Katja Schuurman
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Katja Römer-Schuurman is a Dutch
actress, singer, television personality and occasional VJ.
as the eldest daughter of a Dutch
father and a Chinese
-Surinamese mother; she has one younger sister, Birgit
, who is an actress as well.
soap Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden
(GTST) as Jessica, the eldest niece of one-time angry neighbour Govert Harmsen. Katja immediately rose to fame.
With two other characters from GTST she formed the spin-off
girl group
Linda, Roos & Jessica. Their debut single "Ademnood" (English
version: "Turn Your Love Around'") topped the Dutch
charts in late 1995.
The only disappointment in this successful year was the release of De Zeemeerman
(The Merman); it failed to draw people to the cinemas and was voted the worst Dutch
movie ever made.
Katja continued to release singles with both LR&J and on her own. She had hits with Maar nu heb ik er een, Wereldmeid, Totaal Verkocht and Lover or friend.
In 1999 her last GTST-scenes were shown while LR&J called it a day; their farewell single was aptly titled "1999 X". She ended the year by making the headlines for drink-driving.
-based movie Costa!
and found herself reunited with Georgina Verbaan
, who played her sister Hedwig in Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden. Costa! premiered in 2001 and was successful enough to be adapted into a television series. Both Katja and Georgina left after two seasons.
Katja went on to host programs for BNN alongside Bridget Maasland
, till the latter was signed up by Talpa in 2005. As a farewell present they made Katja vs. Bridget, a "Battle of the Babes"-type series. One of the challenges saw Katja recording a Christmas single with the innovative rap-trio De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig
; it was the one exception to her decision not to pursue a singing career ("Lack of discipline" she told nl.20-magazine).
The next two years the formula was repeated for Katja vs. de Rest, replacing Bridget with other Dutch celebrities. Katja won both seasons, even though she failed to outsmart her own sister
.
On August 8, 2006 Katja married actor Thijs Römer (grandson of actor Piet Römer
) in Vallery
, France
. The couple, who first met on the set of television series Medea, went on to play the starring roles in Kapitein Rob en het Geheim van Professor Lupardi, a comic book
adaptation that premiered on November 26, 2007.
Their subsequent joint movie, Het Wapen van Geldrop, has become a commercial failure upon release; critics blame Katja's joy-free character and Thijs Römer's directing.
In 2007 Katja launched a Fair Food-line and did a lot of presenting work, including a talkshow with Sophie Hilbrand. In 2008 she swapped BNN for NET 5
, starring in an adaptation of the newspaper comic S1ngle and reprising her Return to Sender documentary series.
On March 26, 2009 it was confirmed that Katja was almost three months pregnant with her first child but just one week later, on April 1 of all dates, she miscarried. 4 months later on August 25 it was confirmed she was pregnant again.
On April 22, 2010 she gave birth to daughter Sammie.
Katja currently appears in a series of lottery-adverts, as her Return to Sender-foundation is one of the benefitting charities.
Dutch people
The Dutch people are an ethnic group native to the Netherlands. They share a common culture and speak the Dutch language. Dutch people and their descendants are found in migrant communities worldwide, notably in Suriname, Chile, Brazil, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and the United...
actress, singer, television personality and occasional VJ.
Youth
Katja grew up in BunnikBunnik
Bunnik is a municipality and a village in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. The recorded history of the village dates back nearly 2000 years, when the Romans constructed a fort at Fectio with a harbour facing the river Rhine, which marked the border of the Roman Empire...
as the eldest daughter of a Dutch
Dutch people
The Dutch people are an ethnic group native to the Netherlands. They share a common culture and speak the Dutch language. Dutch people and their descendants are found in migrant communities worldwide, notably in Suriname, Chile, Brazil, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and the United...
father and a Chinese
Chinese people
The term Chinese people may refer to any of the following:*People with Han Chinese ethnicity ....
-Surinamese mother; she has one younger sister, Birgit
Birgit Schuurman
Birgit Schuurman is a Dutch rock singer and actress.-Biography:Schuurman was born in Utrecht and raised in Bunnik as the daughter of a Dutch father and a Chinese-Surinamese mother; she's the younger sister of Katja Schuurman. Schuurman started her singing career several years before her graduation...
, who is an actress as well.
The 1990s
Schuurman made her acting debut in 1992 on the television series Uit de school geklapt. Two years later she resurfaced in the RTLRTL 4
RTL 4 is a commercial television station in the Netherlands. It is the most-watched commercial station in the country, popular especially with those aged between 20 and 49. The station has three sister tv channels: RTL 5, RTL 7 and RTL 8...
soap Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden
Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden
Goede tijden, slechte tijden , also known as GTST, is the longest-running Dutch soap opera, which began on 1 October 1990 on RTL4. The programme was the first daily soap in the Netherlands. The soap is produced by Joop van den Ende and to date over 4,000 episodes have been broadcast...
