# 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.

## Personal life

Luca was born in Rotterdam. 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. In March 2007 the production Sophie Tucker, The Last of the Red Hot Mama's premiered.
| 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 |
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## Discography

In late 2006, Luca 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 | |
| 1981 | 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 | Ingrid | Voice |
| 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 movie |
| 1994 | Seth & Fiona | | Ellen | TV series 1 Episode |
| 1996 | De jurk | The dress | Blind woman | |
| 1996 | Mijn Franse tante Gazeuse | | Midwife Willems | |
| 2001 | Minoes | Miss Minoes | Aunt Moortje | Voice |
| 2002 | De sluikrups | | Roxy | |
| 2002 | Ja zuster, nee zuster | Yes Nurse! No Nurse! | Sister Klivia | |
| 2005 | Lepel | | Koppenol | |
| 2005 | Robots | | Aunt Fanny | Voice (Dutch version) |
| 2006–2015 | 't Schaep met de 5 Pooten | Dora | Doortje Lefèvre | TV series 40 Episodes |
| 2012 | De Marathon | | Hannie | |
| 2019 | Baantjer: Het Begin | Amsterdam Vice | Louise | |
| 2019 | Mi Vida | My Life | Lou Welter | |
| 2021 | Maud & Babs | | Babs | TV series 8 Episodes |
| 2022 | Knor | Oink | Aunt Christine | Voice |
| 2022 | Ik wist het | If Only She Knew | Viola | |
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