Halina Reijn

Early life and education

Halina Reijn was born on 10 November 1975 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Fleur ten Kate and Frank Volkert Reijn. Reijn's parents were both artists. She is the middle child of three daughters, with an older sister named Leonora and a younger named Esther. Her father was gay despite being in a heterosexual marriage with her mother. Reijn grew up in an anthroposophy household, and her parents were followers of the Subud spiritual movement. In her early years, she grew up with her family in the tiny village of Wildervank, Groningen located in the north of the Netherlands. The place attracted many artists, Reijn described it as a "pleasant community". They lived without television and never visited the cinema. Instead they played music, drew and painted. Her father built a theater room with a podium and flats for her.

Reijn developed an interest in acting when her babysitter took her to a showing of Annie, a film adaptation of the Broadway musical, at a local theater when she was six. She stated, "When I saw Annie, I thought, I want that too. I was very jealous of her." With help of her mother, she joined a youth theater in Veendam. Reijn found it inadequate and thought the other children did not take it seriously enough, which led her mother to pursue an audition with the theater collective De Voorziening (precursor to the ) despite being only ten years old.

When she was ten years old, and a year after her parents had amicably separated, her father died suddenly from suffocation caused by an undiagnosed pulmonary embolism. Following her father's death, Reijn and her remaining immediate family stayed "very close" and they moved to a newly-built neighborhood of Groningen in order to escape the isolation. Reijn was able to continue her theater lessons, and her mother, like a "soccer mom", would bring her everywhere to auditions; Reijn had strong desire to become a child star. From age eleven onwards, under the tutelage of Josja Hamann, she attended the Vooropleiding Theater in Groningen, a selective youth academy where they were giving lessons and had to rehearse every midday. She stayed eight years at the academy. She also attended a VWO school in Groningen. Upon receiving her diploma, she applied at theater schools in Maastricht, Arnhem, and Amsterdam, with the Sonia Moore Studio of the Theatre in New York as a back-up. With the latter, she had spent a year in New York and passed an audition. She ultimately chose the Maastricht Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Career

1994–1999: Early television and theater work

Throughout her teenage years, she had her earliest acting gigs in various minor roles on the small screen, and a bigger role in **, a thirteen-part comedy series on the Veronica channel, that ran for a single season. The latter one was meant as a backbone for her entrance exam into theatre school. Reijn was professionally trained at the Maastricht Academy of Dramatic Arts, where she graduated in 1998. In the middle of her second year in Maastricht, two years before her final exams, she was allowed to leave with an honorable mention. She was asked to join the ensemble at the where she was offered the role of Ophelia in Hamlet, Subsequently, , the artistic director, offered her a permanent place at the collective. Among her other performances for De Trust, her portrayal of Lulu in Shopping and Fucking was awarded the prestigious Dutch theater prize, the Colombina, for "Best Supporting Actress" in 1998. She also had parts in The Cherry Orchard, The Last Ones, Jeff Koons and Adel Blank; the latter was a co-production with .

She also appeared in a short called Temper! Temper! written and directed by Frank Lammers, which was part of Kort Rotterdams, a five-part series highlighting common elements of Rotterdam's society. In 1998, Reijn branched out into film, with the adaptation of the Jan Wolkers's short story De wet op het kleinbedrijf, where she had a principal role in the television film. The following year she starred in her first **, an initiative started by the NPO in 1998 to produce films for public television: De Trein van zes uur tien, a Dutch thriller directed by Frank Ketelaar that was broadcast by AVRO. It was part of the 2000s Cologne Conference, where it was selected among the ten programmes at the TopTen section of the festival. That same year she played a bit part as a sex worker in Martin Koolhoven's breakout film, Suzy Q, which featured Reijn's lifelong friend Carice van Houten in the title role. Despite its warm critical reception and launching the careers of the people involved, the movie was never released on home video, in theaters or shown outside its home country due to music license issues with artists like The Rolling Stones and Jimi Hendrix among others.

2000-2003: Toneelgroep Amsterdam and first film roles

Reijn made her big screen acting debut in De Omweg (also known as "The Detour"), a semi-autobiographical drama directed and written by Frouke Fokkema. It opened in Dutch theaters on 7 November 2000 to little fanfare. On 1 January 2001, 3 years after Reijn joined, De Trust would fuse with another theater company named Art & Pro, they would continue under the new name of de Theatercompagnie. The fusion, however, did not prove fruitful in the long term, the newly formed company was steeped in financial difficulties, infighting between the co-founders, overworked actors and in the later years there would be conflict with the government over subsidies. Further that year, she would star in Nanouk Leopold's directorial debut, tragicomedy Îles flottantes, it follows the dysfunctional lives of three friends who all recently turned thirty. The low budget film was part of No More Heroes, an initiative started in order to produce films from upcoming Dutch filmmakers. The film was selected for and first premiered at the 2001's International Film Festival Rotterdam, where it was nominated for the Tiger Award. Between her two film releases in 2001, she also participated in De acteurs, a seven part weekly series where fourteen young actors were interviewed and paired up with each other to rehearse scenes from a miniseries created by Kim van Kooten. that same year, Reijn gained further notoriety with her role in the tragicomedy, Zus & Zo, alongside De Trust peers, which was written and directed by Paula van der Oest. The movie revolves around three sisters trying to stop their gay brother from marrying a woman and in doing so securing the family's seaside estate for his own. Reijn played the unsuspecting fiancée. The movie premiered at the 2001 Toronto International Film Festival, just before the September 11 attacks. The movie was nominated for Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 75th Academy Awards, even though it received mixed reviews. She also starred in her second short, Flicka, as the title role, in which she played a computer programme who is in relationship with a lonely building supervisor, it was produced as part of NTR . And lastly she appeared in the VARA TV Movie Herschreven vriendschap.

In 2002, Reijn featured in four projects. First she played a minor part in Frank Van Passel's Villa des Roses, her first role in an English/French language international co-production, based on the novel of the same name by Willem Elsschot. Her next two projects were on television with the short TV drama De afrekening and the TV Movie Ware Liefde. She also had a minor role in Moonlight, Paula van der Oest's follow-up movie. Meanwhile, back on stage she performed her first role for Toneelgroep Amsterdam, with Ivo van Hove as director she took on the role of courtesan Poppea in Con Amore. At the time, while she was still connected with De Trust, she got 'loaned out' to TGA. For De Theatercompagnie she returned to the role of Ophelia in Hamlet, a character she played previously, for a new rendition of the Shakespearean classic.

In 2003, she joined the ensemble at Toneelgroep Amsterdam (TGA), under the direction of future long-time collaborator Ivo van Hove. Around that time she also completed her final performance for De Theatercompagnie, with a new production of The Seagull, where she played Nina. In her first year, with the Toneelgroep Amsterdam, she starred in two plays: She played Irina in the Three Sisters, based upon the play of Anton Chekhov of the same name, and Eugene O'Neill's Mourning Becomes Electra, a co-production with the Toneelschuur, for the latter performance, in which she played Lavinia, she was nominated for a Theo d'Or for "Best Female Actress" in 2004. On television she starred in two telefilms, she played Ewouds's girlfriend in Boy Ecury and Hostess Patty in Het wonder van Máxima, they were aired on public television on 2 and 9 April respectively.

Reijn had three big screen releases in 2003. Her first appearance was as Polleke's mother, Tina, in the family film Polleke, a film adaption of Guus Kuijer's children's book. At first, she was bewildered why she approached by director Ineke Houtman for the role of Polleke's mother, at the time she viewed herself too young to play a mother, but later accepted the role when delving into the character's story. It was the opening film of the Cinekid festival on 11 October. Her next feature film was with director-writer Alex van Warmerdam, called Grimm, in which she had the female leading role. The story is loosely based on Grimm Brothers's Brother and Sister, in which a brother and sister are abandoned by their father in a forest; in a note their mother urges them to go to Spain to meet up with their uncle. The movie was first shown at SSIF, before released nationwide in the Dutch theaters in early December. Compared to the directors earlier work, Grimm was a critical and financial disappointment. Dissatisfied with the original cut, director Alex van Warmerdam together with editor Job ter Burg went back to the original and reworked the entire film. The new cut premiered at 2019's Netherlands Film Festival. Reijn then starred in Maarten Treurniet's directorial debut Father's Affair, where she played Ellen, the girlfriend of Peter Paul Muller's character and best friend of his deceased wife, who is notified by his GP that he is infertile, which leads to a desperate search for the biological father of his fourteen-year-old son. For her performance as Ellen, Reijn was nominated for best actress at the Golden Calves. In March 2004, both Polleke and Father's Affair, were awarded the Golden Film by the Netherlands Film Festival for having sold 100,000 tickets at the box office.

