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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.
Awards & recognition
- European Film Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1988
- European Film Award — Best Actress · 1992 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1988 · nominated
Filmography10 titles

The Marriage Escape
2020as Gedda
2020as Gedda

The Vanishing
1988as Saskia Wagter
1988as Saskia Wagter

Immortal Beloved
1994as Johanna Reiss
1994as Johanna Reiss

Vincent & Theo
1990as Jo Bonger
1990as Jo Bonger

Paradise Road
1997as Sister Wilhelminia
1997as Sister Wilhelminia

Meeting Venus
1991as Monique
1991as Monique

Isztambul
2012as Katalin
2012as Katalin

Maya
2018as Johanna
2018as Johanna

To Life
2014as Lili
2014as Lili

Tirza
2010as Alma
2010as Alma