Carice van Houten

Carice Anouk van Houten born on September 5 1976 is a Dutch stage and film actress One of Europes most celebrated actresses Carice van Houten is perhaps best known as Melisandre in the iconic TV show Game of Thrones a performance for which she has been recognized with an Emmy Award nomination in 2019 Other projects include Paul Verhoevens awardwinning Black Book and Bryan Singers Valkyrie opposite Tom Cruise and as Melisandre on Game of Thrones Recent projects include Instinct and Temple a TV show for Sky opposite Mark Strong which has been picked up for a second season Her Dutchlanguage feature Love Life gained her further critical acclaim and broke box office records in her native Holland Her next film Happy Housewive won her a record breaking 5th Golden Calf at The Netherlands Film Festival and was voted Best Dutch Actress of All Time by the Dutch audience Other awards include Best Actress for Black Butterflies at the Tribeca Film Festival and the Best Performance award for Instinct at the Les Arcs Film Festival 2019 Her credits include Juan Carlos Fresnadillos Intruders and Bill Condons The Fifth Estate the Jesse Owens biopic Race with Jason Sudekis and Jeremy Irons and voiced a character in The Simpsons She can also be seen in Brian de Palmas Domino and in Brimstone opposite Dakota Fanning Guy Pearce and Kit Harrington and The Glass Room with Claes Bang She played a leading role in Halina Reijns directorial feature debut Instinct opposite Marwan Kenzari Aladdin which won the Variety Piazza Grande Award in Locarno Film Festival 2019 Instinct is the first outing for the Carice and Halinas production banner Man Up