# Veerle Baetens

Veerle Baetens (born 24 January 1978) is a Belgian actress and singer probably best known for her role as Elise/Alabama in The Broken Circle Breakdown and as lead detective Hannah Maes in the crime drama Code 37. She has also starred in numerous Flemish movies.

## Early life

Baetens was born in Brasschaat, Belgium. She had a musical education at the Hoger Instituut voor Dramatische Kunsten in Brussels.

## Career

In 2005, she won the "John Kraaijkamp Musical Award", in the category of 'Leading Actress in a musical', for the title role in the Dutch musical adaptation of Pippi Longstocking.
In 2008, she won the Flemish TV-star Award (Flemish equivalent of the Emmy Award) for Best Actress and Most Popular TV Personality, both for the title role in Sara.
In 2012, she released an album with her band "Dallas", called Take it all.
In 2013, she won the "best actress" category at the European Film Awards for her role in The Broken Circle Breakdown.
In 2013 she portrayed Margaret of Anjou in the Starz miniseries The White Queen, based on the novel of the same name by Philippa Gregory.
In 2023 she made her directorial debut with the film When it Melts.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 2000 | Misstoestanden | Fanny Kiekeboe | Renaat Coppens | |
| 2002 | Alias | Girl at car rental | Jan Verheyen | |
| 2002 | Up | The woman | Jeroen Dumoulein & Dirk Verheye | Short |
| 2003–04 | Wittekerke | Els 'Rachel Cohen' Jacobs | Several | TV series (20 episodes) |
| 2004 | The Kiss | Rita | Hilde Van Mieghem | |
| 2004 | De zusjes Kriegel | Anne | Dirk Beliën | |
| 2004 | Romance | Chantal | Douglas Boswell | Short |
| 2004 | Costa! | Veerle | Robin Pera | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2004 | Rupel | Kathy Bergmans | Renaat Coppens (2) | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2004 | Sprookjes | | Rudi Van Den Bossche | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2004 | Flikken | Annick Lafaille | Toon Slembrouck & Dirk Corthout | TV series (4 episodes) |
| 2005 | Verlengd weekend | Lisa | Hans Herbots | |
| 2005 | Litteken | The woman | Bert Temmerman | Short |
| 2006 | Love Belongs to Everyone | Barbara | Hilde Van Mieghem (2) | |
| 2006 | Stormforce | Alex Breynaert | Hans Herbots (2) | |
| 2007–08 | Sara | Sara De Roose | Several | TV series (164 episodes) |
| 2008 | Loft | Ann Marai | Erik Van Looy | |
| 2008 | Lang Zullen Ze Leven | Irna | Hans Claes | Short |
| 2008 | Samaritan | The nurse | Douglas Boswell (2) | Short |
| 2009 | The Over the Hill Band | The nurse | Geoffrey Enthoven | |
| 2009–12 | Code 37 | Hannah Maes | Several | TV series (39 episodes) |
| 2010 | Zot van A. | Anna Reynders | Jan Verheyen (2) | |
| 2010 | Yellow | The woman | Stijn Guillaume | Short |
| 2011 | Come as You Are | The nurse | Geoffrey Enthoven (2) | |
| 2011 | Code 37 | Hannah Maes | Jakob Verbruggen | |
| 2012 | The Broken Circle Breakdown | Elise Vandevelde/Alabama | Felix Van Groeningen | European Film Award for Best Actress Tribeca Film Festival Award for Best Actress Film Club's The Lost Weekend – Best Actress Film Festival Oostende – Best Actress |
| 2013 | The Verdict | Meester Teugels | Jan Verheyen (3) | |
| 2013 | The White Queen | Margaret of Anjou | Jamie Payne | TV Mini-Series (Episodes 4 and 5) |
| 2014 | Halfway | Natalie | Geoffrey Enthoven (3) | |
| 2014 | Cordon | Katja | Tim Mielants | TV series (10 episodes) |
| 2015 | The Ardennes | Sylvie | Robin Pront | |
| 2015 | Un début prometteur | Mathilde Carmain | Emma Luchini | |
| 2015 | The Team | Alicia Verbeeck | Kasper Gaardsøe & Kathrine Windfeld | TV series (8 episodes) |
| 2016 | News from Planet Mars | Chloé | Dominik Moll | |
| 2016 | Au-delà des murs | Lisa | Hervé Hadmar | TV Mini-Series |
| 2017 | Tabula Rasa | [Anne]"Mie" D'Haeze | Kaat Beels & Jonas Govaerts | TV series (9 episodes) Also writer |
| 2018 | Mothers' Instinct | Alice Brunelle | Olivier Masset-Depasse | Magritte Award for Best Actress |
| 2018 | A Sister (Une sœur) | operator | Delphine Girard | Nominated for an Oscar for best short movie |
| 2019 | Cheyenne et Lola | Cheyenne | Eshref Reybrouck | TV series (8 episodes) Nominated - ACS Award for Best Actress |
| 2020 | Zuur | Kim | Robin Pront | Short |
| 2023 | Through the Night (Quitter la nuit) | Anna | Delphine Girard | Nominated—Magritte Award for Best Actress |
| 2023 | When It Melts (Het smelt) | | Herself | Magritte Award for Best Flemish Film Nominated—Ensor Award for Best Film Nominated—Ensor Award for Best Director Nominated—Ensor Award for Best Screenplay |

## Musicals

* Cabaret (1998)
* Where were you when... (1999)
* Nonsens (1999)
* Chicago (2000)
* Holiday Love Show (2003)
* Pippi Langkous (2005) – Pippi Langkous

## Awards as film actress

| Year | Award | Category | Film | Result |
| 2013 | European Film Awards | European Actress | The Broken Circle Breakdown | Won |
| 2013 | Tribeca Film Festival | Best Actress in a Narrative Feature Film | The Broken Circle Breakdown | Won |
| 2016 | Magritte Awards | Best Actress | Un début prometteur | Won |