Carice Anouk van Houten is a Dutch actress and singer. Her first leading role in the television film Suzy Q. She has received international recognition for her role as Melisandre on the HBO television series Game of Thrones, for which she has been nominated for two Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.
Carice van Houten is famous for actress and singer. She is known for her role as Melisandre on the HBO television series Game of Thrones. She appeared in films such as Black Book, Valkyrie, The Happy Housewife, Black Butterflies, Repo Men, Black Death, and Brimstone. She was nominated and won many awards. She has 969k followers on her Twitter and 251 followers on her Facebook and 885k followers on Instagram.
Carice van Houten was born on September 5, 1976, in Leiderdorp, Netherlands. She holds Dutch nationality and belongs to Caucasian ethnicity. Her birth sign is Virgo. She joined her study quickly at the Maastricht Academy of Dramatic Arts but continued her professional education after one year at the Kleinkunstacademie in Amsterdam.
Carice van Houten was born to a father named Theodore van Houten and a mother named Margje Stasse. Her father was a writer and broadcaster and her mother is on the board of Dutch educational TV. She has a younger sister named Jelka van Houten, who is also an actress. Her paternal grandmother was Scottish.
Carice van Houten height is 1.69m tall and body weight of 61 kg. Her body measurement of 34-24-33. She has brown colored hair and blue eyes.
Carice van Houten previously dated German actor Sebastian Koch. She met Koch on the set of Blackbook. After their breakup, now she is in a relationship with Australian actor Guy Pearce and has a child named Monte.
Carice van Houten estimated net worth of $5 million and her salary has not been revealed yet but will be updated soon. She earns a good amount of money from her career as an actress.
Carice van Houten won Golden Calf for Best Acting in a Television Drama for Suzy Q and two years later she won the Golden Calf for Best Actress for Undercover Kitty. She won her second Golden Calf for Best Actress for Black Book. She won her fourth and fifth Golden Calf Awards for Best Actress for The Happy Housewife and Black Butterflies. She has been nominated for two Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.