Johanna ter Steege

Johanna ter Steege is an actress who studied to become a drama teacher at the dramatic art academy in Kampen from 1979 to 1984, then studied stage acting at the school of acting in Arnhem from 1984 to 1988. At the academy, she worked with fellow students in the theater group De Trust, directed by Boermans, and she acted in works by Shakespeare, Sophocles, Strindberg and Chekhov as well as improvisory clown acts. In 1987 she was cast in George Sluizer's The Vanishing (1988), a role that won international acclaim and a Felix Award for Best Supporting Actress in Berlin. She moved into cinema, appearing in Robert Altman's Vincent & Theo (1990), Heddy Honigmann's Goodbye (1995), which earned her a Best Actress award at the Locarno International Film Festival, and Bruce Beresford's Paradise Road (1997). In 2001 she played Countess Geschwitz in Lulu, directed by Jonathan Kent, at the Almeida in London and in Washington.