Veerle Baetens is a Flemish

Flanders

Flanders is the community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. "Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp...

 actress.

She followed a musical education at the "Brusselse Hoger Instituut voor Dramatische Kunsten". She is probably best known for her roles in Sara and many Flemish movies.

In 2005 she won the "John Kraaijkamp Musical Award", in the category Leading Actress in a little musical, for her role as Pippi Longstocking

Pippi Longstocking

Pippi Longstocking is a fictional character in a series of children's books by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, and adapted into multiple films and television series...

 in the same named 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...

 musical

Musical theatre

Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...

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In 2008 she won the Flemish TV-star Award (Flemish Emmies) for Best Actress and Most Popular TV Personalaty both for her role as Sara in Sara

Sara (TV series)

Sara was a Flemish telenovela, based upon the Colombian telenovela Betty La Fea. It tells the story of Sara De Roose, a business economics graduate, who passed with honours at the university but has trouble finding a job—until she comes across an assistant job in a Belgian fashion company, called...

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Filmographie

• Zot van A (2010) as Anna Reynders
• Loft
  Loft (2008 film)
  Loft is a 2008 Belgian thriller directed by Erik Van Looy, starring an ensemble cast of notable Flemish actors. The script was written by Bart De Pauw.-Synopsis:...
  
  (2008) as Ann Marai
• Windkracht 10: Koksijde Rescue (2006) - Alexandra 'Alex' Breynaert
• Dennis van Rita (2006)
• Verlengd weekend (2005) as Lisa
• Litteken (2005)
• De kus (2004) as Rita
• Romance (2004) as Chantal
• De Zusjes Kriegel (2004) as Anne
• Alias (2002)
• Up (2002)
• Verloochend (2001)
• La Dependence (2001)
• De verliefde akela (2000)
• Misstoestanden (2000) as Fanny Kiekeboe/Lien

TV series

• Code 37 (2009) - Hannah Maes
• Sara
  Sara (TV series)
  Sara was a Flemish telenovela, based upon the Colombian telenovela Betty La Fea. It tells the story of Sara De Roose, a business economics graduate, who passed with honours at the university but has trouble finding a job—until she comes across an assistant job in a Belgian fashion company, called...
  
  (2007–2008) - Sara De Roose
• Gevangen (2005)
• Flikken (2004) - Annick Lafaille
• Wittekerke (2003–2004) - Els Jacobs
• Sprookjes Grimm (2003)

Musicals

• Pippi Langkous (2005) - Pippi Langkous
• Holiday Love Show (2003)
• Chicago (2000)
• Nonsens (1999)
• Where were you when... (1999)
• Cabaret (1998)

External links

• Artist's website