Actor

Chris Nietvelt

Chris Nietvelt (1962) was a member of the ITA-ensemble from 1988 to 1994, and returned in 2005.

In season 24/25 she will perform in the premiere of The Wall (director Eline Arbo) and in the revivals of The Hours and The Laws.

C.V.


Nietvelt played before at ITA in Age of Rage, Kings of War, Flight 49, Falling man, The cherry orchard, Roman Tragedies (Theo d'Or 2008), Freud, The hidden force, Small souls, May we be forgiven, The maids, The glass menagerie (nomination Theo d'Or), Mary Stuart (nomination Theo d'Or), Teorema, Phaedra, And We Will Never be Parted, Disgrace, The Russians!, La grande bouffe, Macbeth (as Lady Macbeth), The Seagull, Blood Wedding, Hamlet vs Hamlet, Liliom, Cries and whispers, Children of the sun, Opening Night (nomination Colombina), Ifigeneia in Aulis, Naar Damascus, Oresteia (nomination Colombina), Don Carlos, Perfect wedding, Cocktail, Bergtaal, Count your blessings, De mooie onbekende, Het mondeling verraad, Lady Windermere's fan, Penthesilea, Variété, Andromache, Anne Frank, de tentoonstelling, Bekende gezichten, gemengde gevoelens, Ballet, Lulu, Boeing boeing, Kras and Titus, geen Shakespeare.

In 2008, she was awarded the Theo d’Or for best actress for her role as Cleopatra in Roman Tragedies. In 2007, she was nominated best supporting actress for her role in Oresteia and in 2006 for her role in Opening Night. In 2015 she received a Theo d'Or nomination for her part in Mary Stuart and in 2016 a Theo d'Or nomination for her part in The glass menagerie.

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In 1994, Nietvelt joined the theatre company ZT Hollandia, where she became one of the company’s defining actresses. She also acted in the highly acclaimed production of Houllebecq’s Atomised in collaboration with the Schauspielhaus in Zürich, directed by Johan Simons. In 2008, Nietvelt played the role of the courtisan Marquerite Gautier in Van Hove’s German language production Kameliendame.

AWARDS
2016
| nomination Theo d'Or | Glazen speelgoed at Toneelgroep Amsterdam
2015
| nomination Theo d'Or | Maria Stuart at Toneelgroep Amsterdam
2008
| Theo d'Or | Romeinse tragedies at Toneelgroep Amsterdam
2007
| nomination Colombina | Oresteia at Toneelgroep Amsterdam
2006
| nomination Colombina | Opening Night at Toneelgroep Amsterdam / NTGent
2000
| nomination Theo d'Or | Kameliendame at Toneelgroep Amsterdam / Schauspielhaus Hamburg
1995
| nomination Theo d'Or | Rijkemanshuis at Zuidelijk Toneel
1990
| nomination Theo d'Or | Lulu at Toneelgroep Amsterdam

WORK OUTSIDE ITA


2023
Sweet Dreams | director: Ena Sendijarevic
De Twaalf | Eén

2021

Leef | Polar Bear, VRT
Red light | BNNVARA
F*** You Very, Very Much | Play4

2020
Flikken Maastricht | AVROTROS
Over water | Panenka

2019
Fiskepark | deMensen
Grenslanders | Column Film, EyeWoks

2018
FENIX | Shariff Korver

2007
Spoed | VTM
Verschoten & Zonen | VTM

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2004
Sentimenti | NPS

1998
Thuisfront | Ivo van Hove

1994
Oude tongen | Gerardjan Rijnders

1991
Werther Nieland | Wilbert Bank
Oog in oog | IKON

1989
Postbus X | VRT

Shows

Language NP Language no problem The Wall ITA Ensemble Theater The Wall
Close The Wall ITA Ensemble / Eline Arbo
05 Mar '25 to 27 Apr '25
A middle-aged woman concludes, one morning during a weekend at a friends' country house in the Austrian Alps, that she is all alone. She sets out to investigate and, comes across an impenetrable glass wall, which completely isolates her from the rest of the world.
Language NP Language no problem The Hours
on Tour
ITA Ensemble Theater The Hours
Close The Hours ITA Ensemble / Eline Arbo
20 Jun '25 to 22 Jun '25
The stage adaptation of Michael Cunningham's The Hours.
Language NP Language no problem The Laws ITA Ensemble Theater The Laws
Close The Laws ITA Ensemble / Eline Arbo
In her debut novel The Laws, Connie Palmen tells the story of a woman in search of herself. Seven encounters with seven men over seven years.