Gaite Jansen

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Gaite Jansen
Born (1991-12-25) 25 December 1991 (age 32)
Maastricht, Netherlands
OccupationActress
Years active2008–present

Gaite Sara Kim Jansen (born 25 December 1991) is a Dutch actress born in Maastricht, the Netherlands. She grew up in a family that is from a filming background and that's why she chose acting as her career. Jansen was also awarded, at the age of 12, with the Best Actress Award at the 48 Hours Film Project.

Life and career[edit]

Jansen received her professional training at the Maastricht Academy of Dramatic Arts.

At age 12, she was awarded the Best Actress Award at the 48 Hour Film Project in Amsterdam for her role in Luwte. Her performance as a troubled deaf teenager in the acclaimed arthouse film 170 Hz (2011) earned her nominations for Best Actress at the Seattle Film Festival and the Netherlands Film Festival. The film Supernova, in which she plays the lead role, was selected for the Generations competition at Berlinale film festival 2014.

In 2014, Jansen made her stage debut at the prestigious Amsterdam Theatre Group, as Ophelia in Hamlet vs. Hamlet, directed by Guy Cassiers and played in Medea later that year.

In 2015, Jansen appeared as the lead role in the film Greenland. She played a suicidal girl in In Therapie, the Dutch version of BeTipul in 2010.[1] She was nominated "best actress" at the Gouden Kalf awards in 2012 for her role in 170 Hz, where she played a deaf girl and conversed mostly in Dutch Sign Language.[2]

Jansen also plays the role of Duchess Tatiana Petrovna in the third season of the BBC gangster drama Peaky Blinders.[3] In 2017 she appeared as Hana Raznikova in Line of Duty.[4] She plays Phoenix in the Cinemax TV series Jett.[5][6]

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Lover or Loser Eva
2009 Happy End Mira
2010 Dusk Jessie
2011 Sonny Boy Bertha
2011 170 Hz Evy
2011 Met Donker Thuis Fleur
2011 Lotus Steintje
2012 Tricked Merel
2012 Mike Says Goodbye! Teacher
2013 The Price of Sugar Sarith
2014 Supernova Meis
2016 In My Father's Garden Johanna
2021 Bo Bo
2023 Happy Ending Luna
2024 Krazy House Sarah

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2008 Spangas Noelle 10 episodes
2008 Flikken Maastricht Marieke Episode: "Angst"
2009 Coach Sophie van Meeteren TV movie
2009 Sorry minister Nina Bijl 3 episodes
2010 In therapie Sophie 3 episodes
2010 De co-assistent Lisa Episode: "Verliefd en verloren"
2011 A'dam - E.V.A. Patricia Episode: "Nachtschade"
2015 Groenland Iris Samkalden TV movie
2016 Peaky Blinders Tatiana Petrovna 6 episodes
2017 Line of Duty Hana Reznikova 3 episodes
2017 De 12 van Oldenheim Suus Jonkers 4 episodes
2017–2020 Hollands Hoop Talia Chanti 15 episodes
2018 Suspects Tessa Boot 2 episodes
2018 Ik Weet Wie Je Bent Anna van Leer 16 episodes
2019 Jett Phoenix 9 episodes
2022 Leopard Skin Batista 'Batty' Ferreira 8 episodes

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Hij luistert". NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch). 16 July 2010. Archived from the original on 30 July 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Zonder acteren is alles verloren". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). 12 January 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
  3. ^ "Peaky Blinders – Duchess Tatiana Petrovna – BBC Two". BBC. Retrieved 2016-05-29.
  4. ^ "Gaite Jansen gets regular role in BBC's hit series Line of Duty". hoholok. Archived from the original on 2018-06-21. Retrieved 2017-04-22.
  5. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (19 June 2018). "Jett: Giancarlo Esposito To Star In Cinemax Drama Series; Ten More Cast". Deadline. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  6. ^ White, Peter (9 February 2021). "Carla Gugino To Star In Crime Thriller Series Leopard Skin For AGC Television". Deadline. Retrieved 25 December 2021.

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