Birgit Schuurman
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Birgit Schuurman (artist name Birgit) is a Dutch rock
singer and actress.
as the daughter of a Dutch father and a Chinese-Surinamese mother; she's the younger sister of Katja Schuurman
. Schuurman started her singing career several years before her graduation. Her first attempt to break into the music business was with some unsuccessful R&B and Dance
projects. She also sang in the band Jeunes Turcs alongside her older sister Katja in 1995.
After a short break in her musical career, she released some singles in 1999 which were more successful. A Little Famous and Maybe the Wine were minor hits and enabled her a certain degree of fame. Also, in the same year, she featured in the video Onderweg by Abel and started to present a television program on Fox Kids
. Her final breakthrough followed in 2001 with her song "I Know", and the corresponding album Few Like Me.
Birgit combined her own dates with a Marlboro-sponsored tour of Lenny Kravitz-covers only. Continuing in this direction, 2002 saw her recording a cover-version of the Skunk Anansie
-classic Weak for the soundtrack of the movie Liever verliefd; it did not chart.
In September 2003 she signed to a new record label at Purple Eye Entertainment, before releasing her single Everybody Wants to Be; the video was shot on location in Miami.
In July 2002 Birgit married film director Kaja Wolffers. The marriage was not meant to last and the couple divorced in April 2004.
At the end of 2004 Birgit played the magician in the movie-adaptation of the 1969 children's series Floris
. Around the same time she performed in the musical De Jantjes playing the role of Toffe Jans. Birgit went on to star in the Lieve Lust series that debuted in August 2005 at the then-launched television station Talpa; both proved to be short-lived.
During this period Birgit released her Sticky Tales-album which was originally scheduled for November 2004; a launch party was held at the Amsterdam Panama. Katja turned up with a few words of praise. "I'm proud of her; she's tough, witty and determined".
In 2006 the sisters became each other's opponent in Katja vs de Rest; Birgit who feared lifelong embarrassment, emerging as the better half. She also starred in a self-sung coffee-commercial, apparently made the previous year, alongside Mike Weerts (actor in the Dutch version of Footballers Wives) playing this geezer whose crush ends after meeting Birgit's real-life lover Arne Toonen (director of this commercial and best known for staging pranks in the early 2000s children's show Buya).
Birgit Schuurman and Arne Toonen have a son Chico, born on June 29, 2009
In 2007 Birgit released the USA- only True Stories I Made Up.
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
singer and actress.
Biography
Schuurman was born in Utrecht and raised in BunnikBunnik
Bunnik is a municipality and a village in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. The recorded history of the village dates back nearly 2000 years, when the Romans constructed a fort at Fectio with a harbour facing the river Rhine, which marked the border of the Roman Empire...
as the daughter of a Dutch father and a Chinese-Surinamese mother; she's the younger sister of Katja Schuurman
Katja Schuurman
Katja Römer-Schuurman is a Dutch actress, singer, television personality and occasional VJ.-Youth:Katja grew up in Bunnik as the eldest daughter of a Dutch father and a Chinese-Surinamese mother; she has one younger sister, Birgit, who is an actress as well.-The 1990s:Schuurman made her acting...
. Schuurman started her singing career several years before her graduation. Her first attempt to break into the music business was with some unsuccessful R&B and Dance
Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
projects. She also sang in the band Jeunes Turcs alongside her older sister Katja in 1995.
After a short break in her musical career, she released some singles in 1999 which were more successful. A Little Famous and Maybe the Wine were minor hits and enabled her a certain degree of fame. Also, in the same year, she featured in the video Onderweg by Abel and started to present a television program on Fox Kids
Fox Kids
Fox Kids was the Fox Broadcasting Company's American children's programming division and brand name from September 8, 1990 until September 7, 2002. It was owned by Fox Television Entertainment airing programming on Monday–Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings.Depending on the show, the...
. Her final breakthrough followed in 2001 with her song "I Know", and the corresponding album Few Like Me.
Birgit combined her own dates with a Marlboro-sponsored tour of Lenny Kravitz-covers only. Continuing in this direction, 2002 saw her recording a cover-version of the Skunk Anansie
Skunk Anansie
Skunk Anansie is an English rock band whose members include Skin , Cass , Ace and Mark Richardson .Skunk Anansie formed in March 1994, disbanded in 2001 and reformed in 2009...
-classic Weak for the soundtrack of the movie Liever verliefd; it did not chart.
In September 2003 she signed to a new record label at Purple Eye Entertainment, before releasing her single Everybody Wants to Be; the video was shot on location in Miami.
In July 2002 Birgit married film director Kaja Wolffers. The marriage was not meant to last and the couple divorced in April 2004.
At the end of 2004 Birgit played the magician in the movie-adaptation of the 1969 children's series Floris
Floris (film)
Floris is a 2004 Dutch film, directed by Jean van de Velde and starring Michiel Huisman as grandson of the original Floris from the 1969 TV series. The new side-kick is "Pi", played by popstar Birgit Schuurman. In the film some of the 1969 footage with Rutger Hauer and Bergman is included....
. Around the same time she performed in the musical De Jantjes playing the role of Toffe Jans. Birgit went on to star in the Lieve Lust series that debuted in August 2005 at the then-launched television station Talpa; both proved to be short-lived.
During this period Birgit released her Sticky Tales-album which was originally scheduled for November 2004; a launch party was held at the Amsterdam Panama. Katja turned up with a few words of praise. "I'm proud of her; she's tough, witty and determined".
In 2006 the sisters became each other's opponent in Katja vs de Rest; Birgit who feared lifelong embarrassment, emerging as the better half. She also starred in a self-sung coffee-commercial, apparently made the previous year, alongside Mike Weerts (actor in the Dutch version of Footballers Wives) playing this geezer whose crush ends after meeting Birgit's real-life lover Arne Toonen (director of this commercial and best known for staging pranks in the early 2000s children's show Buya).
Birgit Schuurman and Arne Toonen have a son Chico, born on June 29, 2009
In 2007 Birgit released the USA- only True Stories I Made Up.
Albums
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| 2001 | Few Like Me |
| 2005 | Sticky Tales |
| 2007 | True Stories I Made Up (USA release) |
Singles
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| 1999 | "A Little Famous" |
| 1999 | "Maybe the Wine" |
| 2001 | "I Know" |
| 2001 | "Few Like You" |
| 2001 | "Lover" |
| 2002 | "Alright" |
| 2003 | "Weak" |
| 2003 | "Everybody Wants to Be" |
| 2004 | "Control" |
| 2005 | "Hardrocking Diva" |
| 2007 | "Guniang (USA release)" |