save their ailing publi...
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No Such Thing as Housewives
Two modern women and their free-spirited mother struggle to balance their private, professional and ...
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Shit Happens
When they are confronted with the disease of the pater familias, all the members of the Liefhebber f...
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The Club of Ugly Children
“Keep it clean!” – The new president is serious about that, including looks. When Paul, whose large ...
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Amsterdam Vice
A mild-mannered police detective freshly stationed in tumultuous 1980 Amsterdam enters a race agains...
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Huisvrouwen bestaan niet 2
Three women struggle, cursing, laughing and telling each other the truth. Each with their own phase ...
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Vicious
A girls weekend in a remote cottage in the Ardennes. Relationships are put into focus - do the four ...
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Dennis P.
Comedy inspired by the true story of Dennis P, who became Holland's biggest diamond thief, when he w...
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Ome Cor
A down-on-his-luck Rotterdam dock worker struggles to get his financials and family life back on tra...
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