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Renette Pauline Soutendijk, known as Renée Soutendijk, (born 21 May 1957, in The Hague) is a Dutch actress. She was a favorite star of director Paul Verhoeven's films and is perhaps best known for her work in his 1980 release Spetters. Her good looks and striking blond hair secured her status as a Dutch sex symbol in the 1980s. She has also played a number of television and stage roles, and is one of the leads in the 2012 RTL 4 television series Moordvrouw.
A former gymnast, Soutendijk made her television debut in the Dutch television series Dagboek van een herdershond (1979–1980). She... MORE
Renette Pauline Soutendijk, known as Renée Soutendijk, (born 21 May 1957, in The Hague) is a Dutch actress. She was a favorite star of director Paul Verhoeven's films and is perhaps best known for her work in his 1980 release Spetters. Her good looks and striking blond hair secured her status as a Dutch sex symbol in the 1980s. She has also played a number of television and stage roles, and is one of the leads in the 2012 RTL 4 television series Moordvrouw.
A former gymnast, Soutendijk made her television debut in the Dutch television series Dagboek van een herdershond (1979–1980). She began her film career playing sexy blonde heroines in the Paul Verhoeven-directed cult films Spetters (1980) and The Fourth Man (1983). Spetters established her as a sex symbol; the movie and its star attracted attention in the United States as well, and The New York Times saw her "stylish performance" of a "compelling character" as a focal point of the movie. In the early 1980s, Soutendijk, Monique van de Ven, and Willeke van Ammelrooy were the three best-known actresses in Dutch cinema, and most movies featured one of the three. The movie that marked her breakthrough as an actress in a major role, LESS
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