Lotte Verbeek Biography

Lotte Verbeek (born 24 June 1982) is a Dutch actress, dancer and model. She is best known for her role as Giulia Farnese in The Borgias television series created by Neil Jordan.

Early life and education

Verbeek was born in Venlo, Netherlands. She was educated at Gymnasium Collegium Marianum in Venlo and graduated in 2008 at the Theaterschool in Amsterdam. From 1999, Verbeek attended the Dance Academy in Arnhem and the Amsterdam Academy of Jazz/Musical Theatre and Dance, where she graduated in 2006. She received singing lessons and attended voice workshops. During her studies, she worked as a dancer and model for photographer Erwin Olaf.

Career

After completing high school, Verbeek started her acting career performing lead roles in Dutch movies such as Moes (2006) and LEFT (2007), in which she plays five double roles.

In 2009 she won the Leopard for best actress at the Locarno International Film Festival for her role of Anne in Nothing Personal, a Dutch movie directed by Urszula Antoniak. For the same part she was also the recipient of the best actress award at the International Film Festival of Marrakech 2009 and was nominated as best actress for the Golden Calf at the Netherlands Film Festival.

In 2010 Verbeek received the Shooting Stars Award, the annual acting award for up-and-coming actors by European Film Promotion, at the Berlin International Film Festival. In the same year she was cast in Le Ragazze dello Swing (The Swing Girls), an award-winning Italian mini-series based on the Trio Lescano story. For her main role as Judith Leschan she received a Golden Nymph award for best actress alongside Andrea Osvart and Elise Schaap at Monte-Carlo Television Festival 2011.

From 2011-2013, she played Giulia Farnese in the Showtime period drama The Borgias, alongside Jeremy Irons in the role of Pope Alexander VI. The series was created by Neil Jordan and shot in Budapest.

In 2012 Verbeek played a double role of two twins Therese and Angelique in the erotic thriller Suspension of Disbelief, written and directed by Mike Figgis and screened at Rome Film Festival.

As a stage actress, Verbeek was in the production of Maria Magdalena by Wayne Traub, which toured Europe in 2009. She sings in the soprano vocal range. However, in Le Ragazze dello Swing, the songs are performed by The Blue Dolls.

In 2014 she began playing Geillis Duncan in the Starz television drama Outlander and she was cast as Helena in the movie The Last Witch Hunter alongside Vin Diesel.

On 9 October 2015 It was announced at the New York Comic Con that Verbeek would play Ana Jarvis, wife of Edwin Jarvis, on Season 2 of Agent Carter.

Personal life

Verbeek speaks Dutch, English, French, German and Italian.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Broadcaster
2006	Moes	Mona	TV drama	NPS
2007	LEFT (Links)	Stella/Esther/Lucy/Secretary/Doctor
2009	Nothing Personal	Annie
2010	Le Ragazze dello Swing	Judith Leschan	TV mini-series	Rai 1
2011-2013	The Borgias	Giulia Farnese	TV series	Showtime
2012	Suspension of Disbelief	Therese/Angelique
2014-present	Outlander	Geillis Duncan	TV Series	Starz
2014	The Fault in Our Stars	Lidewij Vliegenthart
2015	The Last Witch Hunter	Helena
2016	Agent Carter	Ana Jarvis	TV Series
2016	The Blacklist	Katarina Rostova	TV series	NBC

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Maria Magdalena		director Van Wayb Traub