Thekla Simona Gelsomina Reuten (born 16 September 1975) is a Dutch actress.

Life and career

Reuten was born in

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, Netherlands, the daughter of a Dutch father, Joost Reuten, and an Italian mother, who was born in Benabbio near

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. She studied acting at the Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten in Amsterdam. During the last year of her studies, she assumed leading roles in Dutch film and theatre productions. Early in her career, she won the Shooting Star Award of the Berlinale (Berlin Film Festival) for her portrayal of Lotte in the 2002 film '' Twin Sisters'', which was nominated for the

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. Subsequent roles included ''

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'' with

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, and '' The American'' alongside

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. Other films include '' Tate's Voyage'', '' Little Crumb'', '' Rosenstrasse'', and '' Everybody's Famous!'', which was nominated for an

. Reuten's television work includes the

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's '' Hidden'' and '' Restless'', and Showtime's '' Sleeper Cell''. On stage, she has performed in Johan Simons' production ''Fall of the Gods'' at the Salzburg Festival and the Ruhr Triennial, as well as in Rufus Norris’ ''Blood Wedding'' at the Almeida Theatre in London, alongside Gael Garcia Bernal. Reuten speaks five languages: German, English, French, Dutch, and Italian. On 18 March 2019, it was announced that Reuten was cast as Jillian Salvius in the

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series, '' Warrior Nun''.

Filmography

Theater (selection)

* 1997: ''Susn'' by

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as 'Suus' at Brakke Grond Atsterdat, Festival aan zee Oostende and Theater Kikker Utrecht (Director: Jeroen Wilems) * 1998: ''The Comedy of Seduction'' by

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as 'Gilda' at Het Nationale Toneel (Director: Ger Thijs) * 1999: ''

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'' by

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as 'Irene' at Hummelinck Stuurman (Director: Tom Jansen) * 1999: ''Fall of the Gods'' by

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and Tom Blokdijk as 'Bediende', 'Lisa' and 'Dirndl' at Hollandia and zu den Salzburger Festspiele and zur Ruhr Triennale (Director: Johan Simons and Paul Koek) * 2001: ''

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'' by

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as 'Adela' at Het Nationale Toneel (Director: Johan Doesburg) * 2004: ''Braatbos'' by Willem Jan Otten as 'Nana' at Het Toneel Speelt (Director: Willem van de Sande Bakhuyzen) * 2005: '' Blood Wedding'' by

as 'Braut' at Almeida Theater (Director: Rufus Norris)

Voice-over (dubbing)

* 2004: ''

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'' (Dutch Voice-Over of Angie) (Director: Kellie Allred) * 2007: ''

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'' (Dutch Voice-Over of Vanessa Bloome) (Director: Steve Hickner, Simon J. Smith) * 2014: ''

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'' (Dutch Voice-Over ‘Valka’) (Director: Dean DeBlois)

Awards (selection)

*1997: Encouragement Award at Belgian Theatre Festival 'Theater aan Zee' for ''Susn'' *1997: Philip Morris Scholarship (Nomination) for ''Susn'' *1998: Golden Calf Award (Nomination) for Best Actress in ''De Trip van het Teetje'' *1998: NOS Culture Award (Nomination) for Best Actress *2004: European Shooting Star of the Berlinale for outstanding performance in ''Twin Sisters'' *2009: Rembrandt Award (Nomination) for Best Actress in ''The Silent Army''

References

External links

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