2004-2009: ''Black Book'', ''La Voix humaine'' and brief hiatus from acting

Compared to her previous years, 2004 was a year of rediscovery and recuperation for Reijn. During a production of Mourning Becomes Electra she approached and told Ivo van Hove: "Take me out of everything, remove me from all your plans, because I can't handle it anymore". She started to resent her work and needed a time-out from her work, friends and home. She was granted unpaid leave by Toneelgroep Amsterdam. In April of that year, on invitation of Renée Missel, who she met at the Oscars that spring, she travelled to Los Angeles. While staying in Los Feliz, and with a scholarship of the VandenEnde Foundation and Fonds Podiumkunsten, she attended an actors and directors lab under the guidance of Judith Weston. The following year, she returned to the stage with Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, where she played the title character. The new interpretation of the play received glowing reviews, Reijn in particular got acclaim for her part as Katherina. Reijn also took part in Masterclass, a hidden camera fake documentary-style television film written and directed Hans Teeuwen. It follows Pierre Bokma playing as himself giving a master class together with his reclusive former mentor Peer Mascini to six theatre students. In the film, Reijn is one of the actors interviewed about their previous experiences with Mancini, the actors involved, however, aren't made aware that they are secretly being recorded. Also in 2005, she starred in Erik de Bruyn's poetry short Lentelied, based upon the poem Frühlingslied by J. C. van Schagen.

In 2006, she starred in A Thousand Kisses, directed by Willem van de Sande Bakhuyzen, the final film before his death. It was released on 9 March in Dutch theaters. That same week, Huis van de toekomst (House of the Future) had its premiere at the Compagnietheater, Amsterdam. The multimedia play, written and directed by Carina Molier, stars a group of actors living in Big Brother-style house playing fictionalized versions of intellectuals, who Molier had previously interviewed, engaging in a science experiment. The piece also included video that was recorded prior and the actors could be viewed from every angle by the audience, who were also accompanied by a camera crew. Reijn played a media expert named Anna Tabaknikova that was based on Maja Kuzmanovic. She next played as the central character in Hedda Gabler. In contrast with other portrayals, Reijn approached the character in a more messy, unkept way who is more direct and frank in her dealings with others. While her performance received praise, the play itself was viewed less favourably.

Reijn then starred in Black Book, a World War II drama-thriller co-written and directed by Paul Verhoeven and co-starring Carice van Houten and Sebastian Koch. Set in Nazi occupied Netherlands, the film featured her as Ronnie, an opportunist who prioritizes her own luxury and survival during the war in contrast with Rachel Steinn (van Houten), a Jewish woman on the run, who gets involved with the Dutch resistance. She originally auditioned for the lead role, but was passed over in favour of van Houten and was given the part of Ronnie instead; Verhoeven found her appearance a better match for the latter character, they wanted a softer less pronounced look for the protagonist. The international co-production, with a total production cost of 21 million dollars, is the most expensive Dutch film ever made. The movie had its world premiere at the 63rd Venice Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Golden Lion. It was the 2007's Dutch entry for the Academy Awards as Best Foreign Language Film, but was not selected. For her performance, she was nominated for her second Golden Calf and a Rembrandt Award. She would return to the stage with Oresteia, where she portrayed the character of Elektra under the direction of Johan Simons. Oresteia was collaboration between TGA and the Belgian theatre company NTGent. She would also provide her voice for the short Voor een paar knikkers meer, which became a festival darling that was shown at 200 festivals.

Following a three-year absence of the play, she would reprise her role in Mourning Becomes Electra for a new season in the first half of 2007. Also that spring, at the 57th Berlin International Film Festival, Reijn was one of the actors selected by the European Film Promotion for the annual Shooting Stars Award. Her next film role was in Tamar van den Dop's first feature film, Blind. In the film she played a withdrawn albino woman, whose face is so fully scarred and who has severe insecurities about her appearance that one day she gets hired to read for a recently blind man. The role was noted to be a departure for Reijn, at the time she was primarily known for portraying extroverted characters. In the autumn on the stage, she had a supporting role as Tecmessa in Ajax, together with actors from the Theatercompagnie. It ran until December 2007. She also took on the role of Nadine, in the road film drama of the same name, directed by Erik de Bruyn. The role of Nadine is depicted by three different actors across three stages of the character's life with Reijn appearing in flashbacks as the youngest one who is an ambitious party animal. The movie received only a limited release, and was received mostly positive by critics who praised the acting but criticised the poor script. On television she starred in the two-part mini-series biographical drama, De Prins en het Meisje, that loosely depicts the controversial engagement and its fallout between Mabel Wisse Smit and the late Prince Friso, portrayed respectively by Reijn and Fedja van Huêt. It was first screened at the Netherlands Film Festival, where the two leads won the Golden Calf Special Jury Prize, before it was broadcast on Nederland 2.

In May 2008, Reijn returned to Hollywood for the second time in order to develop her screenplay of her novel, Prinsesje Nooitgenoeg, into a feature film with the intention of directing the project herself. Upon her return to Europe, she went back to stage with an adaptation of Luchino Visconti's Rocco and His Brothers which had its premiere in German at the Ruhrtriennale festival before coming to Amsterdam following May. In the play she takes on the part of sex worker Nadia, who finds herself caught in a rivalry between the brothers Rocco and Simone. Even though Nadia only appears sporadically, she loved playing this type of character which she described as "part strong woman, part almost animalistic". In October, TGA started a new season of The Taming of the Shrew that ran until December. She had supporting role as Margarethe von Oven alongside her Black Book co-star Carice van Houten, in the Tom Cruise vehicle Valkyrie. Both were separately asked to join the cast, after Cruise and Bryan Singer had watched Black Book. The film marks Reijn's first and only acting role in a major Hollywood production. The movie about the 20 July plot received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics and was a box office success. In the wake of Valkyrie's release, she was offered numerous film roles but decided to stick to theater and forgo Hollywood at the time.

Reijn started off 2009 with her first monodrama, Jean Cocteau's La voix humaine. The project was developed for Antwerp-based Arts centre Monty, who asked van Hove to produce a small-scale production for their "Le salon des exilés" exhibition, which was created to challenge its participants to create a scaled-down play. At first, Reijn was apprehensive about the role citing poor experiences with solo plays at school, as a solution she became directly involved co-translating the original text. Furthermore, she had adjust her usual intense acting style to be more subdued. It had two additional appearances at the New Island Festival and Polish theatre festival KONTAKT, at the latter she won the Best Actress award. Before bringing it back for the following season with its Dutch premiere in October of that same year. Reijn earned widespread acclaim for her performance. Mick Heaney of the Irish Times described Reijn's acting as "whose performance is remarkable in any language". The drama proved to be a major success, over the course of eleven years, she would perform it 183 times across the world, up until her retirement from acting in December 2019. A month later, Cries and Whispers, an adaptation of Ingmar Bergman's film of the same name, had its debut in Antwerp and a Dutch tour right after. It was also performed at the Next Wave Festival in 2011. In it Reijn starred as the younger sister Maria. The overall reception to it was mostly positive, although it was generally considered inferior to the original film. Her next project was the Antonioni Project, an adaption that combines the three films, L’Avventura, La Notte and L'Eclisse, of Michelangelo Antonioni into a single script.

2010-2012: Established actress and the Theo d'Or

With the start of the decade, she returned to the silver screen with Win/Win, a telefilm about the 2008 financial crisis that takes place in Amsterdam Zuidas. Reijn gravitated to the script due to it engagement with current events, and joined the cast despite the fact that her role as receptionist Deniz, described as a "cold formal type", was only secondary. The film has had its debut at IFFR and was later shown in Dutch theaters in April. She would also come back to television with the first season of ** alongside van Houten, the Dutch version of the Israelian BeTipul, In the show she plays Lara, a doctor, who falls for her therapist. She also starred in the music short film Great Lengths featuring music from Martyn. After a four-year hiatus she reprised her leading role in Hedda Gabler, and would return for another season in the second half of 2011, followed-up by a final show at the Munich Kammerspiele in July 2012. Alongside other famous Dutch actors, she had a cameo appearance in Sterke verhalen.

