Gepke Witteveen


Gepke Marijke Witteveen, also known as Gepke Haakma, is a Dutch actor and director.

Education

Witteveen followed an education at the Academie voor Podiumvorming in The Hague.

Career

As actor

After finishing her education, Witteveen performed with several theatre groups. She would also have various guest roles in Goede tijden, slechte tijden, Bureau Kruislaan and Diamant.
In 1996, Witteveen played Desirée van Cloppenburg in the daily soap opera Goudkust. She would be the only actor that was with the show for the entire duration of its runtime, which ended in 2001.
In the summer of 2007, Witteveen began filming for the movie Ver van familie together with Katja Schuurman and Camilla Siegertsz. The movie was released in 2008.
In late 2008, Witteveen played Noortje Warmerdam in Pauwen en Reigers.
In the early 2010s, Witteveen had roles in De avonturen van Kruimeltje and Olifantenvoeten, but after that she would not appear on the screen for years.
In 2018, Witteveen made her return to on-screen acting with her role as Dominique de Bree in #Forever.

Outside acting

Between her acting and directing, Witteveen focusses on giving trainings. Among these was her personal training program Hier en Nu. Together with Hans Steijger, Harry Mertens, Meike van der Linde, André van den Berg and Daniëlle Louis she would found the Haagse Kringen. She also founded Première Parterre, her own theatre, in 2005.
In may 2017, Witteveen started directing De absolute vrijheid for Het Portret Spreekt. This is a play by Belle van Zuylen that was translated by Carel Alphenaar and Hanna Laus. She also directed another play by Belle van Zuylen called De edelman.
On 17 november 2018, Witteveen participated in the Indië Monologen in Noordwijk at the theatre De Muze. This would later also be performed as the Indische Essenties in her own theatre Première Parterre.