Loes Luca

Louise "Loes" Diana Wilhelmina Catharina Luca (born 18 October 1953) is a Dutch actress, singer and comedian. She began her career in the 1980s as a stage actress and singer in various musicals. She later started a successful film and television career, starring in Spetters, Het meisje met het rode haar, De Noorderlingen and Ja zuster, nee zuster. She also appeared in the television show 't Schaep met de 5 Pooten.[1]

Loes Luca
Loes Luca portraying the character of Yvette de Vriesch (1992)
Born	18 October 1953 Rotterdam, Netherlands
Occupation	Actor, singer and comedian
Years active	1980–present
Children	Nina Gantz

Personal life

She was born in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. When she was seventeen she wanted to go to the Academie voor Expressie. Because she didn't speak French at the time and had only three years Mulo, after which she departed for France to become an au pair. Five years later she was admitted and she is now an official drama teacher. Luca married in the 1980s and had one daughter (BAFTA and Sundance winning animation film director Nina Gantz) but divorced in 1992 after her husband had cheated on her. Until his death in 2008 she was in a relationship with Harald van der Lubbe (brother to De Dijk's Huub van der Lubbe).

In an interview with the Dutch Psychology Magazine, Luca disclosed that her father engaged in sexual activities with younger men during her youth. She added that this had strained her relationship with her father.

Theatre

In the onewomanshow Moordwijven Loes Luca depicts the racy story of five women fighting life's challenges in just a few scenes. Luca was nominated for the Theo d'Or, a theatre prize awarded annually to the best actress in a leading role.[2] In March 2007 the production "Sophie Tucker, The Last of the Red Hot Mama's" premiered.[1]

Year	Title	Role	Director	Production company
1981	De wangedachte			De Horde
1982	Ik mag zo graag eenvoudig stil			De Horde
2006	Loes Luca – Moordwijven (Murder bitches)	five women	Aat Ceelen	Kikproductions
Reference:[3][4]

Discography

Late 2006 she released a CD called Wenend in het portaal (crying in the porch), in which she sings old almost forgotten tear-jerkers.

Filmography

Year	Title	International Title	Role	Notes
1980	Spetters
1981	Een vlucht regenwulpen	A flight of rainbirds	Driver
	Het meisje met het rode haar	The girl with the red hair	An
1983	Het veld van eer		Ada
1984	De schorpioen	The Scorpion	Girl in bar
1986	Abel	Voyeur	Christine
1987	Een maand later	A month later	Voice of Ingrid
1989	Theo en Thea		Masochistic housekeeper
1992	De Noorderlingen	The northerners	Fat Willy's mother
1994	Wie aus weiter Ferne		Woman farmer & tea lady	(TV)
	Seth & Fiona		Ellen	1 Episode
1996	De jurk	The dress	Blind woman
	Mijn Franse tante Gazeuse		Midwife Willems
2001	Minoes	Undercover kitty	Aunt Moortje	(Voice)
2002	De sluikrups		Roxy
	Ja zuster, nee zuster	Yes Nurse! No Nurse!	Sister Klivia
2005	Lepel		Koppenol
	Robots		Aunt Fanny	(Voice Dutch version)
2006–	't schaep met de 5 pooten	Dora	Doortje Lefèvre	8 Episodes (running)
2019	Baantjer: Het Begin	Amsterdam Vice	Louise
	Mi Vida		Lou Welter
Reference:[5][6][7]

References

1. "SophieTucker" (in Dutch). xs4all Uitburo. Archived from the original on 24 March 2008. Retrieved 31 October 2007.
2. "Loes Luca – Moordwijven" (in Dutch). Amsterdam Uitburo. Archived from the original on 20 August 2006. Retrieved 31 October 2007.
3. "Muziek theatergroep De Horde voor het eerst in Leeuwarder Harmonie". Search for '"De Horde" met nieuw programma in de Harmonie' (registration required) (free) (in Dutch). Leeuwarder Courant. 1 April 1981. Retrieved 31 October 2007.
4. ""De Horde" met nieuw programma in de Harmonie". Search for '"De Horde" met nieuw programma in de Harmonie' (registration required) (free) (in Dutch). Leeuwarder Courant. 1 March 1982. Retrieved 31 October 2007.
5. "Loes Luca" (in Dutch). IMDb. Retrieved 29 October 2007.
6. "Informatie over artiest 'Loes Luca'" (in Dutch). Filmkeuze/Filminfo. Archived from the original on 4 February 2005. Retrieved 29 October 2007.
7. "Duizendpoot Loes Luca:Leven en werken vanuit het hart" (in Dutch). NCRV Gids. 12 January 2007. Archived from the original on 12 November 2007. Retrieved 31 October 2007.

External links

• Loes Luca at IMDb
• Loes Luca at AllMovie