Reijn provided her voice for another short film, titled Sintel. The English-language animated short was made in Blender in collaboration with the Blender Foundation. The 15 minute long short revolves around a girl named Sintel, voiced by Reijn, and her pet dragon that is voiced by Thom Hoffman. With a budget of four thousand euros, the short was the second-most expensive Dutch animated film at the time and had its debut at the Netherlands Film Festival, before it was released online for free. It was viewed over a million times in less than a week. Her final film role of the year was in The Dinner Club, directed by Robert Jan Westdijk. The movie revolves around an eating club set in the affluent neighbourhood of het Gooi. Reijn was considered one of the few highlights, in a movie that was mostly panned. On stage, she was part of another co-production between TGA and NTGent, in a reworking of Maxim Gorky's Children of the Sun where she portrayed Lisa, the sister of the main character. It earned significant acclaim from critics, with particular mentions towards the cast. Volkskrant's Karin Veraart called Reijn performance as the neurotic sister Lisa "fantastic". The original season ran until February 2011, with a follow-up season in early 2013.

In 2011, she was part of the ensemble cast for De Russen! (The Russians), an adaptation written by Tom Lanoye that rewrites Anton Chekhov's Platonov and Ivanov into a five hour long tragicomedy set in the modern day, that involved the entire emsemble of the company. On television she starred in the episode called "Kortsluiting" of the crime drama anthology series, Van God Los, which were inspired by real events. Her single film release in 2011, was in the psychological thriller Isabelle as the titular character, a famous and beautiful actress who is abducted and held captive by a disfigured artist. In preparation for the role, Reijn lost nine kilos (18lbs) by sticking to strict diet for nine weeks. While filming, she struggled with keeping herself warm during the nude scenes and described the overall experience as intense. The film based on the eponymous novel received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics, and although her effort was commended she was largely viewed as a miscast. Despite this, Reijn was nominated for best Dutch actress for the role at the 2012's Rembrandt Awards.

Reijn began 2012 with a supporting role in the television film, De Overloper, that bridges the fifth and sixth season of the police drama Flikken Maastricht. In it she plays the temporary detective partner of Angela Schijf's character. The premiere was watched by 1.6 million people, making it as of 2015 the most watched Telefilm. Subsequently, she starred in a stage adaptation of John Cassavetes' Husbands, in it she took on the role of every female character in the play with seven roles in total. The project was created in partnership with the European Union under the Prospero initiative, that made its debut in Rennes and would being played across seven European cities in 2012. It gained a mixed reception with Dutch critics. Reijn's performance was noted as one of the high points. Husbands was the subject of a NPO Doc documentary, Bloot - een film over acteren, where their rehearsals were recorded and the cast was interviewed about their profession. For the Netherlands Film Festival, Reijn was one of a handful actors involved in a thriller short which was based on suggestions and feedback from Twitter users with only the basic premise prewritten. Following a years long hiatus, she returned as Katharina for the last season of "The Taming of the Shrew", Coinciding with it, Reijn was tasked with guiding eight girls with criminal backgrounds, who wanted to clean up their acts by auditioning for a rock musical version of the aforementioned "The Taming of the Shrew" in a television special that was part of a television program called, TV Lab, that was broadcast on NPO 3.

Reijn appeared in the ensemble cast of 2012's Goltzius & The Pelican Company, written and directed by Peter Greenaway. In the film about the Dutch printmaker Hendrick Goltzius, she portrayed Portia. She next played the titular character in a restaging of Henrik Ibsen's Nora with director Thibaud Delpeut. This would mark her having played both Ibsen's most well known heroines, Nora and Hedda Gabler. Reijn initially wished to direct the play herself with Karina Smulders in the lead, directing her own play was long held dream for her but she backed down and when Delpeut wanted to direct it she was cast as Nora. In the beginning, she was hesitant to take on the project, nevertheless she accepted due her desire to work with Delpeut. The play proved divisive among critics and audiences, although Reijn's performance received universal acclaim. Simon van den Berg of the Parool called her performance as Nora, "one of her most beautiful and intense roles so far". She was awarded a Theo d'Or by VSCD for her portrayal of Nora.

2013-2018: Continued theater work and final film roles

In 2013, she was bestowed with the Courbois-pearl by the namesake of the award, Kitty Courbois, at the Toneelgroep Amsterdam 25th anniversary event. The award was created in 2010 by Toneelgroep Amsterdam and Stadsschouwburg in order to honor the careers of actresses who have made an indelible impression on the public on theater, and in the world television and film with Courbois being the inaugural recipient. Unlike other awards, The pearl can only given by the previous recipient to another actress. She then starred as the title character in the ten-part television series Charlie, the Dutch remake of the medical comedy-drama Nurse Jackie. In the show, she played a married ER nurse who leads a double life who struggles with a drug addiction and commits adultery. After reading the scripts she quickely signed on, relishing the opportunity to play a different, more cynical character. On the ten-year anniversary, she came back as Lavinia in Mourning Becomes Electra for the 2013/2014 theater season. Over the years, they staged it over 100 times with at least 35.000 visitors worldwide. She also had a minor part in the Feuten: Het Feestje, a stand-alone sequel film to the Feuten television series.

Reijn portrayed four characters, three women and one man, St. Just, Julie, Lucile and Marion, in a radical restaging of Georg Büchner's Danton's Death, directed by Johan Simons. Its first night was on 9 February 2014, and ran until April. Set during the French Revolution, the story follows the conflict between French revolutionaries Georges Danton and Robespierre. In collaboration with theatre director Adelheid Roosen and De oversteek project, this new version incorporated hundred of local regular folks in their own clothing that are inserted in select scenes. This version of the famous play, was met a polarizing response. Loek Zonneveld writing for De Groene, noted Reijn's acting as the three women a "strong one-woman choir commentator", but adding, St. Just, Robespierre alter ego, a "strange directerial choice" that "doesn't hold up". On television, she was a guest star on the comedy show Jeuk. In the summer she was in back in theatres with an adaptation of The Fountainhead with her taking on the role of Dominique Francon. It earned a mostly positive reaction from European critics. In his positive review for The Guardian, Andrew Todd proclaimed Reijn as a "superb Francon" who is the "beating heart of the story". It was staged across Europe in Amsterdam, Festival d'Avignon, Festival Grec de Barcelona among others. The play would be restaged intermittently every year until 2019, including appearances in Paris, Seoul, Taiwan, New York City, and Manchester.

Further in 2014, she was in the box office hit Gift from the Heart, a romantic comedy for the holiday season set around Sinterklaas. The movie was awarded a Platinum Film. The story revolves around Julia (Chantal Janzen), a marketer send to the Netherlands to create a marketing campaign around Santa Claus during Sinterklaas, where she comes in contact with two brothers (Benja Bruijning and Fedja van Huêt). In it she plays the estranged partner of van Huêt's character. Critics expressed their disapproval with the film, calling it a poor replica of Love Actually and Love Is All. De Telegraaf criticized the lack of chemistry between the leads. In the winter of 2014/2015, she starred in Maria Stuart as the titular character opposite of Chris Nietvelt as Elizabeth I. A historical drama written by Friedrich Schiller that chronicles the final days of Mary, Queen of Scots. The play was coproduced with Toneelhuis Antwerp, it received a mixed response from Dutch-language critics, and a more favorable reception from French commentators at the Exit Festival. For her performance she nominated for her third Theo d'Or.

Reijn had a supporting role in Boy 7, a film adaptation based on the eponymous dystopian science fiction young adult novel of Mirjam Mous. Set in a future police state in the Netherlands, she played one of three teachers at a re-education institute. The film was released in February 2015. She also provided her voice for Nature Is Speaking, an environmental awareness campaign created by Conservation International. It was shown in Dutch theaters as a trailer beginning 26 March. That same year, Reijn returned to the small screen for a television series and film. Firstly, she played a major part in the romantic comedy, Bagels & Bubbels, a Dutch remake of Beauty and the Baker. She portrayed the fiancé of the male lead, Rick, a baker who falls in love with an international superstar. It was cancelled after one season, as it was unable to overcome mediocre audience ratings. Secondly, she starred in De leerling, a mid-length drama film that explores the attraction and complicated relationship between a 40-year old teacher and her new student at a VMBO school. It was part of the One Night Stand series.

