Lize Feryn (born 4 March 1993) is a Belgian actress, model and author of
Flemish descent.
Biography
Lize Feryn earned a degree in artistic secondary education in 2011 in Drama & Diction at the
Leuven
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Lemmens Institute The Lemmensinstituut
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. She also had a part-time arts education in Diction at the Peter Benoit Academy in
Harelbeke
Harelbeke (; vls, Oarlbeke) is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Harelbeke proper and the towns of Bavikhove and Hulste. On January 1, 2019, Harelbeke had a total popul ...
. She stopped full-time training in Art History as it was incompatible with her work as a model for IMM Models in
New York City and
Milan.
Feryn played the lead role of Marie Boesman in the drama ''
In Flanders Fields'' by Jan Matthys. Her character is a 15-years old girl who quickly matures amidst the horrors of the
First World War. She was cast in 2011 and performed the role in 2012. The ten-part series aired in January 2014 on the
VRT-owned
Eén. 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
BBC-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
Calvin Klein
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,
United Colors of Benetton, Carlo Pignatelli,
Natan and Joanne Vanden Avenne and posed for magazines such as Verena,
Marie Claire
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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
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premiered starring Feryn playing leading lady to Dutch actor
Jeroen Spitzenberger.
Feryn can currently be seen this fall from August to November 2017, in #HetIsIngewikkeld, the Flemish remake of the popular Danish dramedy "Splitting Up Together" directed by
Lenny Van Wesemael
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. Here she plays a young married mother of three.
In 2018 Feryn will hit German big screens for the first time playing opposite German stars,
Katja Riemann,
Oliver Masucci and
Samuel Finzi in the highly anticipated film ''SUBS''. Directed by Germany's acclaimed director
Oskar Roehler, 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.
Filmography
Publications
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References
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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