Hannah Hoekstra (born 2 August 1987[1] in Rotterdam) is a Dutch actress.
Hannah Hoekstra | |
|---|---|
| Born | 2 August 1987 Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2011–present |
| Awards | Golden Calf |
Career
In 2010, Hoekstra graduated from the Amsterdam Theatre Academy, where she studied from 2006. During training, she participated in the play Underground by director Johan Simons. The following year, she debuted on TV, playing a small role in the TV series Flikken Maastricht.
Her breakthrough came in 2012 when she was cast in Sacha Polak's film Hemel, in which Hoekstra plays a sensual beauty with signs of hypersexuality. The film was shown at the Berlin film festival and received a special prize FIPRESCI. She was also awarded a Golden Calf Award at the Netherlands Film Festival,[2] and was nominated for a Rembrandt Award. She was named a recipient of the Shooting Stars Award which was presented by the European Film Promotion board at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival.
Selected appearances
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Manslaughter | Judith | |
| 2012 | Hemel | Hemel | Winner—Golden Calf Award for Best Actress[2] |
| 2013 | App | Anna | |
| 2014 | The Canal | Alice | |
| 2016 | The Fury | Tiny | Winner—Best Actress (Montreal World Film Festival) Winner—Golden Calf Award for Best Actress |
| 2019 | Patrick | Nathalie | |
| 2019 | Charlie's Angels | Ingrid | |
| 2020 | My Father Is an Airplane | ||
| 2021 | Love in a Bottle | Lucky | |
| 2022 | Faithfully Yours | Yara Backer | |
| 2023 | Cocaine Bear | Elsa |
Video games
- Horizon Zero Dawn (2017) as the model for Aloy and Elizabet Sobeck[3]
- Horizon Forbidden West (2022) as the model for Aloy, Elizabet Sobeck and Beta