Reijn closed out the year of 2015 on stage with an adaptation of Louis Couperus's famous novel, The Hidden Force. Set on Java in the backdrop of Dutch East Indies, the narrative explores cultural differences and clashes between Dutch colonizers and the indigenous indonesians. Reijn's role in the play was as Leonie van Oudijck, who she described as a femme fatale. She followed in the footsteps of Pleuni Touw, who played the character in the De Stille Kracht mini-series, which was noted for having the first nude scene on Dutch television. It was met a moderately positive response from Dutch reviewers on its opening at Ruhrtriennale, who praised the special effects but on the opposite side, the writing and some of the acting received criticism. After Ruhrtriennale, it was restaged at the Stadsschouwburg and DeSingel until February 2016. Besides an appearance at the Chekhov Festival in 2017, the play returned at the end of both 2017 and 2018. On 1 December 2015, Reijn and Carice van Houten established their own production company and publisher named Man Up. Reijn already made known previously, the duo's ambitions to collaborate more and move into producing their own projects. Reijn was slated to appear in Marleen Jonkman's directorial debut, La Holandesa, as a childless woman trying to get her life together, but was replaced by Rifka Lodeizen as she had to drop out for other obligations.

In the summer of 2016, Reijn and TGA debut a faithful reworking of Woody Allen's Husbands and Wives at the Holland Festival, directed by Simon Stone. In it she took on the role of Judy, played by Mia Farrow in the film. It was met with significant acclaim from critics. Reijn's Judy earned her considerable praise. They would go on tour with Husbands and Wives starting in September up to March 2017. In the winter of 2016/2017, she could be seen in the musical film De Zevende Hemel, It was released in theaters to a mixed critical reception. On stage in the play Obsession next to Jude Law, this play was a coproduction between Toneelgroep Amsterdam and the Barbican Centre London and was performed in English. Although the play quickly sold out, it was unable to meet the high expections and was greeted with a lukewarm response. In the fall, she had a supporting role in the romantic drama film Love Revisited. In 2018, she guest starred in two television shows. She was one of the Dutch celebrities that played as herself in Linda de Mol's comedy series Family Kruys. She also starred in the Swedish thriller Conspiracy of Silence, an eight part series about the international arms trade. In it she played as Maggie van Haal, a CEO of a Swedish-Belgian weapons factory. She described the experience of filming as making her feel like a "freshman", as every scene was in Swedish except hers, and the rest of the cast already knew each other and didn't who she was. Although she enjoyed the adventure, she stated at the time that her work with Internationaal Theater Amsterdam and her burgeoning directorial career would take priority.

2019–present: Filmmaking and retirement from acting

2019 marked the year Reijn moved into filmmaking and officially announced her retirement from acting with Red Light being her last project. Reijn made her directorial debut with the critically-acclaimed Instinct, with Carice van Houten in the leading role, it was their first production made through Man Up. The film premiered at the Locarno Film Festival, winning the Variety Piazza Grande Award and received a special mention for best first feature. It also premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival, and Les Arcs Film Festival, and was selected as the Dutch entry for the 92nd Academy Awards for Best International Feature.

2020 saw the release of Red Light, a Belgian-Dutch TV series starring Reijn that follows three women who become entangled in matters of human trafficking after one of their husbands goes missing. The series won the Dutch Golden Calf award for Best TV Show and Best Actress at the Dutch Film Festival, and had its premiere at the Cannes Series festival where it won the Canneseries Student Prize and Special Interpretation Prize. Reijn co-created the series alongside Carice van Houten, writing and producing the show through her and van Houten's production company, Man Up. Van Houten left Man Up in 2023 to start her own production company, Birdcat, leaving Reijn the sole principal of Man Up.

Reijn's English-language directorial debut, Bodies Bodies Bodies, was released in 2022. It premiered at SXSW in March 2022 and had its US theatrical release in August, where it had the second-highest-grossing opening weekend of any limited-release film that year. The film was also nominated for an Independent Spirit Award in 2022. Shortly after the release of Bodies Bodies Bodies, A24, the film's distributor, also acquired the rights for Reijn's debut feature Instinct.

Reijn next wrote, produced, and directed the erotic thriller, Babygirl, with Nicole Kidman in the lead role; it follows Kidman as a CEO who starts an affair with a young intern, played by Harris Dickinson. The film, which marks her second direct collaboration with A24, began filming in December 2023. The film premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, while it competed for the prestigious Golden Lion. It was released by A24 in the United States on 25 December 2024.

In 2025, she was involved as the director and photographer for Sarah Burton's debut collection at the Givenchy fashion house. The campaign starred model and actress Kaia Gerber, the subject of the campaign was the female gaze, female collaboration, and was meant to explore the friendship between the director and actress. Reijn also appeared together with Gerber in some of the photographs and videos. She also co-wrote and co-directed a commercial short film with Spike Jonze for fashion house Gucci. Following year, it was reported that Reijn was working on her fourth feature film and third with A24 and David Hinojosa. The film, named Please, is a romantic period-drama that will star Gracie Abrams in her acting debut. It is meant as a continuation of the "edgy romance genre" Reijn explored previously in Babygirl.

Other works

In 2005, she released her first novel, the semi-autobiographical Prinsesje Nooitgenoeg (Prometheus, 2005), which she wrote during her first stay in Hollywood. Her second book was a collection of columns, presented as a diary, which she wrote for Viva, called Halina: doen alsof ik iemand anders ben (Prometheus, 2009). Her next work was Antiglamour (Nijgh & Van Ditmar 2013), a fashion style guide and an exploration of her friendship with her best friend Carice van Houten, who co-wrote the book. Her latest book was Loos (Nijgh & Van Ditmar 2016).

With fellow actor Robert de Hoog, she presented the weekly film programme called Close Up on the premium television service Film1, where they discussed what the various channels had to offer that week; the show had its debut on 13 September 2013 and it was broadcast on Film1 Premiere. In 2013, for a company called Soundtrackcity, Reijn was one of the voices for an audio tour through De Pijp, Amsterdam. It traces the footsteps of writer Herman Heijermans using fragments of his work as a basis. Since 2016, she has provided her voice for the audio tour of the Old Church located in Amsterdam. Writing these film scripts and magazines led her to later to be named one of the top 20 most influential people in the Dutch media.

Reijn was a regular guest and co-host on the talk show De Wereld Draait Door (DWDD), the popular tv show attracted audiences over one million people for the majority of its 15 season duration.

Personal life

When Reijn was around six or seven years old, she and one of her sisters wanted to join the Catholic Church, to the shock of their parents. After they relented, the children would go to Sunday school, and when Reijn was twelve she was baptised. In a 2007 interview with the NRC, she remarks that she doesn't believe in God, but does in reincarnation.

Reijn has a close friendship with fellow Dutch actress Carice van Houten, whom she has known since about 1994. They worked together in movies Black Book and Valkyrie. In 2013, the two published a book together called Anti Glamour, a (mock) style guide and a celebration of their friendship, as well as a candid look into the unglamorous back-stage side of their lives. Although the two occasionally kiss on camera, and have joked about being lesbians, there is no actual romantic involvement.

Reijn moved to New York in 2021 for Bodies Bodies Bodies when the movie was greenlit, and then decided to stay on a permanent basis, and was still living there .

