Menu
Carice van Houten

Carice van Houten

Known For Acting
Birthday Sep 05, 1976 (49)
Birthplace Leiderdorp, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Popularity 2 (history)
Updated Nov 16, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
Links TMDb IMDb
Biography

Carice Anouk van Houten, born on September 5, 1976, is a Dutch stage and film actress. One of Europe's 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 nominat ... ion in 2019. Other projects include Paul Verhoeven's award-winning Black Book and Bryan Singer's 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 Dutch-language 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 Fresnadillo's Intruders and Bill Condon's 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 Palma's 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 Reijn's 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 Halina's production banner, Man Up.

Known For

Headshots

Profile
Profile
Profile
Profile
Profile
Profile
Profile
Profile
Profile
Profile
Profile
Profile
Profile
Profile
Profile
Profile
Profile
Profile
Profile
Filmography

Occupied City

Occupied City

2023

as Narrator (2024 version)

Domino

Domino

2019

as Alex Boe

The Glass Room

The Glass Room

2019

as Hana

Brimstone

Brimstone

2016

as Anna

Incarnate

Incarnate

2016

as Lindsey

Race

Race

2016

as Leni Riefenstahl

The Fifth Estate

The Fifth Estate

2013

as Birgitta Jonsdottir

Intruders

Intruders

2011

as Susanna

Black Death

Black Death

2010

as Langiva

Repo Men

Repo Men

2010

as Carol

From Time to Time

From Time to Time

2009

as Maria Oldknow

Dorothy Mills

Dorothy Mills

2008

as Jane Van Dopp

Valkyrie

Valkyrie

2008

as Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg

No data available

No data available

No data available

Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

In therapie

as Aya

Episodes: 60

First Aired: Jul 26, 2010

Game of Thrones

as Melisandre

Episodes: 49

First Aired: Apr 17, 2011

Koppensnellers

as Georgina Verbaan

Episodes: 28

First Aired: Jan 14, 2006

Temple

as Anna

Episodes: 15

First Aired: Sep 13, 2019

Red Light

as Sylvia Steenhuyzen

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Dec 04, 2020

Dangerous Liaisons

as Jacqueline de Montrachet

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Nov 06, 2022

Acteurs, De

as Ellie

Episodes: 7

First Aired: Jun 03, 2001

Malice

as Nat Tanner

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 14, 2025

The Simpsons

as Annika Van Houten (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 17, 1989

Luifel & Luifel

as Roos

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 19, 2001

De Wereld Draait Door

as Self

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Oct 10, 2005

Van Der Vorst Ziet Sterren

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 16, 2009

Zomergasten

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 03, 1988

Acteurs, De

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 03, 2001

Pauw & Witteman

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 04, 2006

Deutscher Filmpreis

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 1951

Popularity Metrics

Popularity History


Year Month Avg Max Min
2024 5 21 21 21
2024 6 26 34 20
2024 7 38 56 16
2024 8 28 52 17
2024 9 18 34 12
2024 10 18 32 10
2024 11 15 21 9
2024 12 17 25 10
2025 1 20 32 12
2025 2 15 24 3
2025 3 6 16 1
2025 4 1 2 1
2025 5 3 4 1
2025 6 2 3 1
2025 7 1 1 1
2025 8 1 1 1
2025 9 1 1 1
2025 10 1 2 1
2025 11 2 2 1

Trending Rank


Year Month Avg Rank Max Rank
2024 5 828 828
2024 6 747 507
2025 7 543 488
2025 10 603 572
2025 11 587 252

Return to Top