Simone Kleinsma
Simone Kleinsma is a musical theatre actress in the Netherlands.
Personal life
On 5 June 1990, Simone married Guus Verstraete, a Dutch television director.Career
Simone provided voice over work to numerous major animated films; including The Fairy Godmother in Shrek 2, Yzma in The Emperor's New Groove, Esmé Holgert in Babe and , Georgette in Oliver and Company and An American Tail.Kleinsma performs on regularly base with pianists or orchestra. As an actress she became known for her part in the TV-hit series 'Kees & co'. She played Kees Heistee, mother of Anne and Rudie and married to Ben Heistee.
In 1996-1997 she presented the cooking program 'Koken met Cas'.
Theater
Television
Awards
- Pisuisse Award for most promising major student Kleinkunst Academie
- Academy Award/ Gouden Beelden for Best Comedy actress as Kees Heistee in Kees & Co
- Golden Harp
- John Kraaijkamp Musical Award for her part as Donna Stuiveling in the musical Mamma Mia!
- John Kraaijkamp Musical Award for playing Norma Desmond in the musical Sunset Boulevard
- John Kraaijkamp Musical Award: Speciale Theater Award for her theatershow Simone: Songs from the Heart
- Nomination John Kraaijkamp Musical Award for Best performance by an actress in a leading role as Roxie Hart in the musical Chicago
- Nomination John Kraaijkamp Musical Award voor Best performance by an actress in a leading role in Fosse
Albums
| Title | year | remark | |||
| Met open ogen | 1995 | 27-01-1996 | 46 | 12 | |
| Sunset Boulevard - The Dutch cast album | 2010 | 14-02-2009 | 18 | 4 | Soundtrack Sunset Boulevard |
| Simone - Songs from the heart | 2010 | 09-01-2010 | 28 | 5 | |
| Simone - Songbook | 2010 | 01-01-2011 | 24 | 13 |
Singles
| Title | year | remark | |||
| Vanmorgen vloog ze nog | 1988 | 22-10-1988 | 16 | 7 | as Tsjechov / with Martine Bijl, Robert Paul & Robert Long / #15 in the Single Top 100 |
| Zonder jou | 1995 | 23-12-1995 | 3 | 16 | with Paul de Leeuw / #3 in the Single Top 100 |
| Tweestrijd | 1996 | 20-07-1996 | 35 | 3 | with Paul de Leeuw / #26 in the Single Top 100 |
| Doe een wens | 1996 | 21-12-1996 | tip8 | - | #79 in the Single Top 100 |
| Uiteind'lijk vond ik jou | 1997 | 22-03-1997 | tip12 | - | with Paul de Leeuw / #72 in the Single Top 100 |