Carice Anouk van Houten was born on September 5, 1976. She is a Dutch stage and film actress. Carice won three Golden Calves for her roles in "Suzy Q" (1999), Undercover Kitty (2001), and Black Book (2006).

This girl was born on September 5, 1976 in Leiderdorp, the Netherlands. Her mother Margje Stasse is on the board of Dutch educational TV and her father Theodore van Houten is a writer and broadcaster. She has a younger sister, Jelka van Houten, who is also an actress. Carice went to the St. Bonifatiuscollege (high school) in "Utrecht", where she played the leading role in Hugo Claus' Tijl Uilenspieghel, directed by Ad Migchielsen. Carice studied at the Kleinkunstacademie in Amsterdam.

She played her first leading role in Martin Koolhoven's TV film "Suzy Q". Actress won a Golden Calf for her part as Suzy. She has also won the Pisuisse Award and the Top Naeff Award for her stage acting and another Golden Calf for her part as the kitten that becomes a girl in "Undercover Kitty" (2001). The first time she could be seen in cinema's in the USA was when Martin Koolhoven's "AmnesiA" (2001) got a small theatrical release.

Carice won a Golden Calf for her performance as Rachel Steinn in the 2006 film "Black Book" at the Netherlands Film Festival. Black Book's director Paul Verhoeven says about her in a television interview: "Never in my life I have worked with an actress this talented." and when he is asked to compare her with Sharon Stone he says: "Carice can really act". The international press is also enthusiastic about her role in Black Book. Dick Schumer writes in his review of the film in the Frankfurter Allgemeine that Carice van Houten is "not only more beautiful, but also a better actress than Scarlett Johansson".

Actress has stated that Hollywood makes her unhappy: "I have seen Hollywood, and although I have nothing against it, it's not my kind of life. My agent is shocked that I want to stay in Europe", she says. "If Hollywood offers me a great part, of course I'll take it, but I just don't want to live there."