Gepke Witteveen

Gepke Marijke Witteveen (Born 11 september 1951, in Tandjungkarang, Indonesia), also known as Gepke Haakma, is a Dutch actor and director.[1]

Gepke Witteveen
Born
Gepke Marijke Witteveen

(1951-09-11) 11 September 1951
Tandjungkarang, Indonesia
NationalityDutch
Other namesGepke Haakma
EducationAcademie voor Podiumvorming
OccupationActor, Director, Owner of Première Parterre
Home townThe Hague, Netherlands
Partner(s)Jaap Broekmans

Education

Witteveen followed an education at the Academie voor Podiumvorming in The Hague.[2]

Career

As actor

After finishing her education, Witteveen performed with several theatre groups. She would also have various guest roles in Goede tijden, slechte tijden, Bureau Kruislaan and Diamant.[1]

In 1996, Witteveen played Desirée van Cloppenburg in the daily soap opera Goudkust. She would be the only actor that was with the show for the entire duration of its runtime, which ended in 2001.[3]

In the summer of 2007, Witteveen began filming for the movie Ver van familie together with Katja Schuurman and Camilla Siegertsz. The movie was released in 2008.[1]

In late 2008, Witteveen played Noortje Warmerdam in Pauwen en Reigers (Dutch for Peacocks and Herrons).[1]

In the early 2010s, Witteveen had roles in De avonturen van Kruimeltje and Olifantenvoeten, but after that she would not appear on the screen for years.[1]

In 2018, Witteveen made her return to on-screen acting with her role as Dominique de Bree in #Forever.[1]

Outside acting

Between her acting and directing, Witteveen focusses on giving trainings. Among these was her personal training program Hier en Nu. Together with Hans Steijger, Harry Mertens, Meike van der Linde, André van den Berg and Daniëlle Louis she would found the Haagse Kringen.[4] She also founded Première Parterre, her own theatre, in 2005.[5]

In may 2017, Witteveen started directing De absolute vrijheid for Het Portret Spreekt. This is a play by Belle van Zuylen that was translated by Carel Alphenaar and Hanna Laus. She also directed another play by Belle van Zuylen called De edelman.[2]

On 17 november 2018, Witteveen participated in the Indië Monologen (Dutch for Indies Monologues) in Noordwijk at the theatre De Muze. This would later also be performed as the Indische Essenties (Dutch for Indonesian Essentials) in her own theatre Première Parterre.[5]

gollark: That's what hard drives are for. The ancient spinny ones.
gollark: You're using a superfast SSD to take backups...?
gollark: The holoprojectors are much lower-res, which I consider problematic.
gollark: For most applications you do probably just some text or stuff which is relatively positioned, perhaps.
gollark: But yes, it is annoying.

References
  1. "Gepke Haakma". IMDB. 26 April 2019.
  2. "Gepke Witteveen". Het Portret Spreekt. 26 April 2019.
  3. "Karakters in Goudkust". Hollandse Film. 26 April 2019.
  4. "Haagse Kringen". Première Parterre. 26 April 2019.
  5. "Achter de coulissen". Première Parterre. 26 April 2019.
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