 |
| Carice van Houten |
Amsterdam, NL—The incredibly delightful actress and singer
Carice van Houten manages to stay close to her fans and distant friends through
Social Media.
Van Houten is the product of terrific parents that raised
their two talented daughters with the arts in one of the better places on
earth, Holland. Aside from being
absolutely gorgeous she is an incredibly gifted actress. The younger sister Jelka van Houten, also a
real looker has her own promising career going as an actress and singer.
Van Houten really understands and interprets music through
her singing. She’s not a classic soprano
but a songstress that knows how to sing well with the voice she was given by
our creator. Van Houten’s personal
favorites come from a wide range of music that transcends all ages and
categories.
Recently van Houten released, SEE YOU ON THE ICE, which is a
compilation of original songs in English.
It’s available on iTunes and I play it tirelessly and enjoyably in my
car. My favorite cut is called Particle
of Light that is a great duet with a UK, transgender singer, Antony Hegarty.
I really envy Van Houten’s language skills. In Black Book she acted in English, German,
Dutch and Yiddish! She has worked so
hard making her accent unnoticeable to native speakers. Of course when acting she employs a dialect
coach.
I understand the effort involved since I learned to speak
German after spending 18 months in Germany as an Army medical corpsman. Today I’m still fluent however I’m not at the
level I was back then. Americans are
generally really weak with languages and too often even in their native English!
American audiences have seen van Houten in Valkyrie and that
popular HBO series Game of Thrones. Van
Houten won the role of a lifetime playing a heroic member of the Dutch
Underground in Director Paul Verhoeven’s WWII thriller, Black Book that was based on a
true Story. That film is a must see and
is available on Netflix. Black Book is
my all time favorite film.
Van Houten has a manager who is also a first rate promoter
and photographer, Janey van Ierland of Nummer19 in the Netherlands. She has a sharp agent at Creative Artists
Agency, Tracey Brennan in L.A. I do hope
they get her into some blockbuster American films where she belongs. Even with top-flight representation, van
Houten seems to have a gift for effective self-promotion.
Van Houten is set to play Greta Garbo in a biopic she will
be co-producing. She also has an amazing
resemblance to the very private Swedish film star. Van Houten oozes absolute elegance just like
Garbo did.
Recently in L.A. van Houten agreed to be a guest on a
live-streamed Internet video show with host David “Nuzzy” Nussbaum. Considering he was simply a follower/friend
on van Houten’s Twitter account, catching her was quite a coup for his
show. Now, if only I could score her for
a video interview for this blog.
 |
| Vine.com |
Van Houten is a huge fan of the animated TV show, THE
SIMPSONS and got herself invited to a taping session with the voice-over actors
during her last trip to L.A. for the premier of Game of Thrones third season.
Van Houten has a precious gift for her world and the blood,
sweat and tears she has put into her work so we can enjoy it with her.
 |
| Vine.com |
Van Houten regularly contributes to Twitter and loves to produce delightfully clever, intimate and tasteful six-second videos on her iPhone for Vine.com. You can follow Van Houten @caricevhouten on Twitter. She will direct you to her latest video, favorite music and her very lucky little Teddy Bear named, Edward, XXI.
Comments