Nicolette van Dam

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In this Dutch name, the surname is van Dam, not Dam.
Nicolette van Dam
Nicolette van Dam in 2006
Born
Nicolette Helena Elizabeth van Dam

(1984-08-14) 14 August 1984 (age 39)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Occupation(s)Actress, television presenter, model
Years active2001–present

Nicolette van Dam (born 14 August 1984) is a Dutch

actress
, model and television host.

Biography

Nicolette van Dam was born in

Nickelodeon. In 2005, the first movie about the show was released in Dutch theaters: Zoop in Africa[1] The movie was followed by Zoop in India (2006). In 2007 the film Zoop in South-America was released in the Netherlands. For the second Zoop movie, van Dam sang Jadoo Jadoo, which was listed at the Kids Top 20. She was also nominated for a Golden Calf
for her role in the second film.

After having guest starred in the series Van Speijk in 2006, van Dam presented the reality show Pimp my Room. Her next credit as a presenter, was for the kids show Jetix Max, which is aired every Sunday on the Dutch network Jetix.

Van Dam also appeared in the movies Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo and Plop in de Stad, dubbed a voice in Ice Age: The Meltdown and had a guest role in one of the most successful investigation series of the Netherlands; Baantjer.

From March 2007 to November 2009, van Dam had a role in the successful comedy series Voetbalvrouwen.

In 2016, Van Dam hosted, together with Tim Douwsma, the SBS6 competition show The Next Boy/Girl Band.

She plays a lead role in the 2023 film Juf Braaksel en de magische ring directed by Aram van de Rest.

Twitter incident

On 18 June 2014, during the

vanishing foam
with the caption "Colombian wall", making an allusion of snorting cocaine. The post was removed soon afterwards, followed by an apology stating "Queridos Colombianos, there was no offense intended from my side. Please accept my honest and sincere apologies".

Colombian Minister of Foreign Affairs María Ángela Holguín spoke out against Van Dam, saying "This is not the first time that she has put out a disparaging tweet, and Colombia will not accept this".[2] Holguín proceeded to request Colombian ambassador in the Netherlands, Eduardo Pizarro Leongómez, to go to the chancellery of said country in search for more severe consequences to Van Dam's "disrespect towards Colombia".[3][4][5] As a consequence of the incident, Van Dam resigned her position as UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Zoop in Afrika, Independent Films". independentfims.nl. Archived from the original on 2019-06-27. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
  2. ^ Dugdale, Emily (19 June 2014). "Colombia files UN protest over offensive tweet by Dutch actress - Colombia News". Colombia Reports. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  3. ^ Lima, Jessica. "A UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Posted A Really Offensive Photo About Colombians On Twitter". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  4. ^ "Colombia pide explicaciones a Holanda y a Unicef por meme ofensivo". El Espectador. 19 June 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  5. ^ Nicolette van Dam [@NicoletteVanDam] (June 18, 2014). "Queridos Colombianos, there was no offense intended from my side. Please accept my honest and sincere apologies. #RespectColombia" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. Indiatimes
    . 20 June 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.

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