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Johanna ter Steege

Date of birth: 1961-05-10

Place of birth: Wierden, Overijssel, Netherlands

Known for: Acting

Also known as:

Johanna ter Steege

Biography

Johanna ter Steege is a Dutch stage and screen actress. 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 1994, after Julia Robert and Uma Thurman declined, Stanley Kubrick cast her for his adaptation of Louis Begley's novel Wartime Lies. Kubrick abandoned the project after Steven Spielberg's success with Schindler's List.

Movie Credits

The Vanishing
3.7

The Vanishing

1988-10-27

Rex and Saskia, a young couple in love, are on vacation. They stop at a busy service station and Sas

One Life is Not Enough
0

One Life is Not Enough

2016-02-03

Fien de la Mar (1898-1965) was a Dutch actress with exceptional allure and extraordinary talent. Wit

Immortal Beloved
3.5

Immortal Beloved

1994-12-16

A chronicle of the life of infamous classical composer Ludwig van Beethoven and his painful struggle

Sweet Emma, Dear Böbe
2.9

Sweet Emma, Dear Böbe

1992-03-20

The story shows Emma's and Böbe's fight for survival, for keeping their position in society which th

Guernsey
2.7

Guernsey

2005-08-25

Guernsey is the story of a woman who suddenly looks at her own life and wonders how she became miles

Rembrandt
2.9

Rembrandt

1999-08-09

This French-German-Dutch biopic on the life of 17th century Dutch master Rembrandt van Rijn is told

Someone Else's Happiness
3

Someone Else's Happiness

2005-12-07

A village outside Brussels is rocked when a child is killed in a hit-and-run accident and its inhabi

Sea of Silence
4.5

Sea of Silence

2003-09-26

1969. Nine-year old Caro lives on a pig farm in a small town with her four other siblings and anothe

Le Bel Âge
2.1

Le Bel Âge

2009-12-30

At 18, Claire is torn between swim practice and the pangs of first love. The elderly and eccentric M

Mariken
2.6

Mariken

2000-12-07

A family film, based on a well-known Dutch story from the Middle Ages. Mariken tells the compelling

Tirza
2.5

Tirza

2010-09-30

Jörgen's world is crumbling. Forced into early retirement and harassed by his ex-wife, the only part

The Phantom Heart
3

The Phantom Heart

1996-03-27

Philippe is a middle-aged painter, he lives with Annie : they have two kids. Just after they split u

Lilet Never Happened
3.5

Lilet Never Happened

2012-10-13

Lilet Never Happened is the rollercoaster story of how a young girl, struggling to survive in the st

Tot ziens
3.6

Tot ziens

1995-09-07

A woman falls in love with a married, Belgian man. She finds out that he's married too late... altho

Isztambul
2.9

Isztambul

2012-02-16

Housewife Katalin Munk has her world torn apart when her lecturer husband János arrives home to tell

Under the Naked Sky
4

Under the Naked Sky

2023-09-21

Elvie is an inquisitive young girl, who lives in a caravan with her intellectually disabled mother –

Sergeant Pepper
3.6

Sergeant Pepper

2004-12-23

A dog who was named after the Beatles album, inherits his master's fortune. His owner's two children

The most beautiful thing in the world
1.7

The most beautiful thing in the world

2015-01-31

Sam and Do (short for Dominique) have been together for five years. They enjoy life and are very hap

The Trap
3

The Trap

2008-02-06

What at first appears to be a surprise family holiday turns into a kidnapping and ends in a nightmar

Paradise Road
3.2

Paradise Road

1997-02-11

A group of English, American, Dutch and Australian women creates a vocal orchestra while being impri

To Life
2.6

To Life

2014-11-26

Helen, Rose and Lili have survived the Holocaust and have never seen each other since the war has en

Forever and Ever
1.9

Forever and Ever

1997-01-30

A life of little Maria who lives in a foster family breaks after a sudden appearance of her mother M

Last Conversation
0.5

Last Conversation

2009-09-10

A woman drives in her car, wearing a grave look on her face. In the background, we hear the sounds o

The Birth of Love
3.1

The Birth of Love

1993-09-22

The unhappy love lives of Paul and Marcus, two artists and friends who are neither particularly youn

Ruwe honing
0

Ruwe honing

2008-10-01

A tense father and mother prepare a visit to their son, whose birthday it is. The father is sent out

A Woman of the North
0

A Woman of the North

1999-09-30

Young Dutch widow Emilie travels to a seaside resort in Italy, where she falls in love with Italian

Hanna lacht
0

Hanna lacht

2000-01-01

History's Future
1.9

History's Future

2016-01-28

Losing his memory after a mugging, a man known only as 'MP' (Missing Person) leaves his home and set

Sluizer Speaks
0

Sluizer Speaks

2014-12-09

Some doctors say he won't last another day but still he keeps making films. Sluizer Speaks tells the

What Doesn't Kill Us
3.1

What Doesn't Kill Us

2018-09-01

As a divorced father of two teenage daughters, with a head-strong ex-wife for a best friend, too man

I Can No Longer Hear the Guitar
3.5

I Can No Longer Hear the Guitar

1991-09-11

For those who were young, living under the delusions of love and soft drugs in Paris, May 1968 - eve

Yesterday
2.2

Yesterday

2018-09-06

50-year-old Victor Ganz owns a thriving civil engineering company that operates worldwide. But when

Maya
2.6

Maya

2018-12-19

The film follows a 30-year-old man named Gabriel, a French war reporter who was taken to hostage in

Vincent & Theo
3.2

Vincent & Theo

1990-12-02

The tragic story of Vincent van Gogh broadened by focusing as well on his brother Theodore, who help

The Year of the First Kiss
2.6

The Year of the First Kiss

2002-10-03

31 year-old Tristan remembers the time when he was 15 and had just hit puberty. But he is not alone

The Contract
0

The Contract

2012-10-03

Emma, a dissolute young woman with a strong desire to become a mother, has finally found the love of

The Marriage Escape
3.8

The Marriage Escape

2020-02-10

Jan has been married to Gedda for 35 years. Gedda loves Jan so much that she smothers him: before he

Meeting Venus
2.8

Meeting Venus

1991-09-18

Celebrated Swedish opera star Karin Anderson is slated to appear in an internationally-telecast prod

De Baby
0

De Baby

2012-12-20

Magic Paris
2.1

Magic Paris

2007-03-17

Kate comes alone to Paris for the week-end. In this city she doesn't know, she is going to meet a ma

De bunker
3

De bunker

1992-10-01

In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands, high-profile Dutch resistance member Gerrit Kleinveld sets out to

Cool Kids Don't Cry
4

Cool Kids Don't Cry

2012-02-15

Adaptation of one of Benelux most famous children's novels. Tough prime school girl Akkie loves socc

We Were Here Once
0

We Were Here Once

As death approaches, a lonely man sends his final words into space, hoping alien life will one day u