Hannah Hoekstra
Born (1987-08-02) 2 August 1987 (age 36)
Rotterdam, Netherlands
OccupationActress
Years active2011–present
AwardsGolden Calf

Hannah Hoekstra (born 2 August 1987[1] in Rotterdam) is a Dutch actress.

Career

In 2010, Hoekstra graduated from the Amsterdam Theatre Academy, where she studied from 2006. During training she participated in the play Underground by director Johan Simons. The following year, she made her debut on TV, playing a small role in the TV series Flikken Maastricht.

Her breakthrough came in 2012 when she was cast in Sacha Polak's film Hemel, in which Hoekstra plays a sensual beauty with signs of hypersexuality. The film was shown at the Berlin film festival and received a special prize FIPRESCI. She was also awarded a Golden Calf Award at the Netherlands Film Festival,[2] and was nominated for a Rembrandt Award. She was named a recipient of the Shooting Stars Award which was presented by the European Film Promotion board at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival.

Selected appearances

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2012 Manslaughter Judith
2012 Hemel Hemel Winner—Golden Calf Award for Best Actress[2]
2013 App Anna
2014 The Canal Alice
2016 The Fury Tiny Winner—Best Actress (Montreal World Film Festival)
Winner—Golden Calf Award for Best Actress
2019 Patrick Nathalie
2019 Charlie's Angels Ingrid
2020 My Father Is an Airplane
2021 Love in a Bottle Lucky
2022 Faithfully Yours Yara Backer
2023 Cocaine Bear Elsa

Video games

References

  1. ^ In Your Hands: Eindexamenboek van de Theaterschool 2010. Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten. 2010. p. 90.
  2. ^ a b "On the website of the National theatre". Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Guerrilla Games on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 31 January 2017.

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Golden Calf for Best Actress
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