Monique van de Ven
Acting
Biography
Monica Maria Theresia "Monique" van de Ven is a Dutch stage and screen actress and director. She made her film debut in "Turkish Delight" (1973).
Born: July 28, 1952
Place of Birth: Zeeland, North Brabant, Netherlands
Known For
Xangadix Lives!
Documentary about the Dutch HorrorMovie 'The Johnsons (1992)" - A horror film where the cream of the crop of the Dutch film world had been working on. It was one of the biggest films of the year, won prizes at international film festivals, was released worldwide and even managed to acquire a cult status in the US. But few people know the history of the film and that it is actually a miracle that it has ever been made.
A Woman Like Monique
An elderly actress arrives at her holiday home in Bretagne to prepare for a new film. She brings with her numerous scrapbooks and countless film memorabilia. With a personal oeuvre of more than fifty films, the past and present sometimes intertwine. Images of the woman in her beach house mirror images from her films, and images from films intertwine with events from her own life. When a young cyclist breaks down near the house, he challenges the actress to dig deeper into her past. They spend a compact day together. Every question, every image, every article triggers a memory for the woman.
Like Tears in Rain
His entire life, the charismatic actor Rutger Hauer kept the outside world at a distance. His inner circle included only a small group of people, among them director and goddaughter Sanna Fabery de Jonge. In this film, she unravels the mystery surrounding Rutger and reveals a man even more fascinating than the roles he played.
Voyagers!
A member of a league of time travelers and a boy travel through time repairing errors in world history.
Starsky & Hutch
Streetwise Detective David Starsky partners up with a more intellectual partner, Kenneth 'Hutch' Hutchinson, to protect citizens and patrol the streets of Bay City.
Remington Steele
Laura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential clients refuse to hire a woman, however qualified. To solve the problem, Laura invents a fictitious male superior whom she names Remington Steele. Through a series of events that unfold in the first episode, "License to Steele," a former thief and con man, whose real name is never revealed, assumes the identity of Remington Steele. Behind the scenes, Laura remains firmly in charge.
The Scorpion
It's 1956. Truck driver Loe Wolf wants to emigrate to America, but he doesn't have the money to take this step in life. When his boss entrusts him with a certain amount of money, he takes a gamble.
Dokter Deen
Long Live the Queen
A fairytale about a young girl who learns to play chess and at the same time finds her father.
Turkish Delight
Gifted but hot-headed sculptor Eric has a stormy, erotic, and star-crossed romance with a beautiful young woman named Olga.
Filmography
as zichzelf
as Self
as Self
as Leonie
as Ageeth Boelens
as Maria Deen
as Moeder van Isabelle
as An
as Self
as Self
as Kers
as Ada's Nurse
as White Queen
as Iris
as Victoria Lucas
as Betsy van Raat
as Anne Herden
as Kyla Leif
as Vroedvrouw Conny
as Laura
as Monika
as Iris
as Donna
as Saskia de Graaff
as Anna
as Anna
as Sherry Bouvais
as Mary Howell Dannon
as Jenny Vreugdehil
as Linda
as Eve
as Ingrid Sanders
as Monique van de Ven
as Leonieke
as Anita Drögemöller
as Loesje
as Keetje Tippel
as Linda
as Claudia
as Olga Stapels