(GTST) as Jessica, the eldest niece of one-time angry neighbour Govert Harmsen. Katja immediately rose to fame.
With two other characters from GTST she formed the spin-off
Spin-off (media)
In media, a spin-off is a radio program, television program, video game, or any narrative work, derived from one or more already existing works, that focuses, in particular, in more detail on one aspect of that original work...
girl group
Girl group
A girl group is a popular music act featuring several young female singers who generally harmonise together.Girl groups emerged in the late 1950s as groups of young singers teamed up with behind-the-scenes songwriters and music producers to create hit singles, often featuring glossy production...
Linda, Roos & Jessica. Their debut single "Ademnood" (English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
version: "Turn Your Love Around'") topped the Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
charts in late 1995.
The only disappointment in this successful year was the release of De Zeemeerman
De Zeemeerman
De Zeemeerman is a 1996 Dutch comedy film directed by Frank Herrebout.-Cast:*Daniël Boissevain ... Tony Pellicano*Gonny Gaakeer ... Julie / Natasja*Angelique de Bruijne... Suzy*Frans van Deursen ... Gregor*Huub Stapel ... Timo Babel...
(The Merman); it failed to draw people to the cinemas and was voted the worst Dutch
Dutch language
Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
movie ever made.
Katja continued to release singles with both LR&J and on her own. She had hits with Maar nu heb ik er een, Wereldmeid, Totaal Verkocht and Lover or friend.
In 1999 her last GTST-scenes were shown while LR&J called it a day; their farewell single was aptly titled "1999 X". She ended the year by making the headlines for drink-driving.
The 2000s
In 2000 Katja played Frida in the SalouSalou
Salou is a municipality of the comarca of Tarragonès, in the province of Tarragona, in Catalonia, Spain. The city is approximately 10km from Tarragona and Reus on the Costa Daurada and 112km from Barcelona...
-based movie Costa!
Costa!
Costa! is a 2001 Dutch film from BNN. It was the first movie that used several famous Dutch soap stars. Other movies that used soap actors, were Volle maan and Honeyz. The television series with the same title was based on the movie. It had the same cast members...
and found herself reunited with Georgina Verbaan
Georgina Verbaan
Georgina Carolina Verbaan is a Dutch actress and singer. Verbaan is best known for her recurring role in soap opera Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden. She has also appeared in various Dutch films, including Costa!, Volle maan and Oogverblindend.-Early life:Verbaan was born in The Hague, Netherlands...
, who played her sister Hedwig in Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden. Costa! premiered in 2001 and was successful enough to be adapted into a television series. Both Katja and Georgina left after two seasons.
Katja went on to host programs for BNN alongside Bridget Maasland
Bridget Maasland
Bridget Maasland is a Dutch VJ and television presenter and producer.She worked as a model and appeared on the catwalk in fashionshows for children. Her debut on television was a commercial for fruit as a healthy alternative to candy.Later, Maasland became a professional model, working in Barcelona...
, till the latter was signed up by Talpa in 2005. As a farewell present they made Katja vs. Bridget, a "Battle of the Babes"-type series. One of the challenges saw Katja recording a Christmas single with the innovative rap-trio De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig
De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig
De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig is a Dutch hip hop and R&B group based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, renowned for their musical approach of irreverent, humorous lyrics and electronic beats...
; it was the one exception to her decision not to pursue a singing career ("Lack of discipline" she told nl.20-magazine).
The next two years the formula was repeated for Katja vs. de Rest, replacing Bridget with other Dutch celebrities. Katja won both seasons, even though she failed to outsmart her own sister
Birgit Schuurman
Birgit Schuurman is a Dutch rock singer and actress.-Biography:Schuurman was born in Utrecht and raised in Bunnik as the daughter of a Dutch father and a Chinese-Surinamese mother; she's the younger sister of Katja Schuurman. Schuurman started her singing career several years before her graduation...
.
On August 8, 2006 Katja married actor Thijs Römer (grandson of actor Piet Römer
Piet Römer
Petrus Piet Römer is a Dutch television and film actor.-Feature films:*Like Two Drops of Water *Een huis in een schoen *Business Is Business *All Things Pass *The Elevator...
) in Vallery
Vallery
Vallery is a commune in the Yonne department in Burgundy in north-central France.-History:The town was acquired by Louis de Bourbon, prince de Condé - uncle of the future Henry IV of France. The town thus became one of the many lands that was acquired by the Condé family over the years. Louis' son...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. The couple, who first met on the set of television series Medea, went on to play the starring roles in Kapitein Rob en het Geheim van Professor Lupardi, a comic book
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
adaptation that premiered on November 26, 2007.
Their subsequent joint movie, Het Wapen van Geldrop, has become a commercial failure upon release; critics blame Katja's joy-free character and Thijs Römer's directing.
