Acting · Culemborg, Gelderland, Netherlands · Born September 1, 1978
Jelka van Houten is a Dutch actress of film, stage, and television, though she is perhaps best known for being the sister of fellow actress Carice van Houten. She is currently nominated for a Gouden Notekraker; the judge's who nominated her have said that "her surprising début holds a lot in store for the future". Van Houten also received praise for her stage debut as Olga in the musical Turk's Fruit, for which she won a Johnny Kraaijkamp Musical Award. Her upcoming projects include the film Zomerhitte and the play Seksual Perversity, at the Theatre de Voorveghter.
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as Self - Comedian
MovieNuclear Boy
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as Mirna
MovieI Call Him Dog
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MovieIn A Pickle By The Sea
2025
as Helga
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as Merel
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as Meike
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as Esther
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as Nicole
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as Self - Team Captain
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as Self - Presenter
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as Esther Bens
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as Self
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as Self - Participant
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as Self - Host
MovieOme Cor
2022
as Janny
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2022
MovieOink
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as Margreet (voice)
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2022
as Self - Hobby photographer
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2022
as Rosa Klein
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as Self
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2021
as Jolanda
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2021
as Self - Guest
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2021
as Self - Guest Panelist
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2021
as Berber
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2020
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as Self - Gast panellid
TVAmsterdam Vice
2019
as Selma
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2019
as Marjolein
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2019
as Laura
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as Ada
MovieThe Club of Ugly Children
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as Paul's mother
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as Wachtcommandant Selma
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as Kim’s Mother
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2017
as Marjolein
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2017
as Self - Guest
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as Mariska van Loo
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2016
as Inge (Mother Zoë)
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2016
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2016
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2015
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2015
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2015
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2015
as Noortje
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2014
as Jelka
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2013
as Kirsten
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2013
as Self - Contestant
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as Self
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2012
as Antoinette
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2012
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2011
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2011
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as Jara
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as Brecht
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2006
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2005
as Bella
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2005
as Self
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2004
MovieLiefje
2001
as Esther Valkhof
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1996
as Self
