Geerteke van Lierop

Geerteke started her acting career when she was 7 years old at a theatre school in The Hague. In 2005 she graduated from the University of Amsterdam where she studied Dutch Language and Culture, specialising in South African literature. After university she left for India to teach drama to children.Besides attending a professional acting school in Amsterdam and the Rutger Hauer Film Factory in Rotterdam, Geerteke also trained at well-known London drama school, LAMDA.Geerteke van Lierop played opposite Rutger Hauer in the short film Cuba Libre directed by Lech Majewski. She played lead roles in the feature films Second Honeymoon (2015) and Exposure (in production).For television she was the lead in Pauwen & Reigers, and played recurring characters in Vrijland, KLEM, De Zaak Menten, De Ludwigs and Flikken Maastricht, all of which were broadcast on nationwide Dutch TV. Her character Josephine in Hunter Street was broadcast internationally. She is a popular voice-over for commercials, corporate films and audio books and works closely with TEDx in the Netherlands as a speakers coach. Show less «