Acting credits

Film

Television

TV movies

Theatre

Filmmaking credits

Film

Short film

Awards and nominations

Notes

References

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57. Alkema, Hanny. (22 April 2003). "Geraffineerd spel met schijn en werkelijkheid".
58. "Rouw siert electra – Program book 13/14".
59. "Rouw siert electra – Juryrapport 2004".
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67. "Grimm (2003)".
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69. Toma, Kevin. (24 September 2019). "Van Warmerdam over de re-edit van Grimm: 'We probeerden de film die ik toen al wilde maken naar boven te halen'".
70. Broeren-Huitenga, Joost. (12 October 2019). "Grimm re-edit - Eindelijk van de jeuk af".
71. "De passievrucht (2003)".
72. "De passievrucht (2003)".
73. (10 February 2020). "Halina Reijn wint eerste Gouden Kalf voor Red Light".
74. (24 March 2022). "Polleke en De passievrucht bekroond met Gouden Films".
75. Janssen, Hein. (6 October 2005). "Serieus en toch een lekker wijf".
76. Ceelen, Han. (17 June 2004). "'Weg aandacht - 'Halina Reijn leert relativeren in Hollywood".
77. (18 April 2008). "Halina Reijn zoekt inspiratie in Hollywood".
78. Weston, Judith. (12 November 2019). "Academy Award Submissions - International".
79. Bots, Pieter. (8 May 2005). "Felle en extreme feeks overrompelt en overtuigt".
80. Buijs, Marian. (9 May 2005). "Van Hoves 'Feeks' is hard, heftig en adembenemend goed".
81. "Masterclass (2005)".
82. Pankow, Ali. (8 September 2005). "Met Halina Reijn zoenen".
83. Pullen, Hermia. "Poems from the Sea (2005) - Review".
84. "Gedichten uit zee - Lentelied (2005)".
85. "Ik omhels je met duizend armen (2006) - Review".
86. Wolfs, Karin. (2006). "Ik Omhels Je Met duizend Armen - Bitterzoet twintigersverdriet".
87. Veerman, Rob. (8 March 2006). "Ik omhels je met duizend armen (2005) - Recensie".
88. Embrechts, Annette. (14 May 2006). "Papieren discussies zonder eigen visie van Carina Molier".
89. de Jong, Annet. (14 March 2006). "Big Brother voor intellectuelen".
90. Takken, Wilfred. (23 June 2006). "Mijn Hedda is veel slonziger". NRC.
91. Arian, Max. (7 October 2006). "Negentiende-eeuws kreng of eigentijdse antiheldin?".
92. Herder, Rik. (September 2006). "Homo Opportunis".
93. (8 January 2007). "Halina Reijn niet zacht genoeg voor hoofdrol".
94. "Black Book (2007) Box Office Mojo".
95. (8 September 2006). "Kan niet bestaat niet".
96. Stigter, Bianca. (2 September 2006). "'Zwartboek' heeft geen ruimte voor subtiliteit".
97. (24 January 2007). "Halina Reijn was overtuigd van nominatie Zwartboek".
98. (12 March 2007). "Film Zwartboek wint Rembrandt Award".
99. Van der Velden, Eric. (28 November 2006). "Oresteia niet erg boeiend".
100. Bockting, Matthijs. (11 June 2008). "Voor een paar Knikkers meer – DVD-Recensie".
101. (4 December 2008). "Korte film geselecteerd voor 200ste festival". [[Volkskrant]].
102. Schaap, Wijbrand. (11 December 2006). "Bikkelharde 'Electra' is terug".
103. van der Veldt, Irit. (23 December 2006). "Katharsis door het grote gebaar".
104. (4 March 2007). "Shooting Stars 2007".
105. Nientied, André. (8 February 2007). "Blind - Tamar van den Dop".
106. van Eck, Nathalie. (23 October 2007). "Ajax - Review".
107. van Hoeij, Boyd. (22 October 2007). "review: Nadine".
108. Ruyters, Jann. (25 October 2007). "Nadine - Een problematische heldin in drieën".
109. "Nadine (2007)".
110. Rovers, Ronald. (October 2007). "Nadine - Paniek in de supermarkt".
111. (1 November 2007). "Nadine - Review".
112. Wolf, Rebecca. (26 June 2007). "Koningsdrama Mabel en Friso als miniserie".
113. (7 October 2007). "Tussenstand grote winnaar Gouden Kalveren".
114. Kok, Albert. (20 December 2007). "Verliefd, verloofd, verguisd, verfilmd".
115. (19 April 2008). "Halina Reijn weer naar Hollywood".
116. Janssen, Hans. (2 October 2008). "Grote dromen in grote hallen".
117. Zonneveld, Loek. (13 May 2009). "Spookblik van de radeloze".
118. van Heuven, Robbert. (May 2009). "Half vrouw, half dier". Uitkrant.
119. (31 October 2008). "Sterke Karakters".
120. Moorman, Mark. (16 January 2009). "'Cruise is een flierefluiter'".
121. "Valkyrie Movie Reviews".
122. "Valkyrie (2008): Reviews".
123. "Valkyrie – Financial Information".
124. Embrechts, Annette. (4 October 2009). "Halina Reijn en de eindigheid der liefde".
125. Alkema, Henny. (10 October 2009). "Minder franje nodig". [[Trouw]].
126. van den Boogaard. (6 February 2009). "Laatste verbinding met de liefde".
127. Takken, Wilfred. (16 February 2009). "Onderdrukt verdriet achter schuifpui".
128. Ryzik, Melania. (10 September 2009). "400 Years Later, Another Dutch Island".
129. Visscher, Marc-Robin. (13 October 2009). "Halina Reijn wanhopig in La voix humaine".
130. van der Jagt, Marijn. (10 October 2009). "'Ik kan dat heel goed: marionetje spelen'".
131. Belloni, Chris. (September 2009). "La voix humaine [Toneelgroep Amsterdam]".
132. Frost, Vicky. (13 January 2014). "La Voix Humaine, Toneelgroep Amsterdam – review".
133. Blake, Jason. (10 January 2014). "Exceptional portrayal of a woman at the edge".
134. (17 September 2009). "Reijn maakt indruk in NY".
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136. Beeckmans, John. (2 December 2021). "Ivo van Hove maakt nieuwe 'La voix humaine' met Ruth Wilson".
137. Dalle, Kristoff. (21 March 2018). "'Verliefdheid is een irritante koorts'".
138. Vanhoonacker, Karlien. (23 March 2009). "Van Hove brengt de dood onverbloemd in beeld".
139. Veraart, Karin. (23 March 2009). "Onmacht die aankomt als een dreun". [[Volkskrant]].
140. Isherwood, Charles. (26 October 2011). "Sister Slips Away, Under Her Camera's Gaze, in Update of Bergman".
141. van der Velden, Eric. (23 March 2009). "Wanhoopskreet tegen de dood".
142. Pruis, Marja. (17 June 2009). "Midzomernachtmerrie".
143. Florusse, Marion. (June 2009). "7 vragen aan Halina Reijn".
144. (1 October 2009). "Actie! Op de set van Win/win".
145. Meerman, Grieteke. (8 February 2010). "'Ik ben niet hysterisch'".
146. Vunderink, Vanessa. (29 October 2010). "Duizendpoot Halina Reijn".
147. Seesing, Hanneke. (28 February 2010). "'Ik ben een jager'".
148. Bolwijn, Marjon. (24 July 2010). "'Hoe hij hm uitspreekt is veelzeggend'".
149. Bosman, Andrea. (7 December 2013). "Mijn therapeut en ik".
150. Fontein, Fiona. (21 July 2010). "Producer Martyn maakt muziek bij korte film met Halina Reijn".
151. Kleuver, Esther. (13 August 2010). "'Toneel is het heilige der heiligen'".
152. "Hedda Gabler - Brochure 2011". [[Toneelgroep Amsterdam]].
153. Corstius, Aaf Brandt. (18 August 2010). "Hard".
154. Stil, Herman. (30 September 2010). "Animatie 'Sintel' zet de standaard".
155. Sneddon, Joey. (5 October 2010). "Blender-made film 'Sintel' passes a million views on YouTube".
156. (5 December 2010). "Gouden film voor De eetclub".
157. De Jong, Fritz. (21 November 2010). "De eetclub ** - Review".
158. Nientied, André. (24 November 2010). "De Eetclub – Robert Jan Westdijk".
159. van den Berg, Simon. (29 November 2010). "Fel en indrukwekkend maatschappijportret".
160. van den Berg, Simon. (29 November 2010). "Fel en indrukwekkend maatschappijportret".
161. Wissot, Lauren. (3 December 2010). "Toneelgroep Amsterdam's Children of the Sun".
162. Weijers, Marco. (30 November 2010). "Verblind door idealen".
163. Veraart, Karin. (30 November 2010). "Van Hove verricht klein wonder".
164. Koppes, Dirk. (1 December 2010). "Klucht of aanklacht met nutty professor".
