Renée Soutendijk
Biography
Renée Soutendijk is a Dutch actress who started her screen career in the late 1970s after training at The Hague's Academy for Podium Formation. She made her television debut in Dagboek van een herdershond and became a favorite of Paul Verhoeven, taking leading roles in his cult films Spetters (1980) and The 4th Man (1983). She is considered to have broken through as a major lead in The Girl with the Red Hair (1981), playing resistance fighter Hannie Schaft, and she was a regular on the sitcom Zeg 'ns Aaa from 1981 to 1989. After early English-language television movies, she starred in the 1991 release Eve of Destruction as an android, and she later returned to Dutch cinema with Dial 9 and Met grote blijdschap in 2001. From the 2000s she worked in television and on stage, led the police drama Moordvrouw, appeared in Suspiria (2018), and received the 2011 Rembrandt Award and a 2023 Golden Calf for Sweet Dreams.
69years old
Turns 70 on May 21in 192 days
- Born Amsterdam
- Star sign: GeminiFirst day of the sign, on the Taurus cusp
- Also credited as Renee Soutendijk and Renette Pauline Soutendijk
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 37 years1983 to 2020
Every film, newest first
- 2020The Claus FamilyIMDb rating 5.6
- 2018SuspiriaIMDb rating 6.7
- 1991Eve of DestructionIMDb rating 5.0
- 1989Grave SecretsIMDb rating 4.6
- 1983The 4th ManIMDb rating 7.1
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Big break
Soutendijk took the part of Hannie Schaft, a Dutch resistance fighter, in The Girl with the Red Hair (1981), the movie widely seen as the one that made her name in a major role.
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Worked with
Renée Soutendijk made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Luca Guadagnino
All films by Paul Verhoeven
Matthias TemmermansDirector, 1 film, 2020
All films by Matthias Temmermans
Awards
One award and honor.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 1985 | Golden Calf for Best Actress | Won | |
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