Monique van de Ven
Monica Maria Theresia "Monique" van de Ven (Dutch pronunciation: [moːˈnik fɑn də ˈvɛn]; born 28 July 1952) is a Dutch actress and film director.
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Monique van de Ven

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- Full name
- Monica Maria Theresia van de Ven.
- Born
- 1952. · Zeeland.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands.
- Occupation
- actress and film director.
- Honours
- Golden Calf for Best Actress.
- Languages
- Dutch.
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Monica Maria Theresia "Monique" van de Ven (Dutch pronunciation: [moːˈnik fɑn də ˈvɛn]; born 28 July 1952) is a Dutch actress and film director.
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Monique van de Ven (born 1952) is an actor, actress and film actor, among other activities, of Dutch nationality. The actor was born Monica Maria Theresia van de Ven in Zeeland.
Languages used include Dutch. Honours include Golden Calf for Best Actress.
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Career
Career
Van de Ven's film debut as an actress was in the Paul Verhoeven film Turkish Delight in 1973. This film was an immediate breakthrough for her acting career. It was nominated for an Academy Award and was chosen as the best Dutch film of the century. Thirteen years later, she starred in The Assault, which won the 1986 Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. Apart from acting in feature films, she also performs in Dutch television series and commercials. In 1996, she directed the short film Mama's Proefkonijn (English translation: 'Mama's Guinea Pig'). Her first feature film as a director, Summer Heat (Zomerhitte), was released 2008, which won the Golden Film award after having sold 100,000 tickets.
Personal life
Personal life
Between 1973 and 1988, she was married to Dutch cinematographer and director Jan de Bont, with whom she lived in Los Angeles for a number of years. Since 1991, she has been married to actor and writer Edwin de Vries.
Actress
Actress
Turkish Delight (1973) Dakota (1974) Way Out (1974) Katie Tippel (1975) The Last Train (1975) Starsky & Hutch, series 3, episode 15, "A Body Worth Guarding", original air date, January 25 1978 Anita Drögemöller und die Ruhe an der Ruhr (1976) Doctor Vlimmen (1977) Inheritance (1978) Stunt Rock (1978) A Woman Like Eve (1979) Splitting Up (1979) Hoge hakken, echte liefde (1981) Breach of Contract (1982) Breathless (1982) Burning Love (1983) The Scorpion (1984) The Assault (1986) A Month Later (1987) Iris (1987) Amsterdamned (1988) Paint It Black (1989) De Kassière (Lily Was Here) (1989) Romeo (1990) The Man Inside (1990) Eline Vere (1991) The Diamond Brothers: South by South East (1991) The Johnsons (1992) Long Live the Queen (1995) De Bovenman (2001) The Discovery of Heaven (2001) Amazones (2004) Isabelle (2011) Daylight (2013) Doris (2018)
Director
Director
Mama's Proefkonijn (1996) Summer Heat (2008)

Premiere-voorstelling film "Turks Fruit" in Tuschinski, regisseur Paul Verhoeven en hoofdrolspeelster Monique van de Ven 22 februari 1973
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- “Monique van de Ven”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Van De Ven, Monique (1952–), Journeys of Desire, 2006
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