Gepke Witteveen

Gepke Marijke Witteveen (born 11 September 1951, in Tandjungkarang, Indonesia), also known as Gepke Haakma, is a Dutch actress and director.

Education Witteveen was educated at the Academie voor Podiumvorming in The Hague.

Career As actor After completing school, Witteveen performed with several theatre groups and had various guest roles in Goede tijden, slechte tijden, Bureau Kruislaan and Diamant.

She appeared in the film Ver van familie (2008) with Katja Schuurman and Camilla Siegertsz. and founded her own theatre, Première Parterre, in 2005.

In May 2017, she directed De absolute vrijheid for Het Portret Spreekt, a play by Belle van Zuylen, translated by Carel Alphenaar and Hanna Laus; and directed another van Zuylen play, De edelman.

On 17 November 2018, Witteveen participated in the Indië Monologen ("Indies Monologues") at the theatre De Muze in Noordwijk. It was later produced as Indische Essenties ("Indonesian Essentials") at Première Parterre.