Monique van de Ven

In this Dutch name, the surname is van de Ven, not Ven.

Monique van de Ven
Van de Ven in 1973
Born	(1952-07-28) 28 July 1952 Zeeland, North Brabant, Netherlands
Occupations	Actress film director
Years active	1973–present
Spouses	Jan de Bont ​ ​ (m. 1973; div. 1988)​ Edwin de Vries ​ (m. 1991)​

Monica Maria Theresia "Monique" van de Ven (Dutch pronunciation: [moːˈnik fɑn də ˈvɛn]; born 28 July 1952) is a Dutch actress and director.

Career

Monique van de Ven in 1988

Van de Ven's film debut as an actress was in the Paul Verhoeven film Turkish Delight in 1973. This film was an immediate breakthrough for her acting career. It was nominated for an Academy Award and was chosen as the best Dutch film of the century. Thirteen years later she starred in the Oscar-winning film The Assault.

Apart from acting in feature films she also performs in Dutch television series and commercials.

In 1996 she directed the short film Mama's Proefkonijn (English translation: 'Mama's Guinea Pig'); her first feature film as a director Summer Heat (Zomerhitte) was released 2008.

Personal life

Monique van de Ven in 2008

Between 1973 and 1988 she was married to Dutch cinematographer and director Jan de Bont, with whom she lived in Los Angeles for a number of years. She has been married to actor and writer Edwin de Vries since 1991.

Filmography

Actress

• Turkish Delight (1973)
• Dakota (1974)
• Way Out (1974)
• Katie Tippel (1975)
• The Last Train (1975)
• Starsky & Hutch, series 3, episode 15, "A Body Worth Guarding", original air date, January 25 1978
• Anita Drögemöller und die Ruhe an der Ruhr (1976)
• Doctor Vlimmen (1977)
• Inheritance (1978)
• Stunt Rock (1978)
• A Woman Like Eve (1979)
• Splitting Up (1979)
• Hoge hakken, echte liefde (1981)
• Breach of Contract (1982)
• Breathless (1982)
• Burning Love (1983)
• The Scorpion (1984)
• The Assault (1986)
• A Month Later (1987)
• Iris (1987)
• Amsterdamned (1988)
• Paint It Black (1989)
• De Kassière (Lily Was Here) (1989)
• Romeo (1990)
• The Man Inside (1990)
• Eline Vere (1991)
• The Diamond Brothers: South by South East (1991)
• The Johnsons (1992)
• Long Live the Queen (1995)
• De Bovenman (2001)
• The Discovery of Heaven (2001)
• Amazones (2004)
• Daylight (2013)
• Doris (2018)

Director

• Mama's Proefkonijn (1996)
• Summer Heat (2008)

External links

• Monique van de Ven at IMDb