# Johanna ter Steege

Johanna ter Steege (born 10 May 1961) is a Dutch actress.

## Career

She won the European Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her movie debut in The Vanishing (1988). Among her other films are Robert Altman's Vincent & Theo (1990), István Szabó's Meeting Venus (1991) and Sweet Emma, Dear Böbe (1992), Bernard Rose's Immortal Beloved (1994), and Bruce Beresford's Paradise Road (1997).
In 1993, she was a member of the jury at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival and was awarded with the Berlinale Camera.
In 1994, after Julia Roberts and Uma Thurman declined, Stanley Kubrick cast her for his adaptation of Louis Begley's novel Wartime Lies. Kubrick abandoned the project after it became clear that Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List would be released first.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1988 | The Vanishing | Saskia Wagter | European Film Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 1990 | Vincent & Theo | Jo Bonger | directed by Robert Altman as 4-hour miniseries, released as 138-minute film. |
| 1991 | J'entends plus la guitare | Marianne | film won Silver Lion at 48th Venice International Film Festival |
| 1991 | Meeting Venus | Monique Angelo | UK/USA/Japan international coproduction filmed in Hungary |
| 1992 | Sweet Emma, Dear Böbe | Emma | film won Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize at 42nd Berlin International Film Festival |
| 1993 | The Birth of Love | Ulrika | France/Switzerland coproduction |
| 1994 | Immortal Beloved | Johanna Reiss | biographical film about Ludwig van Beethoven |
| 1995 | Goodbye | Laura | Original title: Tot ziens |
| 1996 | Le coeur fantôme | Mona | English title: The Phantom Heart |
| 1997 | Paradise Road | Sister Wilhelmina | filmed on location in Sydney, Singapore, Port Douglas and Penang. |
| 1997 | Für immer und immer | Susanna Eggers | English title: Forever and Ever |
| 1999 | Rembrandt | Saskia Uylenburgh | Germany/France/Netherlands international coproduction |
| 1999 | Een vrouw van het noorden | Emilie van Thuile | Dutch-language film made in Italy |
| 2000 | Mariken | Gravin | based on Peter van Gestel's children's book Mariken |
| 2001 | Passing Future - 3 Solo's | Vera | |
| 2002 | The Year of the First Kiss [de] | Tristan's Mother | |
| 2003 | Sea of Silence | Ita Werner | |
| 2004 | Sergeant Pepper | Anna Singer | |
| 2005 | Guernsey | Bobby, Anna's sister | Belgium/Netherlands coproduction |
| 2005 | Someone Else's Happiness | Ann | Original title: Een ander zijn geluk |
| 2007 | L'été indien | Johanna | |
| 2009 | Last Conversation | Anna | |
| 2009 | L'insurgée | Madeleine | filmed in Brittany, France; English title: Restless |
| 2010 | Tirza | Alma | |
| 2011 | Istanbul | Katalin Munk | Hungary/Netherlands/Ireland/Turkey international coproduction, filmed in Budapest |
| 2012 | Achtste Groepers Huilen Niet | Moeder Akkie | English title: Cool Kids Don't Cry |
| 2014 | To Life | Lili | |
| 2015 | Het mooiste wat er is | Mother | |
| 2016 | History's Future | therapist |
| 2018 | What Doesn't Kill Us | Sophie | Original title: Was uns nicht umbringt |
| 2018 | Hier | Klara | filmed in Morocco |
| 2018 | Maya | Johanna | France/Germany coproduction |
| 2020 | The Marriage Escape | Gedda | adaptation of 2016 Czech film Tiger Theory; original title: De Beentjes van Sint Hildegard; first cinema film predominantly spoken in Tweants dialect. |

## Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1994 | De pianiste | De Pianiste | TV movie |
| 1996 | Mama's Proefkonijn | Odille | TV movie |
| 1997 | The Broker's Man | Angelika Broeder | BBC series; 2 episodes |
| 2000 | De belager | Ellis Pauw | 2-part TV movie |
| 2001 | The Sound of Drumming | Vera | TV movie |
| 2006 | Dalziel and Pascoe | DS Anna Breukink | BBC One series; 2 episodes: "Wrong Time, Wrong Place" |
| 2008 | De fuik | Moeder | TV movie |
| 2009 | Juliana, prinses van oranje | Greet Hofmans | 2 episodes |
| 2012 | Lilet Never Happened | Claire | |
| 2017 | Brussel | Moniek van Dalen | 7 episodes |
| 2017 | De mannen van dokter Anne | Ine Visser | 5 episodes |