Name |
Thekla Reuten |
Height |
5 ft 8 in |
Naionality |
Dutch |
Date of Birth |
16-September-1975 |
Place of Birth |
Bussum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands |
Famous for |
Acting |
Thekla Reuten is a Dutch Actress.
As a young Dutch actress with numerous internationally acclaimed films under her belt and whose work has been twice Oscar nominated, Thekla Reuten is an undeniable front-runner in the new wave of European actresses lauded on the international stage and screen.
Thekla first came to wide international attention with her captivating role of Lotte in the Oscar nominated film Twin Sisters / De Tweeling, which went on to be a hit with critics and film lovers worldwide.
Her reputation as one of Europe's hottest properties is being further established by a string of starring roles alongside the coolest young male leads, including Gael Garcia Bernal and Daniel Bruhl.Thekla recently wrapped two major English-language roles set for release in 2006. Early this year she spent two months in the chill of St Petersburg where she filmed In Transit alongside rising German star Daniel Bruhl, the legendary John Malkovich and Hollywood regular Thomas Kretschmann. In the cinematic debut from Brit director Tom Roberts she plays Russian woman Elena who is caught up in the return of female prisoners and refugees at the end of the Second World War.
Immediately prior to that, she was in Lithuania to film the female lead opposite Brit-actor Adrian Paul in Highlander: The Source, directed by Brett Leonard (Lawnmower Man, Virtuosity). This new adventure in the tales of the immortal Scottish swordsman concerns the Immortals' quest to locate their Grail, the Source of Immortality. Twenty years on, the Highlander series is regarded as one of the most successful independent film and television franchises. It returns here in an action packed story of love, kinship... and the quest.