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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1975-08-05

Place of Birth

Soest - Utrecht - Netherlands

Maria Kraakman

Biography

Maria Kraakman (born, August 5, 1975) is a Dutch actress who graduated from the Arnhem Theater School in 1998 and now works as a permanent actress at Toneelgroep Oostpool. In 2005 she won a Golden Calf for her tranquil role in Nanouk Leopold's film Guernsey. Previously she appeared in Leopold's Îles flottantes (2001) and in a few short television films and plays, such as Eline Vere, where she was nominated for best female stage actress. In 2008 and 2009 Kraakman appeared in the solo performance Anonymous by Nataliya Golofastova, for which she won the Gouden Kniertje in September 2009. In 2010 she won the Theo d'Or for her performance in Orlando. She is the girlfriend of actor Dragan Bakema, with whom she played the lead role together in the play Tramlijn Begeerte at the end of 2012.

Known for

Keyzer & De Boer Advocaten

Keyzer & De Boer Advocaten

Instinct

Instinct

Nicoline, a criminal psychologist, begins work at a prison where one of her new cases, Idris — an apparently reformed sex offender — is preparing for release after five years of confinement. Despite her professional misgivings, she becomes infatuated with her charismatic, manipulative patient.

Childhood Dreams

Childhood Dreams

Twee dromen

Twee dromen

The terrible eighties

The terrible eighties

Één Grote Familie

Één Grote Familie

Guernsey

Guernsey

Guernsey is the story of a woman who suddenly looks at her own life and wonders how she became miles apart from the people she is closest to.

Roman Tragedies

Roman Tragedies

In Roman tragedies, Ivo van Hove and Jan Versweyveld have created a unique arena in which Shakespeare speaks about our time more than ever and the political game in all its facets.

Humidity

Humidity

The wife of a successful construction manager has disappeared after an ordinary morning in Belgrade. He is assured she will come back and continues with life, as usual. But, maybe she is just the first of the collapsed dominoes.

Zinloos

Zinloos

In a flashback, the film follows the life of Martin Hogeveen. He leads a life that leaves nothing to be desired: a luxurious apartment, a beautiful young girlfriend and a successful job as an independent municipal policy advisor, whose secondary task it is to combat fraud. His investigations are amply rewarded when he brings to light an extensive building industry fraud. As a result of his report, the director of the local authority is fired and Hogeveen takes over his post. In the meantime, Martin is stalked in his private life by an impetuous student who even harasses his girlfriend. Martin gets entangled in a situation involving murder and blackmail, and eventually makes an unexpected discovery. Zinloos is based on René Appel's novel Zinloos geweld.

Hunting & Sons

Hunting & Sons

Psychological drama about a seemingly happy couple who model themselves on everything television and lifestyle magazines prescribe for them. They appear content with their lives, until the cosmetics they have used to coat their illusory existence begin to crack. And then everything that seems self-evident begins to shift.

In Blue

In Blue

A sturdy flight attendant has to deliver a child in mid-air and gets involved in a confusing mother/lover relationship with a boy who's living under the streets of Bucharest.

Scrapwood War

Scrapwood War

At their annual summer building club ‘Camp Scrapwood’, best friends Ziggy (12) and Bas (12) find themselves on opposing sides for the first time in their lives. At summer club, best friends Ziggy and Bas (12) are on opposing sides for the first time in their lives. Different secondary schools, different parental expectations and now falling in love with the same girl lead to all-out war between them. They begin to fight. Initially, tougher Bas fights hard, but soon has doubts about the row. Meanwhile, the gentle Ziggy gradually toughens up and becomes determined to win… A family film about friendship, love, jealousy… and being a boy.

The Doctor

The Doctor

A girl lies dying in a hospital room. A priest wants to enter, but her doctor, Ruth Wolff, won't allow it. The incident brings her into such heavy external fire that the survival of her hospital is threatened. At the same time, a colleague takes advantage of the case to bend an internal appointment procedure to his will.

Man in Suit

Man in Suit

Slightly absurdist story about a busy working mother who is left to herself when her husband forgets about their family outing. Stressed, she arrives at the fun fair with her children, where she is annoyed to find herself surrounded by all sorts of beaming families. A feeling of loneliness besets her. In her search for warmth and security, she not dispenses with her husband, but also her common sense.