Locarno Film Festival, receiving the Variety Piazza Grande Award and was selected as the Dutch submission for Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards. Variety’s Guy Lodge described Van Houten as being "on electrifying form" and Reijn's direction "provides a fearsome reminder" of the former's breakthrough performance in Black Book. Personal life Van Houten is in a relationship with Australian actor Guy Pearce, whom she met on the set of Brimstone. In August 2016, she gave birth to their son, Monte Pearce. She previously dated German actor Sebastian Koch; they met on the set of the 2006 film Black Book. Van Houten speaks Dutch, English, German, and French. Van Houten has stated that Hollywood makes her unhappy: "I have seen Hollywood, and although I have nothing against it, it's not my kind of life. My agent is shocked that I want to stay in Europe," adding, "If Hollywood offers me a great part, of course I'll take it, but I just don't want to live there". Van Houten has been friends with fellow Dutch actress Halina Reijn since 1994. They worked together in the movies Black Book and Valkyrie. In 2013, the two published a book called Anti Glamour, a parody style guide and a celebration of their friendship, as well as a candid look into the unglamourous back-stage side of their lives. Van Houten is a lifelong fan of Laurel and Hardy. In June 2016, she called into The Ross Owen Show on Black Sky Radio to talk about her love of the comedy duo. Filmography Television Discography Black Book (soundtrack) (2007) – vocals on four songs See You on the Ice (2012) "Fear Not" (2015) – featuring Michael Prins "Bobbie Gentry's The Delta Sweete Revisited" (2019) by Mercury Rev - vocals on 'Parchman Farm' "Once Upon a Time in Shaolin" (2015) by Wu-Tang Clan Awards and nominations References External links Carice van Houten at Virtual History 20th-century Dutch actresses 21st-century Dutch actresses Dutch film actresses Dutch stage actresses Dutch television actresses Dutch people of Scottish descent EMI Records artists Golden Calf winners Living people People from Leiderdorp 21st-century Dutch singers 21st-century Dutch women singers 1976 births