Tjitske Reidinga

Tjitske Jacoba Reidinga[1] (born 20 February 1972) is a Dutch actress and comedian. Reidinga began her career on stage and acted in numerous plays. She won a Colombina award for her role in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf in 2002. She made her screen debut in 1996. Her first major film role was as "Jet" in Ja Zuster, Nee Zuster (2002). She is probably known best for her role as 'Claire' in the successful Dutch series Gooische vrouwen.[2]

Tjitske Reidinga
Born	Tjitske Jacoba Reidinga (1972-02-20) 20 February 1972 Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Occupation	Comedian, actress
Years active	1996–present
Partner(s)	Vincent Croiset
Children	Foppe and Klaas (b. 2004)
Awards	Colombina for Best Supporting Actress 2002 Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf

Early life

She was born in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands, but grew up in Africa. Her parents moved to Uganda shortly after they got together. Her father who had just graduated from Academie Minerva, an art school in Groningen, found a job at an advertising agency in Kampala. They moved back to the Netherlands to flee Idi Amin's reign of terror. Her mother was pregnant at the time, and a few months later she was born in the Frisian capital.

After she was born her parents wanted to go back to Africa, and the three went to Malawi where she lived until the age of 8. She remembered it as a beautiful country with a glittering lake (Lake Nyasa), where she could play freely. Her brother Hesling was born there and a few years later they returned to the Netherlands. She had a hard time trying to adjust herself to the cold and crowded country where she was born.[2]

Becoming an actress

Ever since she was a little girl she knew she wanted to be an actress. Her parents had always fully supported their daughter's dream. Strengthened by her parents confidence, she never considered the possibility her dream wouldn't come true. If so she'd have quite a problem, having nothing in reserve. The only moment she had her doubts was at the academy. She noticed her teachers did not share her parents' trust. They had no idea what to make of her and as a result she had to do the year all over again. Though being very disappointed, she was strong an resilient and finally graduated in 1997. On her time at the Amsterdamse Toneelschool she commented: "Op de Toneelschool word je klaargestoomd om de keiharde praktijk aan te kunnen. Maar na m'n afstuderen heb ik de praktijk eigenlijk als een stuk makkelijker ervaren dan de opleiding." ("At the academy you are crammed for the real thing, but after I graduated I actually found my training a lot harder than acting as a job.")[2]

Career

Theatre

After her graduation she made a flashy start on stage at RO Theater, one of the major theatrical companies in the Netherlands, in the play "De ziekte die jeugd heet". Since then she has appeared in almost twenty different plays. One of those was 2001 production of Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf by Hummelinck Stuurman. For the latter she received a Colombina award for "Best Female Supporting Role" as child-wife Honey in 2002.[3][4][5]

Theatre credits

Year	Title	Role	Director	Production company
1997	De ziekte die jeugd heet (The illness called youth)		Peter de Baan	Ro Theater
1998	Sterrenstof (Stardust)		Kim Zeegers	Spuitheater
	Trainspotting		Peter Pluymaekers	ZAP Productie
1999	Een stukje time out (A piece of time out)		Marije Gubbels	Fact
	Het vissenkind (The fish kid)		Judith de Rijke	Het Paleis
	Midzomernachtsdroom (A Midsummer Night's Dream)		Mark Rietman	Ro Theater
	Ja zuster, nee zuster (Yes nurse! no nurse!)	Jet	Pieter Kramer	Ro Theater
2000	Hollandse revue (Dutch revue)		Rieks Swarte	Spuitheater
2001	Trojaanse Vrouwen (The Trojan Women)		Mirjam Koen	Onafhankelijk Toneel
	Wie is er bang voor Virginia Woolf? (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf)	Honey	Lodewijk de Boer	Hummelinck Stuurman
2002	Hedda Gabler	Hedda Gabler	Ivo van Hove	Trust
2003	Da Vinci en de drol (Da Vinci and the turd)		Jennifer Drabbe	Toneelschuur Haarlem
	Treinen kunnen keren (Trains can turn)	Fréderique	Mette Bouhuijs	Hummelinck Stuurman
2005	Amadeus	Constanze Weber	Matthijs Rümke	Bos Theaterproducties
	Uit liefde (Out of love)		Kees Hulst	Hummelinck Stuurman
2007	De geschiedenis van de familie Avenier (The history of the Avenier family)	Toos	Jaap Spijkers	Het Toneel Speelt
2009	De ingebeelde zieke (The Imaginary Invalid)	Béline	Jos Thie	DUS
References:[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]

Film

Her first role was a walk-on in the 1996 production De Zeemeerman.[18] Later she appeared in a few more feature films such as "Ja Zuster, Nee Zuster" (2000 Pieter Kramer), "Kees de Jongen" (2003 André van Duren), "De Passievrucht" (2003 Maarten Treurniet) and "Ellis in Glamourland" (2004 Pieter Kramer).[3]

