Sylvia Hoeks

Sylvia Hoeks was born on June 1, 1983 in the South of Holland. At the age of 14 she was scouted by Elite models, and started travelling as a model all around Europe for a couple of years. Having finished high school, she attended the Theatre Academy in Maastricht. 

Right after graduation she made her national breakthrough with the Jos Stelling film "Duska" (2007), for which she won a Golden Calf (the Dutch equivalent of the Oscar®) at the annual Dutch Filmfestival. Sylvia quickly became sought-after by both stage and screen directors and starred in prestigious Dutch TV series and several theatre plays.

Within two years, she was given the opportunity to play her first leading role as Julia in the feature film "The Storm" (Ben Sombogaart, 2009), which became a major box office hit and she received an award as 'best actress'. In 2011 Sylvia was presented at the Berlin Film Festival as a Shooting Star, the unique Pan European initiative which puts a spotlight on Europe's best actors. After this she starred in several Dutch feature films and series, as well as her first international productions in Germany and in the Russian-German-Dutch co-production "The Girl and Death", by director Jos Stelling.

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