Monic Hendrickx (born 3 December 1966 in

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) is a Dutch actress. She has won several awards during her career including four

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awards for Best Actress at the

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, the Jury Award at the 2001

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and the Best Actress Award at the 1999

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Early life

Monic Hendrickx was born in 1966 in the Netherlands. At the age of three, she and her family moved to

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. Eventually Hendrickx started her acting education at Toneelschool in Maastricht.

Career

Hendrickx made her screen debut in '' The Polish Bride''. In 2007 she filmed an English language adaptation of '' The Polish Bride'' in Australia. The film was called ''

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'' and her character was changed from a Polish woman to an Afghani refugee. For her performance, she won the 2008 AFI Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. From 2010 to 2017, she played the lead role of crime boss Carmen van Walraven in the five seasons of Dutch series Penoza, known in some countries as '' Black Widow''. She won awards for her work on the show, including the Golden Calf for Best Actress in a TV-Drama in 2013. In 2018, Hendrickx was a presenter on ''Crown Witness (Game Show)''. She appeared on The Voice Senior. That same year, it was announced that she would appear in the international vampire series ''

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''.

Selected filmography

References

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* 1966 births Living people Dutch actresses Dutch film actresses Dutch television actresses Golden Calf winners People from Sint Anthonis 20th-century Dutch actresses 21st-century Dutch actresses Best Actress AACTA Award winners {{Netherlands-actor-stub