Carice van Houten

Carice van Houten
Information
Date of birth	5 September 1976
Birthplace	Leiderdorp, South Holland, Netherlands
Role	Melisandre
First episode	"The North Remembers"
Last episode	"The Long Night"
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Carice Anouk van Houten (born 5 September 1976) is a Dutch award-winning actress, best-known to English-speaking audiences for her roles in Repo Men, Valkyrie and Black Death (alongside Game of Thrones actors Sean Bean and Emun Elliott). She has won five Golden Calf (Dutch: Gouden Kalf) awards for acting. She starred in the award winning movie Undercover Kitty (Minoes). A very popular actress in the Netherlands, she starred in the lead role of Black Book, the most commercially successful Dutch film in history.

In Game of Thrones, Van Houten played the role of Melisandre of Asshai. She was confirmed for the role on 19 July 2011. She was a new starring cast member for the second season. Van Houten discussed her role in an interview with Cyril Falisse from the Ferryman Critical on February 22, 2012. She said "I think I am only in episodes 1, 2, 4 and 10 or something. You are not going to see me that much but in season 3 that we are going to shoot this summer I'll come back with a vengeance." Regarding her role she said "I'm [Stannis'] right hand. I manipulate him. I take the decisions for him almost. I wouldn't say I'm a very sympathetic character. I have a great wig, great red hair. I hope I did it right."

Credits

Starring

Game of Thrones: Season 2
The North Remembers	The Night Lands	What Is Dead May Never Die	Garden of Bones	The Ghost of Harrenhal
The Old Gods and the New	A Man Without Honor	The Prince of Winterfell	Blackwater	Valar Morghulis

Game of Thrones: Season 3
Valar Dohaeris	Dark Wings, Dark Words	Walk of Punishment	And Now His Watch Is Ended	Kissed by Fire
The Climb	The Bear and the Maiden Fair	Second Sons	The Rains of Castamere	Mhysa

Game of Thrones: Season 4
Two Swords	The Lion and the Rose	Breaker of Chains	Oathkeeper	First of His Name
The Laws of Gods and Men	Mockingbird	The Mountain and the Viper	The Watchers on the Wall	The Children

Game of Thrones: Season 5
The Wars To Come	The House of Black and White	High Sparrow	Sons of the Harpy	Kill the Boy
Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken	The Gift	Hardhome	The Dance of Dragons	Mother's Mercy

Game of Thrones: Season 6
The Red Woman	Home	Oathbreaker	Book of the Stranger	The Door
Blood of My Blood	The Broken Man	No One	Battle of the Bastards	The Winds of Winter

Game of Thrones: Season 7
Dragonstone	Stormborn	The Queen's Justice	The Spoils of War
Eastwatch	Beyond the Wall	The Dragon and the Wolf

Game of Thrones: Season 8
Winterfell	A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms	The Long Night
The Last of the Starks	The Bells	The Iron Throne

Filmography

• 3 Ronden - Emily (1997)
• Suzy Q - Suzy (1999)
• AmnesiA - Sandra (2001)
• Minoes - Minoes (2001)
• Father's Affair - Monika (2003)
• Bonkers (Knetter) - Lis (2005)
• Black Book - Rachel Stein (2006)
• Love Is All - Kiki Jollema (2007)
• Dorothy Mills - Jane (2008)
• Valkyrie - Nina von Stauffenberg (2008)
• Komt een vrouw bij de dokter - Carmen (2009)
• De gelukkige huisvrouw - Lea (2010)
• Repo Men - Carol (2010)
• Black Death - Langiva (2010)
• In therapie - Aya (2010)
• Black Butterflies - Ingrid Jonker (2011)
• Intruders - Susanna (2011)
• Game of Thrones - Melisandre (2012-2019)
• Alles is familie - Winnie de Roover (2012)
• Jackie - Sofie (2012)
• Brimstone - Anna (2016)

Behind the scenes

• Carice van Houten was originally asked to audition for the role of Cersei Lannister. However, schedule conflicts prevented her from auditioning. She was subsequently asked to audition for the role of Melisandre and was cast in this role instead. She later said, "it all turned out for the best, because Lena couldn't be a better Cersei."
• Van Houten made a parody appearance as Melisandre in a 2016 skit on Late Night with Seth Meyers.

See also

• Carice van Houten on Wikipedia
• Carice van Houten on IMDb
• Carice van Houten on X
• Carice van Houten on Instagram