Antonia Grietje "Tooske" Ragas-Breugem (; born 3 June 1974), is a Dutch actress and television host. She played a

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in ''

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'', a movie by Theo van Gogh about the murder of

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. She was

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(VJ) at

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and presented two seasons of the

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and

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version of '' Idols''.

Early life

Breugem was born in

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into a

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family, and has two elder brothers, Jaap and Jan-Pieter.

Career

Since her first appearance on television in 1995 on the ''

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, the province she hailed from, in 1996, placed fourth in the Miss Netherlands competition, and was singer in the group Bogy Bogy for two years. Later, she became VJ at

and

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, which she was from 1998 until 2002. In 2002, she switched to the larger television channels and became co-host of '' Idols Netherlands'' together with

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for two seasons at

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. In 2005, Breugem switched from RTL to the Dutch public television broadcasting association

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where she presented the ''

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'', the presentation of the ''Televisierring'' and ''Help, ik word vader!'' ("Help, I'm becoming a father"). Together with

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she presented the third and fourth season of ''

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'', the German '' Idols'' version. In 2006, she switched again, and this time to the commercial broadcaster SBS, where she presented ''Je wordt bedankt'' ("Thanks!") in 2006 and ''Het beste idee van Nederland'' ("The best idea from the Netherlands") in 2007. Tooske is also known in Germany, but although the Dutch know her as ''Tooske Breugem'', by her maiden name, the Germans know her generally as ''Tooske Ragas'', after her husband. Officially she uses ''Tooske Ragas-Breugem''.

Personal life

On 3 June 2002, Breugem married American Keith Davis, but the couple split up in December 2003. On 25 June 2005, she married the Dutch actor

Bastiaan Ragas Bastiaan Johannes Ragas (born 30 June 1971) is a Dutch singer and actor. Born in Lisse, he was the youngest of three brothers. Ragas learnt piano and guitar at school. He also participated and traveled with the international musical group Up Wi ...

, who was her co-star in the musical '' 3 Musketiers''. On 13 February 2007, their first daughter was born. Their second daughter was born on 28 May 2008. The third daughter was born on 7 April 2010.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ragas, Tooske 1974 births Dutch actresses Dutch game show hosts Living people People from Zwolle Dutch women television presenters RTL Group people 21st-century Dutch women