Frederique van der Wal

Frederique van der Wal (also Frédérique van der Wal ) is a Dutch former model, actress, television personality, and a businesswoman. She is known for having appeared in Victoria's Secret and on the covers of magazines such as Cosmopolitan and Vogue.

Career Van der Wal has appeared in campaigns for Revlon, Guess, and Victoria's Secret. She has also been profiled in Forbes and InStyle.

In 2003, Van der Wal appeared in a stage production of The Vagina Monologues (Washington D.C.).

Van der Wal has produced and appeared on television programs including World Class with Frederique for the Scripts network, The Ultimate Holiday Towns USA, a two-hour special for A&E, as well as broadcasts in her native Holland. She was the "Mole" in the Hawaii celebrity edition of ABC's popular TV series, The Mole, and was the host and producer of Discovery TLC's Cover Shot, where she assembled an expert team of makeup artists and stylists to transform an everyday woman into a cover model.

In 2005, her home country of Holland named a flower after her. The "Frederique's Choice Lily" was unveiled at a ceremony in Amsterdam, inspiring her to develop, produce, and host a television program called The Invisible Journey with the Discovery Channel, which traced the path of a flower from Africa's growing fields to the markets and auction houses of the Netherlands, and finally to a special event in New York City. Her business also appeared in the season finale of Germany's Next Topmodel with host Heidi Klum.

Personal life

Van der Wal has a daughter with her partner Nicholas Klein, Scyler Pim van der Wal Klein. Her brother is the New York independent art advisor and curator Michiel van der Wal. She grew up in The Hague.

Filmography 1995 - Burnzy's Last Call as Gertrude 1997 - Two Girls and a Guy as Carol, directed by James Toback 1998 - 54 as VIP Patron (cameo) 1998 - Celebrity as Friend of Supermodel, directed by Woody Allen 1999 - Wild Wild West as Amazonia, directed by Barry Sonnenfeld 1999 - The Venice Project as Alana/Lucrezia 1999 - Cosby as herself 2000 - The Million Dollar Hotel as Diamond Woman (cameo), directed by Wim Wenders