Lisa Smit

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Biography

Lisa Smit first came to the public's attention as the female star of the children's horror film _De griezelbus . Lisa also starred in the short film Forever After by British director Charlotte Scott-Wilson, which had its world premiere in competition at the Palm Springs International Short Film Festival in California. In 2015 Lisa starred in the third season of Doctor Deen and she also played a leading role in the supernatural drama series Project Orpheus, which was shown on Dutch television in the spring of 2016. She also played the lead in a new movie by director Feike Santbergen. The Long Reach of Shadow, which gave Lisa the chance to play the challenging role of a psychologically disturbed young woman, was filmed mainly in Greece. It had its world premiere at the Dutch Film Festival in September of 2016. Lisa then concentrated on her studies for a while, before returning to filming in early 2017, starring in the romantic comedy All The Single Ladies!, written and directed by Los Angeles-based filmmaker Yfke van Berckelaer.

  • Primary profession
  • Actress·director·assistant_director
  • Country
  • Netherlands
  • Nationality
  • Dutch
  • Gender
  • Female
  • Birth date
  • 26 October 1993
  • Place of birth
  • Amsterdam

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Books

Trivia

Started out with long blonde hair, but changed to a short brown crop for youth- series Willemspark.

Was presented with her Golden Film for TBS (Nothing to lose) onstage at the Rembrandt Awards in the company of director Pieter Kuijpers.

Winner of The Cosmo Girl Born To Lead Award 2009 category Rising Star.

Made the shortlist for the Dutch Rembrandt Awards 2009 category Best Actress, for her role in TBS.

(August 2006) Filming a leading role in Willemspark, a youth series for VPRO Villa Achterwerk, produced by Drama Minutes Society and directed by Antoinette Beumer and Remy van Heugten for broadcast in the first part of 2007.

(February 2006) Filming Tiger, a short film by director Leyla Everaers, based on the short story Here There be Tygers by Stephen King, written for the screen by Femke Boon and produced by Rozemarijn in t Veld for The Dutch Film And Television Academy (NFTA).

(April 2013) Amsterdam, Holland: Living and working.

Filming Mock-Up, an experimental film by acclaimed Sandberg Prize-winner Aernout Mik for inclusion in the Venice Biennale. Cast also includes Mads Wittermans, Stephanie van Rooijen, Isabelle Kooij and 67 other actors.

(January 2007) Filming Onzichtbaar (Invisible), a short film by director-producer Marloes van Meerten, co-starring with Romijn Conen.

(November 2008) Filming a guest-starring role in the popular TV series We Gaan Nog Niet Naar Huis, directed by Hans de Korte for Endemol.

(May 2013) Amsterdam, Holland: Filming the series Max & Billys Drill Machine Girl for director Ivan Lopez Nunez.

(February 2013) Budapest, Hungary: Filming the feature film Kenau for director Maarten Treurniet.

(June 2007) Filming Los, the graduation picture of director Steven Wouterlood and producer Suze Ruyten of the School for the Arts in Utrecht (HKU), also starring Kian Lander, Clemens Levert, Maaike Meijer, Hugo Haenen and Manuel Broekman.

(June 2010) Filming the title role of Yana in student graduation film by Marnix van Wijk (HKU).

(July 2010) Directing her first short film Schim.

(September 2013) Amsterdam, Holland: Filming the short film De Laatste Dag van de Zomer for director Feike Santbergen.

(November 2011) Amsterdam, Holland: filming comedy short Skins in the Polder, written by Tjeerd Posthuma and directed by Vincent Fitz Jim; shown at the Mediafonds Conference, with Skins-creator Bryan Elsley in attendance.

(September 2013) Amsterdam, Holland: Filming the short film Forever After for director Charlotte Scott-Wilson.

(October 2012) Berlin, Germany: living in Berlin and studying German at the Goethe Institute.

(2015/2016) Filming a leading role in series Project Orpheus, which was shown on Dutch television in the first half of 2016.

(January 2017) Filming a starring role in the English language romcom All The Single Ladies!, written and directed by Yfke van Berckelaer.

Started studying Literary & Cultural Analysis at the University of Amsterdam.

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