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Manouk Pluis (born 1 June 1999) is a Dutch actress, presenter and dancer.


Early life and career

Pluis won the provincial song contest in 2008, at the age of 8. That same year she got her first role as Cootje in ''
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''. In the 2009/2010 theater season, she played Brigitta in ''
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''. In 2011, she won the Kinger Vastelaovend Leedjesfestival. She was then seen as fairy Aloé in '' Droomvlucht'' at the Efteling Theatre. In the 2012/2013 season she was Nelly in '' Dik Trom''. In 2013, she was asked to play a role in the short film ''Soldaat Wojtek'', directed by Dick van den Heuvel. In 2013 she returned to the Efteling to play frog princess Anura in '' De sprookjesmusical Klaas Vaak''. She shared this role with Vajèn van den Bosch and Venna van den Bosch. In the 2014/2015 season she played Zoë, a 14-year-old adolescent, in the
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musical ''Waanzinnig Gedroomd''. In 2015 she participated in '' AVRO Junior Dance'' and came fourth in the final. She then played a part in the fairytale musical '' Pinokkio''. In 2016, she landed a lead role in the Disney television series '' Jonge Garde'', which aired on
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. In this series she portrays Noa. In 2017 she was asked to play a lead role in a 48h film project ''Coquille'', for which she received the 'best actress award'. From 2018 to 2019 Pluis played the role of Bloem, one of the four leading roles in the
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TV series ''
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''.


Personal life

From 2011 to 2016 Pluis followed the dance preparatory course at the Intensive Dance Academy (IDA) in
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. Since 2017, she has been studying at the acting school Maastricht Academy of Dramatic Arts.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pluis, Manouk 1999 births Living people People from Bunde 21st-century Dutch actresses Dutch television presenters Dutch dancers Dutch film actresses Dutch television actresses Dutch stage actresses