Renate Verbaan (born 27 October 1979) is a

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actress and television presenter.

Career

Verbaan was a model before auditioning to be a

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for

TMF Nederland TMF (abbreviation of The Music Factory) was a 24-hour music channel operated by Viacom International Media Networks in the Netherlands. The channel was previously in every standard TV package, but it ceased operating on 1 September 2011. The chan ...

. As part of a contest she was voted by the audience to be a new host, which she remained from 2004 to 2006. From 2006 until 2009 she presented '' RTL Travel's Hotlist''. In 2007, she participated in the television show ''

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,'' where she reached the final. She also became ambassador for

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, the main football club of her hometown Rotterdam. As of 2010 she is also a

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. In 2011, she presented '' Secret Story'', the Dutch adaptation of the French reality show with the same name. In that same year, she also participated in an episode of the game show '' De Jongens tegen de Meisjes''. She was the procession reporter in the 2013 edition of '' The Passion''. From 2013 till 2019 she presented '' Shownieuws''. In 2022, Verbaan and Winston Gerschtanowitz appeared as two robots in an episode of ''

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''.

Personal life

She married Winston Gerschtanowitz in 2011. They have two sons born in 2008 and 2010.

Filmography

Television

* '' TMF Nederlands'' (2004-2006) * '' RTL Travel's Hotlist'' (2006-2009) * ''De TV-Kantine'' (2010) * '' Secret Story'' (2011) * ''

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'' (2011)

Film

* '' Boys & Girls'' (2000)

References

External links

* 1979 births Living people Dutch television presenters Dutch female models UNICEF goodwill ambassadors Models from Rotterdam Mass media people from Rotterdam Actresses from Rotterdam {{Netherlands-bio-stub