Tjitske Reidinga

Tjitske Jacoba Reidinga (born 20 February 1972) is a Dutch actress and comedian. Reidinga began her career on stage and acted in numerous plays. She won a Colombina award for her role in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in 2002. She made her screen debut in 1996. Her first major film role was as "Jet" in Ja Zuster, Nee Zuster. She is probably known best for her role as 'Claire' in the successful Dutch series Gooische vrouwen.

Early life She was born in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands, but grew up in Africa. Her parents moved to Uganda shortly after they got together. Her father who had just graduated from Academie Minerva, an art school in Groningen, found a job at an advertising agency in Kampala. They moved back to the Netherlands to flee Idi Amin's reign of terror. Her mother was pregnant at the time, and a few months later she was born in the Frisian capital.

After she was born her parents wanted to go back to Africa, and the three went to Malawi where she lived until the age of 8. She remembered it as a beautiful country with a glittering lake (Lake Nyasa), where she could play freely. Her brother Hesling was born there and a few years later they returned to the Netherlands. She had a hard time trying to adjust herself to the cold and crowded country where she was born.

Theatre credits

Year Title Role Director Production company 1997 De ziekte die jeugd heet (The illness called youth) Peter de Baan Ro Theater 1998 Sterrenstof (Stardust) Kim Zeegers Spuitheater Trainspotting Peter Pluymaekers ZAP Productie 1999 Een stukje time out (A piece of time out) Marije Gubbels Fact Het vissenkind (The fish kid) Judith de Rijke Het Paleis Midzomernachtsdroom (A Midsummer Night's Dream) Mark Rietman Ro Theater Ja zuster, nee zuster (Yes nurse! no nurse!) Jet Pieter Kramer Ro Theater 2000 Hollandse revue (Dutch revue) Rieks Swarte Spuitheater 2001 Trojaanse Vrouwen (The Trojan Women) Mirjam Koen Onafhankelijk Toneel Wie is er bang voor Virginia Woolf? (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) Honey Lodewijk de Boer Hummelinck Stuurman 2002 Hedda Gabler Hedda Gabler Ivo van Hove Trust 2003 Da Vinci en de drol (Da Vinci and the turd) Jennifer Drabbe Toneelschuur Haarlem Treinen kunnen keren (Trains can turn) Fréderique Mette Bouhuijs Hummelinck Stuurman 2005 Amadeus Constanze Weber Matthijs Rümke Bos Theaterproducties Uit liefde (Out of love) Kees Hulst Hummelinck Stuurman 2007 De geschiedenis van de familie Avenier (The history of the Avenier family) Toos Jaap Spijkers Het Toneel Speelt 2009 De ingebeelde zieke (The Imaginary Invalid) Béline Jos Thie DUS References:

Film Her first role was a walk-on in the 1996 production De Zeemeerman. Later she appeared in a few more feature films such as "Ja Zuster, Nee Zuster" (2000 Pieter Kramer), "Young Kees" (2003 André van Duren), "Father's Affair" (2003 Maarten Treurniet) and "Ellis in Glamourland" (2004 Pieter Kramer).

Personal life Reidinga was married to actor Vincent Croiset for six years. Together they have three sons. In March 2014 it was announced that she had started a relationship with colleague Peter Blok. They met each other during the filming of De verbouwing. They got married in 2021.