165. (3 June 2012). "Kinderen van de zon programmaboek - 12/13".
166. (21 June 2011). "Rauwe trip over vervlogen illusies".
167. Alkema, Hanny. (18 June 2011). "Tom Lanoye: De Russen, dat zijn wij".
168. Zonneveld, Loek. (8 December 2011). "Identiteitscrisis".
169. (14 April 2011). "Halina Reijn in nieuwe misdaadserie van BNN".
170. Hollak, Rosan. (22 October 2011). "Waargebeurde ellende in overtuigend drama".
171. (21 August 2010). "Halina Reijn viel negen kilo af".
172. Nientied, André. (21 September 2011). "Isabelle heftige film voor Halina Reijn".
173. Toma, Kevin. (22 September 2011). "Isabelle - Een intelligente psychothriller tot het einde boeit".
174. de Gier, Rick. (21 September 2011). "Isabelle en het beest".
175. Laman, Martijn. (20 October 2011). "Isabelle (2011) - Review".
176. Moorman, Mark. (22 September 2011). "Isabelle **".
177. (12 March 2012). "Rembrandt Awards: Corry Konings wint 'beste titelsong'".
178. (26 January 2012). "Flikken Maastricht trapt af met de spannende film De Overloper".
179. Wijngaarden, Ans. "De overloper – Review".
180. (25 April 2015). "Telefilms Koolhoven scoren best in de bios".
181. van der Kooi, Sara. (19 April 2012). "Husbands blijft hangen in afstandelijkheid".
182. Bloemkolk, Jos. (7 March 2012). "Theater zonder grenzen: Toneelgroep Amsterdam in Rennes".
183. Wensink, Herien. (18 April 2012). "Vierdaagse vlucht van de burgermannen".
184. Zonneveld, Loek. (3 May 2012). "Vriendschap is een illusie".
185. "Bloot - een film over acteren".
186. (7 August 2012). "Twitteraars even filmregisseur".
187. Janssen, Hein. (12 August 2012). "Het temmen van de feeks".
188. Arian, Max. (23 August 2012). "Je moet achter de spiegel kijken".
189. (17 August 2012). "'TV Lab' biedt vooral veel gekunstelde formats".
190. Marshall, Lee. (12 November 2012). "Goltzius And The Pelican Company".
191. (29 July 2011). "Ramsey Nasr in film van Greenaway".
192. veraart, Karin. (1 September 2012). "Halina Reijn speelt Nora".
193. Kouters, Vincent. (9 November 2012). "Prima donna Nora".
194. Wissot, Lauren. (17 December 2012). "The Queen of A Doll's House: Toneelgroep Amsterdam Stages Ibsen's Nora".
195. de Boer, Nico. (5 December 2012). "Voor een nieuwe rol leef ik als een non".
196. Rijghard, Ron. (12 November 2012). "Hoe komt Nora zo antipathiek?".
197. van der Kooi, Sara. (10 November 2012). "Heldere en cerebrale Nora".
198. van den Berg, Simon. (12 November 2012). "Meesterlijke Nora van Halina Reijn".
199. Wensink, Herien. (16 September 2013). "Reijn speelt als Nora 'één van haar beste rollen'".
200. Janssen, Hein. (16 September 2013). "Brille beloond".
201. (28 March 2010). "Kitty Courbois geëerd met een parel".
202. (26 February 2023). "Halina Reijn bekroond met Courbois-parel".
203. (26 October 2012). "Halina Reijn krijgt hoofdrol in nieuwe ziekenhuisserie".
204. (11 March 2013). "Het dubbelleven van Charlie".
205. Arian, Max. (31 August 2013). "De spoken van het verleden".
206. (11 September 2013). "100x Rouw siert Electra".
207. Zonneveld, Loek. (19 February 2014). "'Je liegt! Je liegt!'".
208. Westerlaken, Nell. (7 February 2014). "Volk op stand".
209. Rijghard, Ron. (10 February 2014). "Drama ontbreekt".
210. van Heuven, Robbert. (13 February 2014). "Te veel vragen voor één toneelavond ****".
211. van den Berg, Simon. (10 February 2014). "Theatraal essay blijft theorie".
212. (16 January 2018). "Nieuwe comedyserie bij de VARA: Jeuk".
213. Ramaer, Joost. (19 June 2014). "Een meesterwerk met gebreken".
214. Vermaas, Peter. (16 July 2014). "Frankrijk omarmt Fountainhead van Toneelgroep Amsterdam".
215. "Collection Spanish press about The Fountainhead".
216. Todd, Andrew. (16 July 2014). "The Fountainhead review – Ivo van Hove's smouldering take on Ayn Rand".
217. (5 June 2014). "The Fountainhead programmaboek - Toneelgroep Amsterdam 2014/2015". [[Toneelgroep Amsterdam]].
218. (5 June 2014). "The Fountainhead programmaboek - Toneelgroep Amsterdam 2015/2016". [[Toneelgroep Amsterdam]].
219. Santi, Agnès. (25 October 2016). "Théâtre – Critique: ''The Fountainhead''".
220. Yim, Seung-hye. (1 April 2017). "''Fountainhead'' Put on Stage by Dutch Director".
221. Bashi, Shir. (23 May 2017). "Ideas, intrigue and architecture".
222. Barone, Joshea. (23 May 2017). "Ivo van Hove and Pina Bausch Highlight BAM's Next Wave Festival".
223. Crompton, Sarah. (12 July 2019). "Review: The Fountainhead (The Lowry, Manchester)".
224. (24 December 2014). "Platina Film voor PAK VAN MIJN HART".
225. Smit, Floortje. (6 November 2014). "Romantische komedie is te moeilijk genre voor Pak van mijn Hart".
226. van der Burg, Jos. (23 November 2014). "Wakker worden, het is 2014".
227. Weijers, Marco. (6 November 2014). "Filmrecensie - Pak van mijn hart".
228. Den Breejen, Maartje. (1 December 2014). "Rivaliteit & liefde tussen twee machtige vrouwen".
229. Janssen, Hein. (8 December 2014). "Theater komt pas na de pauze ***".
230. Devens, Tuur. (17 December 2014). "Een prachtvoorbeeld van regisseurstheater".
231. De Smet, Jan. (11 December 2014). "Kroniek van een kleffe kwezel".
232. (27 March 2015). "Frans succes voor Maria Stuart".
233. (25 March 2014). "Cast bekend verfilming Boy 7".
234. Johannes, Noa. "Meer Carice en Halina? Check naast Red Light ook deze films op NPO Plus".
235. Toma, Kevin. (18 February 2015). "Boy 7 is net niet zo sterk als hij had kunnen zijn".
236. (17 February 2015). "Halina Reijn en Géza Weisz in NET 5-serie Bagels & Bubbels".
237. Jongsma, Pieter. (27 August 2015). "Geen tweede seizoen voor Net5's Bagels & Bubbels".
238. Lips, Han. (29 April 2015). "In het Netflix-tijdperk is de vrouwenavond van Net5 gedoemd te mislukken".
239. Zwart, Alexander. (9 October 2015). "'Halina heeft zo'n klassiek Huppert-achtig voorkomen'".
240. "One Night Stand X - De leerling".
241. van den Berg, Hanneke. (26 September 2015). "Dit vak eet me op".
242. (5 June 2015). "Paradijs Europa".
243. Ramaer, Joost. (1 October 2015). "Overdonderende theatermoesson".
244. Janssen, Hein. (20 September 2015). "Een botsing tussen teksttoneel en performancetheater".
245. (6 October 2015). "Couperus vol natuurgeweld".
246. Beeckmans, Joke. (23 September 2015). "Van Hove bewerkt 'De Stille Kracht' met veel spektakel".
247. de Jong, Sonja. (3 October 2015). "'Stille kracht' heeft nog niets aan zeggingskracht ingeboet".
248. Zonneveld, Loek. (6 January 2016). "'Indië is me te sterk'".
249. (4 July 2017). "Renowned European theater director debuts at Chekhov Festival in Moscow".
250. "The Hidden Force – Program book 2017/2018".
251. Willem Smits, Henk. (22 April 2022). "Halina Reijn en (zwangere) Carice van Houten zetten nieuw productiebedrijf op".
252. (21 March 2016). "Halina Reijn en Carice van Houten richten productiebedrijf op".
253. (3 September 2015). "Halina Reijn regisseert Carice van Houten in nieuwe speelfilm".
254. (18 May 2015). "Halina Reijn kinderloze vrouw in La Holandesa".
255. (19 April 2016). "Lodeizen neemt rol Halina Reijn over in La Holandesa".
256. Kleuver, Esther. (14 June 2016). "Het theater is een wrede plek".
257. Roodnat, Joyce. (27 May 2025). "Je stal mijn hart en je gooide het weg".
258. Lems, Martijn. (20 June 2016). "Archetypische relatiekomedie".
259. de Vries, Joost. (23 June 2016). "De blik van anderen".
260. van der Jagt, Marijn. (22 June 2016). "Husbands and wives is een ouderwets potje komedie".
