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Dutch actress (born 1944) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Willeke van Ammelrooy

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Willy Geertje van Ammelrooij (born 5 April 1944), known as Willeke van Ammelrooy, is a Dutch actress.

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Thumb — Willeke van Ammelrooy in 1980

Willeke van Ammelrooy was born in Amsterdam, where she also attended drama school. She has acted on stage as well as in films. She participated in 27 movies. Her first film was Mira in 1971.

Success with Antonia's Line

She later starred in the award-winning feminist film Antonia's Line, which tells the story of an independent woman who, after returning to the anonymous Dutch village of her birth, establishes and nurtures a close-knit matriarchal community.

She received positive reviews and the Golden Calf for Best Actress for her performance and the film enjoyed critical success, including the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 68th Academy Awards. Emanuel Levy, writing for The Advocate, wrote "It's easy to see why" the film was winning awards in festivals, calling it "an enchanting fairy tale that maintains a consistently warm, lighthearted feel," and Willeke van Ammelrooy wonderful.^[1] Janet Maslin of The New York Times called it "a work of magical feminism."^[2] The film also screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the People's Choice Award.^[3]

According to Box Office Mojo, the film completed its run grossing $4,228,275 in North America, 1,660,901 admissions in the European Union, and $21,046 in South Korea.^[4]

Other work

In 2017, van Ammelrooy was announced as a member of the film jury for ShortCutz Amsterdam,^[5] an annual film festival promoting short films in Amsterdam.^[6]

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Personal life

Thumb — Willeke van Ammelrooy with her husband Marco Bakker in 1984

Van Ammelrooy is married to the Dutch opera singer Marco Bakker [nl].

Filmography

Film

Mira (1971) – Mira
Louisa, een woord van liefde [nl] (1972) – Louisa
The Burglar (1972) – Fanny
The Killer Is on the Phone (1972) – Dorothy
Frank en Eva (1973) – Eva
Dakota [nl] (1974) – Laura
Help! The Doctor Is Drowning (1974) – Katja
Alicia [nl] (1974) – Alicia
Mijn nachten met Susan, Olga, Julie, Piet en Sandra (1975) – Susan
L'amour aux trousses (1975) – Laurence
Het Jaar van de Kreeft (1975) – Toni
Wan Pipel (1976) – Karina
De Mantel der Liefde (1978) – Maria
Grijpstra & De Gier (1979) – Constanze
Een vlucht regenwulpen [nl] (1981) – Martha
On Top of the Whale (1982) – Eva
De Lift (1983) – Mieke
Herenstraat 10 [nl] (1983) – Leonie
Ciske de Rat (1984) – Marie
Andre Handles Them All (1985) – Charlie
Op hoop van zegen [nl] (1986) – Mathilde
Koko Flanel (1990) – Germaine
Antonia's Line (1995) – Antonia
Lijmen/Het Been (2001) – Mrs. Lauwereyssen
De Schippers van de Kameleon (2003) – Mevrouw
De duistere diamant [nl] (2004) – Clara
The Lake House (2006) – Mrs. Forster
Bride Flight (2008) – Old Esther Cahn
The Hell of '63 (2009) – Moeder Will
Life Is Wonderful (2018) – Rosa

Television

Het Glazen Huis [nl] (2004–2005)

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