Hannah Hoekstra
{{short description|Dutch actress (born 1987)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}
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| birth_place = Rotterdam, Netherlands
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 2011-present
| awards = Golden Calf
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Hannah Hoekstra (born 2 August 1987){{cite book |title=In Your Hands: Eindexamenboek van de Theaterschool 2010 |date=2010 |publisher=Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten |page=90 |url=https://www.ahk.nl/actueel/nieuws/2010/06/in-your-hands-eindexamenboek-van-de-theaterschool-2010/}} is a Dutch actress.
Career
In 2010, Hoekstra graduated from the Amsterdam Theater 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,{{Cite web |url=http://www.nationaletoneel.nl/hannah-hoekstra-p3435 |title=On the website of the National theatre |access-date=2016-02-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314102132/http://www.nationaletoneel.nl/hannah-hoekstra-p3435 |archive-date=2014-03-14 |url-status=dead }} 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=
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! class = "unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2012
| Judith | Cameo |
| 2012
| Mees Kees | Marie Louise | Cameo |
| 2012
| Hemel | Hemel |
| 2013
| App | Anna | |
| 2014
| Alice | |
| 2016
| The Fury | Tiny | Winner—Best Actress (Montreal World Film Festival) |
| 2018
| Gek Van Oranje | Merel | |
| 2019
| Patrick | Nathalie | |
| 2019
| Ingrid | |
| 2020
| Joosje | |
| 2021
| Lucky | |
| 2022
| Yara Backer | |
| 2023
| Elsa | |
| 2024
|Schitterend |Nina | |
| 2024
|Trip-Tych | | |
=TV=
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! class = "unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2012-2013
| Esmee | |
| 2013
| Freddy Heineken | Charlene | 4 Episodes |
| 2013
| Jasmijn | 8 Episodes |
| 2017-2018
| Angel | 4 Episodes |
| 2017
| Paare | | 1 Episode |
| 2020
| How to Sell Drugs Online Fast | Mia | 2 Episodes |
| 2020
| Femke Pieters | 2 Episodes |
| 2020-2021
| Maaike Michaelson | 8 Episodes |
| 2021
| Jacoba van Beieren | 1 Episode |
| 2021
| Joardy | Hannah Hoekstra(herself) | Season 2 |
| 2021
| Blackout | Lauren Shannon | 3 Episodes |
| 2022
| Maxine | 4 Episodes |
| 2022
| Odds | Kim Benk | 10 Episodes |
| 2022
| Ada | 1 Episode |
| 2024
| De Ring | Anna Hartog | |
=Video games=
- Horizon Zero Dawn (2017) as the model for Aloy and Elizabet Sobeck{{Cite news|url=https://twitter.com/Guerrilla/status/826412330707722240|title=Guerrilla Games on Twitter|newspaper=Twitter|language=en|access-date=2017-01-31}}
- Horizon Forbidden West (2022) as the model for Aloy, Elizabet Sobeck, and Beta
References
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External links
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{{Golden Calf for Best Actress}}
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Category:21st-century Dutch actresses
Category:Dutch television actresses
Category:Actresses from Rotterdam
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