Monique van de Ven

Dutch actress and director (born 1952)

In this Dutch name, the surname is  van de Ven, not  Ven.

Monique van de Ven

Van de Ven in 1973

Born|  (1952-07-28) 28 July 1952 (age 72)

Zeeland, North Brabant, Netherlands

Occupations|

* Actress
* film director

Years active| 1973–present
Spouses|

Jan de Bont

(m. 1973; div. 1988)​

Edwin de Vries

(m. 1991)​

Monica Maria Theresia "Monique" van de Ven (Dutch pronunciation: [moːˈnik fɑn də ˈvɛn]; born 28 July 1952) is a Dutch actress and film director.[1]

## Career

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Monique van de Ven in 1988

Van de Ven's film debut as an actress was in the Paul Verhoeven film Turkish Delight in 1973. This film was an immediate breakthrough for her acting career. It was nominated for an Academy Award and was chosen as the best Dutch film of the century. Thirteen years later, she starred in The Assault, an Oscar-winning film.

Apart from acting in feature films, she also performs in Dutch television series and commercials.

In 1996, she directed the short film Mama's Proefkonijn (English translation: 'Mama's Guinea Pig'). Her first feature film as a director, Summer Heat (Zomerhitte), was released 2008, which won the Golden Film award after having sold 100,000 tickets.[2]

## Personal life

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Monique van de Ven in 2008

Between 1973 and 1988, she was married to Dutch cinematographer and director Jan de Bont, with whom she lived in Los Angeles for a number of years. Since 1991, she has been married to actor and writer Edwin de Vries.[3]

## Filmography

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### Actress

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* Turkish Delight (1973)
* Dakota (1974)
* Way Out (1974)
* Katie Tippel (1975)
* The Last Train (1975)
* Starsky & Hutch, series 3, episode 15, "A Body Worth Guarding", original air date, January 25 1978
* Anita Drögemöller und die Ruhe an der Ruhr [de] (1976)
* Doctor Vlimmen (1977)
* Inheritance (1978)
* Stunt Rock (1978)
* A Woman Like Eve (1979)
* Splitting Up (1979)
* Hoge hakken, echte liefde (1981)
* Breach of Contract (1982)
* Breathless (1982)
* Burning Love (1983)
* The Scorpion (1984)
* The Assault (1986)
* A Month Later (1987)
* Iris (1987)[4]
* Amsterdamned (1988)
* Paint It Black (1989)
* De Kassière (Lily Was Here) (1989)
* Romeo (1990)
* The Man Inside (1990)
* Eline Vere (1991)
* The Diamond Brothers: South by South East (1991)
* The Johnsons (1992)
* Long Live the Queen (1995)
* De Bovenman (2001)
* The Discovery of Heaven (2001)
* Amazones (2004)
* Isabelle (2011)
* Daylight (2013)
* Doris (2018)

### Director

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* Mama's Proefkonijn (1996)
* Summer Heat (2008)

## References

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1. ^ "Monique van de Ven". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-04-18.
2. ^ "Zomerhitte trekt 100.000 bezoekers in negen dagen" [Zomerhitte reaches 100,000 visitors in nine days]. Eindhovens Dagblad (in Dutch). 28 March 2008. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
3. ^ "Monique van de Ven | Actress, Director, Script and Continuity Department". IMDb.
4. ^ Dan Pavlides (2008). "Iris". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2008-04-15.

## External links

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Golden Calf for Best Actress

* Marja Kok (1981)
* Carolien van de Berg (1983)
* Monique van de Ven (1984)
* Renée Soutendijk (1985)
* Geert de Jong (1986)
* Jasperina de Jong (1987)
* Marijke Veugelers (1988)
* Annet Nieuwenhuijzen (1989)
* Monique van de Ven (1990)
* Loes Wouterson (1991)
* Janneque Draisma (1992)
* Els Dottermans (1993)
* Marieke Heebink (1994)
* Willeke van Ammelrooy (1995)
* Renée Fokker (1996)
* Maartje Nevejan, Adelheid Roosen, Marnie Blok, Leonoor Pauw, Lieneke le Roux (1997)
* Monic Hendrickx (1998)
* Nadja Hüpscher (1999)
* Willeke van Ammelrooy (2000)
* Monic Hendrickx (2001)
* Carice van Houten (2002)
* Kim van Kooten (2003)
* Monic Hendrickx (2004)
* Maria Kraakman (2005)
* Carice van Houten (2006)
* Elsie de Brauw (2007)
* Anneke Blok (2008)
* Rifka Lodeizen (2009)
* Carice van Houten (2010–2011)
* Hannah Hoekstra (2012)
* Hadewych Minis (2013)
* Abbey Hoes (2014)
* Georgina Verbaan (2015)
* Hannah Hoekstra (2016)
* Nora El Koussour (2017)
* Maria Kraakman (2018)
* Melody Klaver (2019)
* Beppie Melissen (2020)

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