Gepke Witteveen
Gepke Witteveen | |
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| Born | Gepke Marijke Witteveen 11 September 1951 |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Other names | Gepke Haakma |
| Education | Academie voor Podiumvorming |
| Occupation | Actor, Director, Owner of Première Parterre |
| Partner(s) | Jaap Broekmans |
Gepke Marijke Witteveen (born 11 September 1951, in Tandjungkarang, Indonesia), also known as Gepke Haakma, is a Dutch actress and director.[1]
Education[]
Witteveen was educated at the Academie voor Podiumvorming in The Hague.[2]
Career[]
As actor[]
After completing school, Witteveen performed with several theatre groups, and had various guest roles in Goede tijden, slechte tijden, and Diamant.[1]
In 1996, she played Desirée van Cloppenburg in the daily soap opera Goudkust. She was the only actor with the show for its entire run, ending in 2001.[3]
She appeared in the film (2008) with Katja Schuurman and .[1]
In late 2008, she played Noortje Warmerdam in Pauwen en Reigers ("Peacocks and Herons").[1]
In the early 2010s, she had roles in De avonturen van Kruimeltje and Olifantenvoeten, then took a hiatus from acting.[1] In 2018, she returned to the screen as Dominique de Bree in #Forever.[1]
Entrepreneur, director[]
Witteveen created the personal training program Hier en Nu. She founded the Haagse Kringen with Hans Steijger, Harry Mertens, Meike van der Linde, André van den Berg and Daniëlle Louis,[4] and founded her own theatre, Première Parterre, in 2005.[5]
In May 2017, she directed De absolute vrijheid for Het Portret Spreekt, a play by Belle van Zuylen, translated by Carel Alphenaar and Hanna Laus; and directed another van Zuylen play, De edelman.[2]
On 17 November 2018, Witteveen participated in the Indië Monologen ("Indies Monologues") at the theatre De Muze in Noordwijk. It was later produced as Indische Essenties ("Indonesian Essentials") at Première Parterre.[5]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f "Gepke Haakma". IMDB. 26 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Gepke Witteveen". Het Portret Spreekt. 26 April 2019.
- ^ "Karakters in Goudkust". Hollandse Film. 26 April 2019.
- ^ "Haagse Kringen". Première Parterre. 26 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Achter de coulissen". Première Parterre. 26 April 2019.
- 1951 births
- Living people
- Dutch film actresses
- Dutch television actresses
- Dutch theatre directors
- Dutch people of Indonesian descent
- Actresses from The Hague
- People from Bandar Lampung