Sophie van Winden

(Amsterdam, 1983) is an actress and founded the theatre collective Waal and Wind with Eva Maria de Waal in 2015. They make plays and podcasts on topics they consider important. Their first triptych is about the position of women: Holy-F (2016), Mama Marlene (2020). The final volume titled Eigentlich bin ich ganz anders aber ich komme so selten dazu will be released in October 2023. While studying theatre in Maastricht, she made her debut in her first film role in Leef!, for which she won a Golden Calf for best actress in a supporting role. Since then she has acted in a large number of feature films, television series and, initially with the Noord Nederlands Toneel and later with Het Nationale Theater, in theatre productions including in leading roles in Romeo and Juliet, Tirza, Bed Bound and Faust.