261. (24 November 2016). "Filmrecensie: De zevende hemel is 'even wennen'".
262. Clapp, Susannah. (30 April 2017). "Obsession review – Jude Law is stranded in treacle-slow adaptation".
263. (19 April 2017). "Toneelgroep Amsterdam goes English, met Jude Law in de hoofdrol".
264. (26 April 2017). "Review Roundup: Jude Law Returns to the Stage in Obsession".
265. van Kleef, Suse. (26 April 2017). "Britten niet onder de indruk van Toneelgroep Amsterdam".
266. (9 November 2017). "Actie! Op de set van Oude liefde".
267. Heisen, Elisa. (2 September 2018). "Linda onthult welke BN'ers er dit seizoen in 'Familie Kruys' spelen".
268. Breure, Bernice. (30 October 2018). "'Ik voelde me zo'n brugpieper'".
269. (November 26, 2020). "KPN Mooiste Contact Fonds brengt theater naar ouderen toe".
270. Janssens, Sander. (November 17, 2020). "Vanavond niet open: Internationaal Theater Amsterdam".
271. Tielens, Filip. (December 7, 2019). "'De seksualisering van vrouwen door mannen is voorbij'".
272. (August 27, 2019). "Wordt Halina Reijn fulltime regisseur?".
273. Hendrix, Floris. (20 November 2023). "Man Up: Carice van Houten en Halina Reijn zijn zakelijk uit elkaar".
274. (July 2025). "The 72nd edition of the Locarno Film Festival closes this evening with…".
275. (3 September 2019). "Oscars: Netherlands Selects 'Instinct' for International Feature Film Category".
276. (14 October 2020). "Carice van Houten and Halina Reijn • Creators of Red Light".
277. "Golden Calves".
278. "Red Light".
279. Barraclough, Leo. (10 October 2020). "'Red Light,' Starring Carice van Houten, Halina Reijn, Illuminates Female Identity, Power, Sexuality, Patriarchy".
280. Complex, Valerie. (15 March 2022). "'Bodies Bodies Bodies' SXSW Review: Rich Gen-Z Brats Get Dead In Horror Comedy From Director Halina Reijn".
281. D'Alessandro, Anthony. (7 August 2022). "'Bullet Train' Pulls Into Weekend Box Office Station With $30.1M Opening – Sunday Update".
282. Sharf, Zack. (4 March 2023). "'Everything Everywhere' Dominates Spirit Awards With 7 Prizes, Including Best Feature (Full Winners List)".
283. Rubin, Rebecca. (19 September 2022). "A24 Nabs Erotic Thriller 'Instinct' From 'Bodies Bodies Bodies' Director Halina Reijn (EXCLUSIVE)".
284. Kit, Borys. (21 November 2023). "Nicole Kidman, Antonio Banderas, Harris Dickinson to Star in A24 Erotic Thriller 'Babygirl'".
285. Sullivan, Reilly. (13 December 2023). "Nicole Kidman spotted filming steamy erotic thriller Babygirl with much younger co-star Harris Dickinson in New York".
286. Tartaglione, Nancy. (23 July 2024). "Venice Film Festival Lineup: 'Joker: Folie à Deux', Almodovar, Guadagnino, Kurzel, Larrain & More In Competition – Full List".
287. Diderich, Joelle. (June 11, 2025). "EXCLUSIVE: Kaia Gerber Stars in Sarah Burton's First Givenchy Campaign".
288. Deeny, Godfrey. (June 12, 2025). "Sarah Burton celebrates the female gaze in Givenchy debut campaign".
289. (January 14, 2026). "Gracie Abrams to Make Acting Debut in A24 Movie From 'Babygirl' Director Halina Reijn".
290. Kooijman, Racheda. (31 July 2007). "Ik ben nog geen monnik".
291. (18 April 2008). "Halina Reijn zoekt inspiratie in Hollywood".
292. (1 October 2009). "'Ik heb iemand nodig die me veiligheid geeft. Een stabiele factor.'".
293. Quaegebeur, Els. (14 November 2013). "Wij zijn even onzeker als iedere andere vrouw".
294. van Rhee, Annemart. (21 May 2016). "Mensen vinden mij eng omdat ik uit de pas loop".
295. Geerdink, Joachem. (24 February 2025). "Fris en lekker vrij".
296. Andriesse, Edith. (13 November 2013). "Met topacteurs in de voetsporen van Heijermans *****".
297. School, Joep. (6 April 2016). "Oude Kerk vernieuwt met door Halina Reijn ingesproken audiotour".
298. (October 9, 2025). "10 jaar DWDD: wie waren de populairste gasten?".
299. (October 8, 2015). "Tot 2000 euro voor uurtje aan tafel bij Matthijs".
300. Benjamin, Jan. (March 23, 2020). "Te weinig vrouwen en vooral PvdA’ers. Vijftien seizoenen DWDD in data".
301. Takken, Wilfred. (28 December 2007). "Mijn begrafenis, Halina Reijn".
302. . (14 December 2013). ["Carice van Houten 'afgewezen' door Halina Reijn"](http://www.telegraaf.nl/prive/22140019/__Carice__afgewezen__door_Halina__.html). *[[De Telegraaf]]*.
303. . (14 November 2013). ["Beroemdemeidenlol: het 'stijlboek' van Van Houten en Reijn"](https://www.nrc.nl/boeken/2013/11/14/beroemdemeidenlol-het-stijlboek-van-van-houten-en-reijn/). *[[NRC Handelsblad*.
304. . (8 November 2013). ["'Anti glamour': Halina Reijn & Carice van Houten"](http://dewerelddraaitdoor.vara.nl/media/303774). *[[De Wereld Draait Door]]*.
305. . (19 November 2013). ["Carice van Houten en Halina Reijn zoenen voor fotoshoot Linda"](http://www.nu.nl/achterklap/3632090/carice-van-houten-en-halina-reijn-zoenen-fotoshoot-linda.html). *[[NU.nl]]*.
306. Verweij, Emma. (19 March 2024). "Halina Reijn (48) openhartig over leven in New York: "Veel mensen zijn eenzaam hier"".
307. "Kort Rotterdams – Temper! Temper! (1999)".
308. Beekman, Bor. (28 April 2021). "Zes bijzondere films van het jubilerende IFFR thuis bekijken".
309. "Zus & Zo – Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision".
310. Rovers, Ronald. (30 September 2021). "Welke van de tien films van Alex van Warmerdam doorstaan de tand des tijds? Een rangschikking".
311. Kevin, Toma. (9 October 2019). "De re-edit van Grimm biedt een buitenkansje om in Van Warmerdams keuken te kijken".
312. "X & The Wildman (2003)".
313. (1 August 2003). "Polleke's moeder: actrice Halina Reijn".
314. Ruyters, Jann. (9 October 2003). "Onverzettelijke Polleke opent Cinekid".
315. Linssen, Dana. (7 January 2011). "De gehele geile waarheid – Review".
316. "Gedichten uit zee – Lentelied".
317. Vermeulen, Elle. (6 August 2019). "Carice en Halina samen in nieuwe dramaserie".
318. (8 January 2007). "Halina Reijn niet zacht genoeg voor hoofdrol".
319. (30 August 2006). "Halina Reijn en Victor Löw vormen echtpaar".
320. (4 August 2008). "Film Blind wordt in Italië uitgebracht".
321. Nientied, André. (24 October 2007). "Nadine – Review".
322. (18 January 2009). "Carice en Halina blijven nuchter onder Tom Cruise".
323. Moedt, Andreke. (17 August 2010). "Regiedebuut Sterke Verhalen 'gewoon heel tof'".
324. (30 September 2010). "Animatie 'Sintel' zet de standaard".
325. "Frames of mind - The Films of Peter Greenaway".
326. (23 July 2012). "Twitteraars mogen film voor NFF regisseren".
327. Nientied, André. (15 October 2013). "Feuten, het Feestje - Lourens Blok".
328. "Hin und weg (2014)".
329. Jonk, Erik. (17 February 2015). "Film Boy 7 geeft je stof tot nadenken".
330. van der Zwaan, Gigi. (25 March 2015). "Halina Reijn voegt zich bij een rijtje grote Hollywood-acteurs".
331. Wisse, Mario. (23 November 2016). "Interview: Halina Reijn in De Zevende Hemel".
332. Rovers, Ronald. (2 November 2017). "Te veel drama, wel twee indrukwekkende rollen in 'Oude liefde'".
333. Kleijer, Pauline. (February 2001). "Nieuwe gezichten: Halina Reijn".
334. Franken, Guido. (20 July 2007). "In voor en Tegenspoed (seizoen 3) – DVD-Recensie".
335. "Halina Reijn – Theater.nl".
336. "Fort Alpha – Beeld en Geluid".
337. Rijken, Kemal. (2 May 2013). "Halina Reijn houdt vrijheidslezing Amstelveen".
338. "De zeven deugden – Doolhof".
339. "De zeven deugden – Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision".
340. van der Veen, Charlotte. "Charlotte van der Veen – Film editor – Quidam Quidam, VPRO".
341. "Leven en dood van Quidam Quidam – Beeld en Geluid".
