Nicolette van Dam (born 14 August 1984) is a Dutch

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, model and television host.

Biography

Nicolette van Dam was born in

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in 1984. After finishing high school at the havo level at the age of 18, van Dam went to study at

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. She didn't finish her study—instead, she was discovered and became a

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. After appearing in several video clips, van Dam got the role of the conceited Bionda in the kids soap '' ZOOP'', which was aired on the Dutch

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. In 2005, the first movie about the show was released in Dutch theaters: '' Zoop in Africa'' The movie was followed by '' Zoop in India'' (2006). In 2007 the film '' Zoop in South-America'' was released in the Netherlands. For the second ''Zoop'' movie, van Dam sang ''Jadoo Jadoo'', which was listed at the Kids Top 20. She was also nominated for a

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for her role in the second film. After having guest starred in the series '' Van Speijk'' in 2006, van Dam presented the reality show '' Pimp my Room''. Her next credit as a presenter, was for the kids show '' Jetix Max'', which is aired every Sunday on the Dutch network

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. Van Dam also appeared in the movies '' Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo'' and '' Plop in de Stad'', dubbed a voice in '' Ice Age: The Meltdown'' and had a guest role in one of the most successful investigation series of the Netherlands; ''

Baantjer ''Baantjer'' is a Dutch television programme which was broadcast by RTL 4 from 6 October 1995 until 1 December 2006 for a total of 123 episodes in 12 seasons. It stars Piet Römer as Jurriaan 'Jurre' de Cock, a police detective, and Victor Reini ...

''. From March 2007 to November 2009, van Dam had a role in the successful comedy series ''

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''. In 2016, Van Dam hosted, together with

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, the

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competition show ''The Next Boy/Girl Band''. She plays a lead role in the 2023 film ''

Juf Braaksel en de magische ring ''Juf Braaksel en de magische ring'' is a 2023 Dutch children's film directed by Aram van de Rest. The film is based on the book of the same name by Carry Slee. The film won the Golden Film award after having sold 100,000 tickets. It was the firs ...

'' directed by Aram van de Rest. She also plays a lead role in the 2024 film '' Juf Braaksel en de geniale ontsnapping''.

Twitter incident

On 18 June 2014, during the

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, Nicolette van Dam tweeted a photo-shopped mock-up of Colombia national team members

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and

Radamel Falcao Radamel Falcao García Zárate (born 10 February 1986) is a Colombian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a striker (association football), striker for Categoría Primera A club Millonarios F.C., Millonarios. Nicknamed "El ...

snorting

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with the caption "Colombian wall", making an allusion of snorting cocaine. The post was removed soon afterwards, followed by an apology stating "Queridos Colombianos, there was no offense intended from my side. Please accept my honest and sincere apologies". Colombian Minister of Foreign Affairs

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spoke out against Van Dam, saying "This is not the first time that she has put out a disparaging tweet, and Colombia will not accept this". Holguín proceeded to request Colombian ambassador in the Netherlands, Eduardo Pizarro Leongómez, to go to the chancellery of said country in search for more severe consequences to Van Dam's "disrespect towards Colombia". As a consequence of the incident, Van Dam resigned her position as UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dam, Nicolette van 1984 births Living people 21st-century Dutch actresses Actresses from Amsterdam Dutch female models Dutch film actresses Dutch television actresses Dutch television presenters Dutch women television presenters