In 2007 Katja launched a Fair Food-line and did a lot of presenting work, including a talkshow with Sophie Hilbrand. In 2008 she swapped BNN for NET 5
NET 5
NET 5 is a commercial TV channel in the Netherlands owned by Sanoma and Talpa Holding . Other channels of the group in the Netherlands are SBS6 and Veronica.- History :...
, starring in an adaptation of the newspaper comic S1ngle and reprising her Return to Sender documentary series.
On March 26, 2009 it was confirmed that Katja was almost three months pregnant with her first child but just one week later, on April 1 of all dates, she miscarried. 4 months later on August 25 it was confirmed she was pregnant again.
On April 22, 2010 she gave birth to daughter Sammie.
Katja currently appears in a series of lottery-adverts, as her Return to Sender-foundation is one of the benefitting charities.
Television series as an actor
- Goede Tijden, Slechte TijdenGoede Tijden, Slechte TijdenGoede tijden, slechte tijden , also known as GTST, is the longest-running Dutch soap opera, which began on 1 October 1990 on RTL4. The programme was the first daily soap in the Netherlands. The soap is produced by Joop van den Ende and to date over 4,000 episodes have been broadcast...
(1995–1999) - All Stars (1999–2001)
- Costa! (2001–2002)
- Medea (2005)
- S1ngle (2008-)
Television series as herself
- De Telebel Show (1996)
- So 90's (1997–1999)
- Fox Tours (1999–2000)
- Katja ZKM (2001)
- Top Of The Pops (2001–2004)
- BNN At Work (2001–2005)
- Lijst 0 (2002–2003)
- Mission Unfindable (2003–2004)
- BNN Family (2004)
- BNN presenteert AVRO's Sterrenslag (2004–2005)
- Prettig weekend ondanks alles (2005) (documentaryDocumentary filmDocumentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
about the murder of Theo van GoghTheo van GoghTheo van Gogh is the name of:*Theo van Gogh , brother of the painter Vincent van Gogh*Theo van Gogh , great-grandson of the above...
) - Try Before You Die (2005–2008)
- Katja vs. Bridget (2005)
- Ranking The Stars (2006)
- Katja vs. de rest (2006–2007)
- Get Smarter In A Week (2007)
- Return to Sender (2007-) (documentary)
- Katja & Sophie (2008)
- Tafel van Vijf (2009)
- Tussen de Oren (2009-)
Films
- Poppycock (1995) (short filmShort subjectA short film is any film not long enough to be considered a feature film. No consensus exists as to where that boundary is drawn: the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes or less, including all...
) - De ZeemeermanDe ZeemeermanDe Zeemeerman is a 1996 Dutch comedy film directed by Frank Herrebout.-Cast:*Daniël Boissevain ... Tony Pellicano*Gonny Gaakeer ... Julie / Natasja*Angelique de Bruijne... Suzy*Frans van Deursen ... Gregor*Huub Stapel ... Timo Babel...
(1996) - No Trains No Planes (1999)
- Zeus (2001) (TV filmTelevision movieA television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
) - Costa!Costa!Costa! is a 2001 Dutch film from BNN. It was the first movie that used several famous Dutch soap stars. Other movies that used soap actors, were Volle maan and Honeyz. The television series with the same title was based on the movie. It had the same cast members...
(2001) - Oesters van Nam KeeOysters at Nam Kee'sOysters at Nam Kee's is a 2002 Dutch drama film, directed by Pollo de Pimentel, starring Katja Schuurman and Egbert Jan Weeber.The film received a Golden Film in 2002.-Plot:...
(2002) - The Rules of AttractionThe Rules of Attraction (film)The Rules of Attraction is a 2002 satirical dark comedy film directed by Roger Avary, based on the novel of the same name by Bret Easton Ellis. It stars James van der Beek, Shannyn Sossamon, Ian Somerhalder, Jessica Biel, and Kip Pardue.-Plot:...
(2002) - InterviewInterview (2003 film)Interview is a 2003 Dutch drama film, directed by Theo van Gogh, starring Katja Schuurman and Pierre Bokma. The film is about a war correspondent having an interview with a soap opera actress....
(2003) - Cool! (2004)
- Sextet (2006)
- InterviewInterview (2007 film)Interview is a remake of Dutch film maker Theo van Gogh's 2003 movie of the same title. The American version, which premiered in 2007, stars Steve Buscemi as Pierre Peders , a fading political journalist interviewing a soap opera star, Katya, played by Sienna Miller...
(2007) - Het wapen van Geldrop (2009)
External links
- Katja Schuurman at BNNBNNBNN is a three letter abbreviation which can refer to*Banana News Network, A Pakistani comedy TV Show.*Bart's Neverending Network , a radio and television broadcasting organization in the Netherlands...