Kim van Kooten
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) is a Dutch
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actress and screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
. In international cinema she is best known for the 2003 Dutch/US co-production Phileine Says Sorry
Phileine Says Sorry
Phileine Says Sorry is a Dutch/American 2003 comedy-drama film directed by Robert Jan Westdijk. It is based on the novel Phileine zegt sorry by Ronald Giphart.-Plot:...
(Dutch: Phileine zegt sorry), filmed partly in New York
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, and in which she plays the lead.
Van Kooten grew up in Zuidoostbeemster
Zuidoostbeemster
Zuidoostbeemster is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Beemster, and lies about 1 km northwest of Purmerend....
. She is the daughter of Kees van Kooten
Kees van Kooten
Kees van Kooten is a Dutch former international football striker. After his career he became a football manager.-References:* * *...
and Barbara Kits. Her brother is the actor and singer Kasper van Kooten.
She studied screenwriting at the Film Academy in Holland, but dropped out in the first year. After a chance meeting with director Robert Jan Westdijk, van Kooten made her acting debut in the film Zusje (Little Sister). These were followed by films such as Jesus is een Palestijn (Jesus is a Palestinian) (with her then boyfriend Hans Teeuwen
Hans Teeuwen
Hans Eduard Marie Teeuwen is a Dutch comedian, actor and an occasional singer and director. His work can be described as absurdist, apolitical and confrontational.- Theatre :...
), Mariken and Phileine Zegt Sorry
Phileine Says Sorry
Phileine Says Sorry is a Dutch/American 2003 comedy-drama film directed by Robert Jan Westdijk. It is based on the novel Phileine zegt sorry by Ronald Giphart.-Plot:...
.
She is also a screenwriter and was asked by Theo van Gogh
Theo van Gogh (film director)
Theodoor "Theo" van Gogh was a Dutch film director, film producer, columnist, author and actor.Van Gogh worked with the Somali-born writer Ayaan Hirsi Ali to produce the film Submission, which criticized the treatment of women in Islam and aroused controversy among Muslims...
to do the script for the film Blind Date. She now specialises in working with characters and real-life dialogue.
Besides being an actress and writer, van Kooten worked as an editor and presenter for the cinema programme Stardust for the Dutch television network VPRO
VPRO
The VPRO was established in the Netherlands in 1926 as a religious broadcasting organization. Falling under the Protestant pillar, it represented the Liberal Protestant current...
. She now is the star of a new dramedy show called Evelien
Evelien
Evelien is a Dutch dramedy television series made for broadcaster Net 5. Actress Kim van Kooten plays the eponymous starring role. So far two seasons have been made; the first episode was broadcast on March 7, 2006...
, shown on Net 5
NET 5
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.
She has written the script of the successful Dutch movie Alles is Liefde (Everything is Love). The movie has been seen over a million times, which resulted in a Diamanten film award. Later, it received a Dutch Golden Calves
Golden Calf (award)
The Golden Calf is the award of the Netherlands Film Festival, which is held annually in Utrecht. The award has been presented since 1981, originally in six categories: Best actor, Best actress, Best film, Best Short film, Culture Prize and Honourable mention...
award for best Dutch movie.
She is married to actor Jacob Derwig
Jacob Derwig
Jacob Derwig is a Dutch film and television actor.In 2003 he married actress Kim van Kooten; they have a son Roman and a daughter Kee Molly ....
, with whom she has two children, Roman and Kee Molly (born December 17, 2007). They met on the set of the TV-series De acteurs (The actors), where various actors played different roles written by Van Kooten.
As an actress
- 1995: Zusje as Daantje Zuidewind
- 1996: Red Rain
- 1998: Een Hoertje en haar broertje as Elena
- 1999: Jezus is een Palestijn as Natasja
- 2000: MarikenMarikenMariken is a 2000 Dutch film directed by André van Duren.-Cast:*Laurien Van den Broeck - Mariken*Jan Decleir - Archibald*Willeke van Ammelrooy - Griet*Kim van Kooten - Isabella*Ramsey Nasr - Joachim*Dora van der Groen - Zwarte Weeuw...
as Isabella - 2001: Olivetti 82
- 2002: Snapshots
- 2002: Bella Bettien as Monique
- 2003: Phileine zegt sorry as Phileine
- 2006: Evelien (TV-serie) as Evelien
She also voices one of the characters in the movie Minoes (2001).
As a screenwriter
- 1994: NighthawksNighthawksNighthawks is a 1942 painting by Edward Hopper that portrays people sitting in a downtown diner late at night. It is considered Hopper's most famous painting, as well as one of the most recognizable in American art...
- 1996: Blind DateBlind Date (1996 film)Blind Date is a 1996 Dutch film by director Theo van Gogh.In 1996, the film was nominated for four Golden Calves at the Netherlands Film Festival and won three.In 2008, Stanley Tucci released a remake of the film....
(dialogs) - 2000: MarikenMarikenMariken is a 2000 Dutch film directed by André van Duren.-Cast:*Laurien Van den Broeck - Mariken*Jan Decleir - Archibald*Willeke van Ammelrooy - Griet*Kim van Kooten - Isabella*Ramsey Nasr - Joachim*Dora van der Groen - Zwarte Weeuw...
(with role for her brother Kasper van Kooten) - 2001: Met grote blijdschap
- 2001: Acteurs, De (television serie)
- 2002/2003: musical: Na de zomer (in cooperation with songwriter Niek Barendsen)
- 2007: Alles is LiefdeAlles is LiefdeAlles is Liefde is a 2007 romantic comedy film , directed by Joram Lürsen, starring Carice van Houten, Paul de Leeuw, Wendy van Dijk, and Daan Schuurmans.-Plot:...