Lize Feryn (born 4 March 1993) is a Belgian actress, model and author of

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descent.

Biography

Lize Feryn earned a degree in artistic secondary education in 2011 in Drama & Diction at the

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Lemmens Institute. She also had a part-time arts education in Diction at the Peter Benoit Academy in

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. She stopped full-time training in Art History as it was incompatible with her work as a model for IMM Models in

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and

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. Feryn played the lead role of Marie Boesman in the drama ''

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'' by Jan Matthys. Her character is a 15-years old girl who quickly matures amidst the horrors of the

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. She was cast in 2011 and performed the role in 2012. The ten-part series aired in January 2014 on the VRT-owned

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. Based on the series, she wrote the book ''Dagboek van Marie'' (Diary of Marie), published in 2014 by Manteau. Her second book, Dagboek van Marie : Brieven van Marie verschenen (Diary of Marie: Letters of Marie) was published in 2014. Additionally she guest starred in ''Aspe'' (as Nathalie Creemers), ''Vermist'' (as Denise Klaessens), in the short film ''Andromeda'' and in the

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-historical drama '' The White Queen'' as Princess Bona from France. She worked in several musical productions for Harelbeke amateur company Arte Del Sueno. As a model she participated in several fashion shows for

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, United Colors of Benetton, Carlo Pignatelli,

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and Joanne Vanden Avenne and posed for magazines such as Verena,

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, Glam*It, Pure and Velvet. Feryn starred in 2015 in the Flemish Eén television's comedy series "Voor wat hoort wat", directed by Christophe Van Rompuy, about young criminals who must do community services in a nursing home as part of their "reform". In September 2016 the Dutch period drama A Real Vermeer premiered starring Feryn playing leading lady to Dutch actor Jeroen Spitzenberger. Feryn starred in #HetIsIngewikkeld, the Flemish remake of the popular Danish dramedy "Splitting Up Together" directed by Lenny Van Wesemael. Here she plays a young married mother of three. In 2018 Feryn played opposite German stars,

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and

Samuel Finzi Samuel Finzi (Bulgarian language, Bulgarian: Самуел Финци; born 20 January 1966) is a Bulgarian-German actor. Since his start in the late 1980s, he has hundreds of film, television, and theatrical credits. Between 1993 and 2011, he rec ...

in the film ''SUBS''. Directed by Germany's acclaimed director

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, Feryn plays in German with a Russian accent. Besides being an actress and model Feryn designs leather goods. In October 2015, together with her sisters Yanne and Mira she grounded their label "Feryn" which produces hand crafted handbags, backpacks, wallets and other such goods.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Feryn, Lize 1993 births Living people 21st-century Flemish actresses Belgian people of Dutch descent Belgian female models Flemish film actresses Flemish stage actresses Flemish television actresses People from Deerlijk