Film credits

Year	Title	International Title	Rolewest
1996	De zeemeerman		Emily
2002	Ja zuster, nee zuster	Yes Nurse! No Nurse!	Jet
2003	Sale		Woman in mall
	Kees de jongen		Juffrouw Dubois
	De Passievrucht		Anke Neerinckx
2004	Ellis in glamourland	Alice in Glamourland	Roosje
2005	Geluk		Jackie
2006	'n Beetje verliefd	Happy Family	Aafke
2011	Gooische Vrouwen		Claire van Kampen
2012	De Verbouwing	The Renovation	Tessa van Asselt
2014	Gooische Vrouwen 2		Claire van Kampen
2019	April, May en June		June

Television

She is seen weekly in Children's television series Klokhuis (NPS) as "prinsesje Petronella", as well as "dochter konijn" ("daughter rabbit" -being the daughter of mother rabbit (Loes Luca). She also seen in "FIT" (IDTV), "Spangen", "Ibbeltje" (BOS BROS), "De Band" (VARA) and "Keyzer en de Boer Advocaten" (NCRV/KRO). She is without a doubt best known for her starring role in the successful television series "Gooische Vrouwen" (Endemol).[3]

Television credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Goede daden bij daglicht:Zwerfvuil	Sylvia
	Baantjer	Puck Geldermans	De Cock en de XTC-moord (13 March 1998)
2002	De vloer op	Various
2004	De Band	Belinda	De Code (25 February 2004) Hormonen (17 March 2004)
	FIT	Various	10 episodes
	Ibbeltje	Mientje
2005	Keyzer & de Boer advocaten	Linda	Waar rook is, is vuur (10 October 2005)
	Gooische vrouwen	Claire van Kampen	24 episodes (First 30 October 2005) (running)
2006	Klokhuis	Prinsesje Petronella, dochter konijn	Training vredesmissie (20 December 2006) Portretschilderen (12 April 2007)
2007	Allemaal film	Self	De magie van het witte doek
Reference:[19]

Personal life

Whilst in the academy in Amsterdam she got to know actor Vincent Croiset, whom she is now with for ten years. They have two children together, twins Foppe and Klaas. They are not married but have plans to do so in the future.[2]

References

1. Dijkstra, Fedde (20 September 2002). "Al dat gepraat over acteren, wat een poespas" (in Dutch). Leeuwarder Courant.
2. van Wijk, Mieke. "Over monogamie gaan we niet moeilijk doen" (PDF). 10 (in Dutch). Esta. pp. 22–27. Retrieved 26 October 2007.
3. "Tjitske Reidinga" (in Dutch). Lyon&Partners Group. Retrieved 26 October 2007.
4. "Tjitske Reidinga speelt Claire" (in Dutch). Gooische Vrouw.web-log.nl. 30 October 2005. Retrieved 26 October 2007.
5. "Dossier Toneelprijzen:Colombina" (in Dutch). Moose Group. Retrieved 27 October 2007.
6. "Persmap 'N beetje verliefd" (in Dutch). Waterlandfilm. Retrieved 27 October 2007.
7. "De geschiedenis van de familie Avenier" (in Dutch). Amsterdams Uitburo. Retrieved 27 October 2007.
8. "Ongelukkige, hedendaagse Hedda Hedda Gabler (Toneelgroep Amsterdam)" (in Dutch). 8weekly. 29 June 2006. Retrieved 28 October 2007.
9. "Toneelschuurproductie: Da Vinci en de drol" (in Dutch). Confuzion. Retrieved 28 October 2007.
10. "Treinen kunnen keren in Schouwburg Purmerend" (in Dutch). Nieuwsbank. 7 July 2004. Retrieved 28 October 2007.
11. "Salieri als machteloze overwinnaar Amadeus (Bos Theaterproducties )" (in Dutch). 8weekly. 10 October 2005. Retrieved 28 October 2007.
12. "Rolverding" (in Dutch). Het Toneel Speelt. Retrieved 28 October 2007.
13. "AMADEUS" (in Dutch). Bos Theaterproducties. 2005. Retrieved 28 October 2007.
14. "Treinen kunnen keren 03-04" (in Dutch). Hummelinck Stuurman Theaterbureau. 2003. Retrieved 28 October 2007.
15. "Wie is er bang voor Virginia Woolf? 01-02" (in Dutch). Hummelinck Stuurman Theaterbureau. 2001. Retrieved 28 October 2007.
16. "Theaterverslag Ckv: Treinen kunnen keren" (in Dutch). Scholieren. 22 February 2001. Retrieved 28 October 2007.
17. "NIEUWE Technische lijst "Uit liefde"" (in Dutch). Hummelinck Stuurman Theaterbureau. Retrieved 28 October 2007.
18. "tvbabe Tjitske Reidinga" (in Dutch). TVBABES. Retrieved 26 October 2007.
19. "Tjitske Reidinga". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 26 October 2007.

External links

• Tjitske Reidinga on IMDb
• Tjitske Reidinga at AllMovie
• (in Dutch) Details on the Colombina award she won in 2002 at Moose.nl
• (in Dutch) Killendoornse Courant Interview (2002)
• (in Dutch) Moov Interview (2005)

Awards
Preceded by Margot Ros	Colombina for Best Supporting Actress 2002	Succeeded by Carice van Houten