Linda de Mol

Linda de Mol
De Mol (2018)
Born	Linda Margaretha de Mol (1964-07-08) 8 July 1964 (age 57) Hilversum, Netherlands
Occupation	Actress, television presenter
Spouse(s)	Fred Reuter (1991–1995)
Partner(s)	Sander Vahle (1995–2007) Jeroen Rietbergen (2007–)
Children	2
Relatives	John de Mol Jr. (Brother)
Awards	Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau (2011)[1]

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Linda Margaretha de Mol (born 8 July 1964 in Hilversum) is a Dutch actress and television presenter in the Netherlands and Germany. She is the sister of Endemol co-founder John de Mol. She has her own magazine called LINDA.

Television[]

Linda de Mol (2007)

De Mol made her television debut at age 12 in Wat je zegt ben je zelf, a programme made by children for AVRO.

In 1984, she resurfaced on Sky Channel, hosting music programmes such as Coca-Cola Eurochart Top 50 and In touch with the Dutch (some of Endemol's first productions). From 1986 onwards, De Mol announced cartoons on The DJ Kat Show named after her feline sidekick played by US-exile puppeteer Robbie Hahn. In 1990, some of the scripts for Billy Hot Dog were re-written and shown on TROS' Wednesday evening slot.

De Mol went on to present shows and quizzes, such as Miljoenenjacht (the original version of Deal or No Deal), De Slimste, and . From 2005 until 2009, De Mol starred in the weekly drama series Gooische Vrouwen on RTL4 (originally on Tien).

Programs[]

Dutch and English[]

• The DJ Kat Show
• Linda (talk show)
• A to Z
• (Dutch for "Animal Bingo")
• Homerun (as of 25 December 1997)
• (as of 1999)
• Postcodeloterij Miljoenenjacht (Dutch for "Million hunt", the original version of Deal or No Deal)
• Gooische vrouwen (as of 2005) (Dutch for "Women from the Gooi", a rich neighbourhood in the Netherlands)
• (Dutch for "Linda and Beau on Sundays")
• (Dutch for "The Smartest")
• De Gouden Kooi (as of 2006) (Dutch for "The Golden Cage")
• M/V (as of 16 November 2006, with Beau van Erven Dorens) (Dutch for "Man/Woman")
• Just the Two of Us (as of 11 March 2007, with Gordon)
• Ik hou van Holland (Dutch for "I Love Holland", the original version of I Love My Country)
• (as of February 2011) (Dutch remake of Everybody loves Raymond)
• (as of April 2015)

German[]

• (1992–2000, start 19 January 1992, RTL) (2008, ZDF)
• Kollegen, Kollegen (1992, start: 15 September 1992)
• Surprise Show (1994, start 30 October 1994, with Kai Pflaume)
• Hausfieber (1998–1999, start 3 January 1998)
• Kinder für Kinder (UNESCO, 25 December 1993 + 13 November 1994)
• Die Prominenten Playback Show (16 September 1995 en 7 December 1996)
• Soundmix-Show (30 December 1995 – 31 March 1996 and 4 January 1997 – 1 February 1997)
• Domino Day (1998–2002)
• Einer gegen 100 (2002, start: 12 January 2002)
• Der MillionenDeal (2004, SAT.1, start: 1 May 2004)
• Mr. Nanny (Ein Mann für Mama) (Film 2006)
• The Winner Is (2012, SAT.1)

Filmography[]

• Alice in Glamourland (2004)
• The Dark House (2009)
• Gooische Vrouwen (2011) (Dutch for: 'Women from the Gooi')
• Gooische Vrouwen 2 (2014)

Music[]

In 1991 De Mol released a Dutch-language album written by Henk Westbroek of the former band Het Goede Doel. Six years later Dino released De Mol's holiday CD single "Perfect Harmony", a duet with The Bold and the Beautiful star Jeff Trachta and featuring backing vocals by American singer Wendy Alane Wright.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life[]

De Mol married her childhood sweetheart, jeweler Fred Reuter, on 23 August 1991. In September 1995 they divorced. Soon after, De Mol started dating director Sander Vahle. They moved in together a year later. The pair have two children, son Julian (born 1997) and daughter Noa (born 1999). On 31 October 2007 it was announced that De Mol and Vahle had officially separated. Since then De Mol has been in a relationship with composer and keyboardist Jeroen Rietbergen.

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External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Linda de Mol.

• Linda. – her own magazine
• Linda de Mol at IMDb