Carolijn "Carolyn" Lilipaly (born July 22, 1969) is a Dutch
news anchor
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and
actress
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.
Dutch-Moluccan Carolijn Lilipaly was born in
Middelburg Middelburg may refer to:
Places and jurisdictions Europe
* Middelburg, Zeeland, the capital city of the province of Zeeland, southwestern Netherlands
** Roman Catholic Diocese of Middelburg, a former Catholic diocese with its see in the Zeeland ...
. Her father was former
Dutch Labour Party
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The party was founded in 1946 as a merger of the Social Democratic Workers' Party, the Free ...
parliament member
John Lilipaly (1943-2022).
After studying law, she became a presenter for
MTV Europe
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Initially, MTV serve ...
in London. Carolyn was the host of ''MTV Hit List UK'', ''MTV News at Night'' and ''The Big Picture''. At this time she adopted the name Carolyn so it would be easier pronounced by English speakers. In the five years that she worked for MTV she travelled around the world and interviewed a host of international stars from the world of music and film. Later on she worked as a presenter for
CNBC Europe
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,
Net 5
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and
Canal Plus.
She has a daughter named Josephine, born in 1993.
Carolyn Lilipaly was a news anchor for the Dutch morning news program
NOS Journaal
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from January 2003 through February 2004. High points in her time at
NOS included the presentation of a special Journal about the arrest of
Saddam Hussein
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. In the beginning of 2004 she left the NOS and worked for
Omroep Zeeland
Omroep Zeeland is a public broadcaster located in Zeeland, Netherlands. Founded in 1988, the media organization is active in television, radio, and internet. The audience is on average slightly older than that of the other Dutch regional broadca ...
television, where she presented the news. She now runs her own art gallery.
Trivia
* She acted in the 1999
movie
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The Delivery.
*
FHM
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magazine readers voted her one of the
sexiest women in the world for 2001.
* Was married with Belgian singer
Koen Wauters
Koen Maria Gaston Wauters (born 17 September 1967) is a Flemish singer, active with the band Clouseau, television presenter, and occasionally actor and race car driver.
Biography
Koen Wauters was born in Halle in 1967. Together with his three br ...
.
References
External links
*
Carolyn Lilipaly Unofficial Fan Site
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1969 births
Dutch television news presenters
Dutch people of Indonesian descent
Dutch people of Moluccan descent
Indo people
Dutch film actresses
Living people
People from Middelburg, Zeeland
Women television journalists