Alexandra Vandernoot (born 19 September 1965) is a Belgian film and television actress.

Career

Vandernoot was born in

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in 1965. She is the daughter of

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-born ballerina Dušanka Sifnios and Belgian conductor

André Vandernoot André Vandernoot (born 2 June 1927, Brussels; died 6 November 1991, Brussels) was a Belgium, Belgian conducting, conductor. He studied at the Royal Music Conservatory in Brussels, and later flute and conducting at the Hochschule für Musik, Vienn ...

. Vandernoot is 5'10" tall. She studied drama at the

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. In 1986, she appeared in the sex comedy ''

Exploits of a Young Don Juan ''Exploits of a Young Don Juan'' (, , also known as ''What Every Frenchwoman Wants'') is a 1986 French-Italian erotic coming of age film written and directed by Gianfranco Mingozzi. It is loosely based on the novel ''Les Exploits d'un jeune Don ...

''. While having starred in a number of French films, Vandernoot is best known internationally as

Tessa Noël Tessa Noël is a fictional character in the television series ''Highlander: The Series'', portrayed by Belgians, Belgian actor Alexandra Vandernoot. A professional artist and Sculpture, sculptor, Tessa is the lover and confidant of the series prot ...

, Duncan MacLeod's girlfriend, in the fantasy television series '' Highlander: The Series'' during the 1990s. Her character was introduced in the series premiere, and she appeared through the fourth episode of season 2, "The Darkness," in which her character was killed off. She later returned in the ''Highlander'' second-season finale, "Counterfeit Part Two," as a woman made-up to look like Tessa, and also in the series finale as Tessa Noël. Vandernoot had a small part in the 1994 film ''

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''. She appeared in the box office hit '' The Dinner Game'' (1998) and ''

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'' (2001). In 2007, Vandernoot played an engineer in ''Ondes de choc,'' a mini-series produced by the French public channel

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retracing an accident at a chemical factory comparable to the AZF factory disaster. In 2008, Vandernoot appeared in the television movie ''Un vrai Papa Noël''. With French director Bernard Uzan, Vandernoot has a son who was born in 1995 and a daughter who was born in 2003.

Selected filmography

* ''

'' (1986) * '' The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck'' (1991) * ''

Maigret Jules Maigret (), or simply Maigret, is a fictional French police detective, a '' commissaire'' ("commissioner") of the Paris ''Brigade Criminelle'' ('' Direction Régionale de la Police Judiciaire de Paris:36, Quai des Orfèvres''), created ...

'' (1991) (TV series, 1 episode) * ''

The Supper ''The Supper'' () is a 1992 French period drama film directed by Édouard Molinaro. Based on a stage play by Jean-Claude Brisville, the film imagines the negotiations over supper about a new government for France after the Battle of Waterloo in 1 ...

'' (1992) * '' Highlander: The Series'' (1992–1998) (TV series, 31 episodes) * ''

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'' (1994) * '' The Dinner Game'' (1998) * ''

'' (2001) * ''

Josephine, Guardian Angel ''Josephine, Guardian Angel'' (Joséphine, ange gardien) is a French television series. It has been aired since 1997 on TF1 (France). Plot Joséphine Delamarre is a guardian angel that Heaven sends to earth. With her psychological insight, abil ...

'' (2010) (TV series, 1 episode)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vandernoot, Alexandra 1965 births Living people Actresses from Brussels Belgian film actresses Belgian television actresses 20th-century Belgian actresses 21st-century Belgian actresses