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Lotte Verbeek (born 24 June 1982) is a Dutch actress, dancer and model. She is known for her role as Giulia Farnese in '' The Borgias'' television series created by
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, and as Geillis Duncan in the
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series '' Outlander''.


Early life and education

Verbeek was born in
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, Netherlands. She was educated at Gymnasium Collegium Marianum in Venlo and graduated in 2008 at the Theaterschool in
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. From 1999, Verbeek attended the Dance Academy in
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and the Amsterdam Academy of Jazz/Musical Theatre and Dance, where she graduated in 2006. She received singing lessons and attended voice workshops. During her studies, she worked as a dancer and model for photographer Erwin Olaf.


Career

After completing high school, Verbeek started her acting career performing lead roles in Dutch movies such as ''Moes'' (2006) and ''LEFT'' (2007), in which she plays five double roles. As a stage actress, Verbeek was in the production of ''Maria Magdalena'' by Wayne Traub, which toured Europe in 2009. She sings in the
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vocal range. However, in ''Le Ragazze dello Swing'', the songs are performed by The Blue Dolls. In 2009, she won the Leopard for best actress at the
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for her role of Anne in '' Nothing Personal'', a Dutch movie directed by Urszula Antoniak. For the same part she was also the recipient of the best actress award at the International Film Festival of Marrakech 2009 and was nominated as best actress for the
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at the
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. In 2010, Verbeek received the Shooting Stars Award, the annual acting award for up-and-coming actors by
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, at the
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. In the same year she was cast in '' Le Ragazze dello Swing'' (''The Swing Girls''), an award-winning Italian mini-series based on the Trio Lescano story. For her main role as Judith Leschan she received a Golden Nymph award for best actress alongside Andrea Osvart and Elise Schaap at
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2011. From 2011 to 2013, she played Giulia Farnese in the Showtime period drama '' The Borgias'', alongside Jeremy Irons in the role of
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. The series was created by
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and shot in
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. In 2012, Verbeek played a double role of two twins Therese and Angelique in the
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''Suspension of Disbelief'', written and directed by
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and screened at
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. In 2014, she began playing Geillis Duncan in the
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television drama '' Outlander'' and she was cast as Helena in the movie '' The Last Witch Hunter'' alongside Vin Diesel. On 9 October 2015, it was announced at the
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that Verbeek would play
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, wife of Edwin Jarvis, on season 2 of '' Agent Carter''. In 2016, she joined ''
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'' as Katarina Rostova. She appeared in seven episodes across seasons 3, 4, 6 and 8.


Filmography


Theatre


References


External links


Lotte Verbeek
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