Antonia Grietje "Tooske" Ragas-Breugem (; born 3 June 1974), is a Dutch actress and television host. She played a flight attendant in ''

06/05 ''06/05'', called ''May 6th'' in most English-speaking countries, is a Dutch 2004 film directed by Theo van Gogh, based on the novel ''De Zesde Mei'' by Tomas Ross. The film is a fictional version of the events that led to the assassination of ...

'', a movie by Theo van Gogh about the murder of

Pim Fortuyn Wilhelmus Simon Petrus Fortuijn, known as Pim Fortuyn (; 19 February 1948 – 6 May 2002), was a Dutch politician, author, civil servant, businessman, sociologist and academic who founded the party Pim Fortuyn List (Lijst Pim Fortuyn or LPF) in ...

. She was

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(VJ) at TMF Netherlands and presented two seasons of the

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and

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version of '' Idols''.

Early life

Breugem was born in

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into a

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family, and has two elder brothers, Jaap and Jan-Pieter.

Career

Since her first appearance on television in 1995 on the ''

Soundmixshow ''Soundmixshow'' is a Dutch talent show which was a live-vocals version of the '' Playback Show''. It aired from 17 November 1985 to 27 April 2002 and was hosted by Henny Huisman. The format has since been sold to other countries,

'', Tooske's career showed a lot of aspects of the Dutch entertainment industry. She was Miss

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, the province she hailed from, in 1996, placed fourth in the

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competition, and was singer in the group Bogy Bogy for two years. Later, she became VJ at TMF Netherlands and

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, which she was from 1998 until 2002. In 2002, she switched to the larger television channels and became co-host of '' Idols Netherlands'' together with

Reinout Oerlemans Reinout Oerlemans (; born 10 June 1971) is a Dutch soap opera actor, film director, television presenter and television producer. He is the founder of the TV production company Eyeworks. In 1989, while studying law at the University of Amsterd ...

for two seasons at

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. In 2005, Breugem switched from

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to the Dutch public television broadcasting association

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where she presented the ''

Junior Songfestival (; ) is a Dutch televised music competition for children, held annually since 2003. It is the children's version of the . The winner of the contest goes on to represent the Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest (), an international ...

'', the presentation of the ''Televisierring'' and ''Help, ik word vader!'' ("Help, I'm becoming a father"). Together with Marco Schreyl she presented the third and fourth season of ''

Deutschland sucht den Superstar ''Deutschland sucht den Superstar'' (''DSDS''; "Germany is looking for the Superstar") is a German reality talent show. Part of the ''Idol'' franchise, it was created by British media mogul Simon Fuller as a spin-off from the British show ''P ...

'', the German '' Idols'' version. In 2006, she switched again, and this time to the commercial broadcaster SBS, where she presented ''Je wordt bedankt'' ("Thanks!") in 2006 and '' Het Beste Idee van Nederland'' ("The best idea from the Netherlands") in 2007. Tooske is also known in Germany, but although the Dutch know her as ''Tooske Breugem'', by her maiden name, the Germans know her generally as ''Tooske Ragas'', after her husband. Officially she uses ''Tooske Ragas-Breugem''. Rages appeared in a 2015 episode of the game show '' De Jongens tegen de Meisjes''. She appears in the 2022 film '' Het Feest van Tante Rita''. In 2024, she appeared in the 24th season of ''

Wie is de Mol? ''Wie is de Mol?'' (''English'': ''Who is the Mole?'') is a Dutch adventure reality competition show. It is based on the Belgian show '' De Mol'', the original version of the format created in 1998 by Woestijnvis and broadcast on VRT. Format ' ...

''.

Personal life

On 3 June 2002, Breugem married American Keith Davis, but the couple split up in December 2003. On 25 June 2005, she married the Dutch actor

Bastiaan Ragas Bastiaan Johannes Ragas (born 30 June 1971) is a Dutch singer and actor. Born in Lisse, he was the youngest of three brothers. Ragas learnt piano and guitar at school. He also participated and traveled with the international musical group Up Wi ...

, who was her co-star in the musical ''

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''. On 13 February 2007, their first daughter was born. Their second daughter was born on 28 May 2008. The third daughter was born on 7 April 2010.

References

External links

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