342. "Wet en waan – Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision".
343. Storm, Jacqueline. (9 September 2002). "Patiënten spelen de hoofdrol". [[Algemeen Dagblad]].
344. Limburg, Dirk. (19 September 2005). "'Ik wil dreiging, seks en spanning'".
345. Borgdorff, Suzanne. (14 March 2012). "Aldi stopt verkoop dvd Friso en Mabel".
346. (30 March 2011). "Hoofdrol Peter Blok in nieuwe reeks in Therapie".
347. Bosman, Andrea. (7 December 2013). "Mijn therapeut en ik".
348. (19 February 2019). "Eerste beelden tv-serie Charlie met Halina Reijn".
349. van der Poel, Romy. (27 January 2014). "Humor van de pijnlijke soort".
350. (17 February 2015). "Halina Reijn in serie Bagels & Bubbels".
351. van Wijngaarden, Clementine. (19 February 2021). "Red Light: in gesprek met Halina Reijn, Carice van Houten en Maaike Neuville".
352. (2 October 2020). "Halina Reijn wint eerste Gouden Kalf voor Red Light".
353. "De wet op het kleinbedrijf (1998)".
354. "De trein van zes uur tien (1999)".
355. Legein, Saskia. (22 October 2007). "Op Scherp: Halina Reijn".
356. "Zaanse nachten (1999)".
357. "Herschreven vriendschap (2001)".
358. "De afrekening (2002)".
359. Keyser, Gawie. (12 October 2002). "Banaal leven".
360. "Boy Ecury (2003)".
361. "Het wonder van Máxima".
362. (2006). "De broertjes van Zusje: de nieuwe Nederlandse film 1995-2005". International Theatre & Film books.
363. Catz, Simon. "Masterclass – review".
364. Wijngaarden, Ans. (29 April 2012). "De overloper (2012)".
365. Smagge, Patricia. (25 September 2015). "De leerling (2015)".
366. Zonneveld, Loek. (28 January 1998). "Hamlet, tijdgenoot? (2)".
367. Takken, Wilfred. (21 December 1998). "Boermans 'Kersentuin' is bont schouwspel".
368. Hansen, Hein. (18 May 1998). "Shoppen en fucken tegen de verveling".
369. Zonneveld, Loek. (5 January 2000). "Monumentjes voor de toneelcultuur – De laatsten".
370. Ekker, Jan Pieter. (7 May 2009). "De laatste dagen van Emma Blank".
371. Evenhuis, Arend. (16 April 1999). "Allerminst 'afscheid van het gekloot'".
372. Carel, Alphenaar. (4 November 2000). "Koetse en Koons".
373. Janssen, Hein. (2 April 2001). "Boermans' Lulu is vunzig tot op het bot".
374. Smith, Max. (3 April 2001). "Lulu, onweerstaanbare vrouw in al haar naaktheid".
375. Takken, Wilfred. (4 February 2002). "'Con Amore' smoort in roerbakvorm".
376. Hiu, Pay-Uun. (22 April 2002). "De steracteur is ouder geworden, Hamlet niet".
377. Rovers, Daniël. (10 April 2013). "Het lijkt godsamme wel het leven zelf".
378. Oranje, Hans. (11 June 2003). "De drie gezusters blijven wat bleke Betten".
379. Arian, Max. (31 August 2003). "De spoken van het verleden".
380. Bellon, Michaël. (15 October 2005). "Toneelgroep Amsterdam: Het temmen van de feeks".
381. (10 March 2006). "Interview Carina Molier: 'Ik dreigde aan mijn chaos ten onder te gaan'".
382. Den Breejen, Maartje. (11 March 2006). "Wat staan we hier eigenlijk te doen?".
383. Zonneveld, Loek. (18 August 2006). "Een heftig doodsverlangen".
384. Eijssen, Branko. (8 December 2011). "Beetje troost voor Heerlen".
385. (29 November 2006). "Oresteia – " Tragedie van de wraak".
386. Takken, Wilfred. (November 27, 2006). "Voorstelling vol leven, eenheid en helderheid".
387. Oranje, Hans. (25 October 2007). "Schitterende Kesting als Ajax in conventionele voorstelling".
388. Reijn, Halina. (17 January 2008). "Viva – Halina Hier".
389. (9 December 2008). "Halina Reijn speelt klassieker van Cocteau".
390. van der Velden, Eric. (19 March 2009). "De dood als kunstwerk".
391. Freriks, Kester. (14 April 2011). "Naar het theater: acteurs over hun werk". Singel Uitgeverijen.
392. Smith, Sam. (5 February 2011). "Antonioni Project – Review".
393. Wissot, Lauren. (3 December 2010). "Toneelgroep Amsterdam's Children of the Sun".
394. (20 February 2013). "Kinderen van de zon. Indrukwekkend drama".
395. (5 October 2013). "Halina Reijn doet oproep aan de Russen".
396. Lauwaert, Guido. (28 February 2012). "Een zwart-witfilm in kleur".
397. Holtslag, Janneke. (14 April 2013). "'Husbands' Scènes uit een huwelijk?".
398. "NORA – Program book 2014/15".
399. Lauwaert, Guido. (9 February 2014). "Theater: Een meesterwerk".
400. Veraart, Karin. (13 June 2014). "Op het randje".
401. Billington, Michael. (11 July 2019). "The Fountainhead review – Ivo van Hove hypnotises with Ayn Rand's nonsense".
402. Devens, Yuur. (17 December 2014). "Een prachtvoorbeeld van regisseurstheater".
403. (17 July 2015). "Halina Reijn en Gaite Jansen in Stille Kracht".
404. "The Hidden Force – Program book 2018/2019".
405. Kruijt, Michael. (31 October 2020). "Première in de Amsterdamse Stadsschouwburg luidt nieuwe tak van sport in: livestreamen vanaf de toneelvloer".
406. Veraart, Karin. (21 June 2016). "Husbands and wives is voorstelling die je gaandeweg omarmt".
407. "Husbands and wives – Program book 2018/2019".
408. Reijn, Halina. (11 October 2017). "Ik wil de boel niet verpesten met mijn onkunde en onwetendheid".
409. Moll, Maarten. (2 October 2019). "Instinct van Halina Reijn is een uitstekende debuutfilm".
410. "Instinct".
411. Amidon, Aurora. (16 March 2022). "Bodies Bodies Bodies Is a Funny, Bloody Ode to Gen Z".
412. (26 February 2021). "Halina Reijn maakt korte film 'For the Birds', volledig opgenomen met Mi 11 van Xiaomi:'iedere mee-eter komt in beeld'".
413. Marchetti, Simone. (23 September 2025). "Directors Spike Jonze and Halina Reijn On Creating Gucci's Film, The Tiger".
414. "VSCD-prijs voor beste vrouwelijke hoofdrol van het seizoen".
415. "De prins en het meisje - Netherlands Film Festival".
416. (12 March 2007). "Film Zwartboek wint Rembrandt Award".
417. (12 March 2012). "Rembrandt Awards: Corry Konings wint 'beste titelsong'".
418. (15 September 2013). "Halina Reijn wint Theo d'Or".
419. (14 February 2015). "Halina Reijn maakt opnieuw kans op Theo d'Or prijs".
420. (16 September 2019). "Announcing Competitions for the 55th Chicago International Film Festival".
421. (19 August 2019). "Instinct van Halina Reijn wint Variety Piazza Grande Award in Locarno".
422. Aftab, Kaleem. (29 September 2019). "The BFI London Film Festival lifts the veil on its programme".
423. (21 December 2019). "Instinct van Halina Reijn wint drie prijzen op filmfestival".
424. Roxborough, Scott. (8 October 2020). "European Film Academy Unveils European Discovery Nominees".
425. Riera, Gabriel. (3 February 2020). "MDC's Miami Film Festival Announces 2020 Lineup".
426. Ekker, Jan Pieter. (28 September 2020). "Dit zijn alle Gouden Kalf-nominaties van 2020".
427. Blueskye, Brian. (10 December 2019). "Palm Springs International Film Festival to focus on Italy's 'diverse' cinema in 2020".
428. Dijksterhuis, Edo. (2 October 2020). "Kapsalon Romy grote winnaar Gouden Kalveren, Bulado beste film".
429. Lemercier, Fabien. (15 October 2020). "Canneseries crowns Partisan its champion".
430. "27th Annual Film Awards (2022) – Online Film & Television Association".
431. "FilmAffinity".
432. Sharf, Zach. (4 March 2023). "'Everything Everywhere' Dominates Spirit Awards With 7 Prizes, Including Best Feature (Full Winners List)".
433. De Marco, Camillo. (23 July 2024). "Venice selects 21 films to compete for the Golden Lion".
434. Goldsmith, Jill. (29 October 2024). "Gotham Awards Nominations: 'Anora' Leads Pack, 'Challengers' & 'Nickel Boys' Among Group Up For Best Feature".
435. Gilchrist, Todd. (19 November 2024). "'The Substance,' 'The Piano Lesson,' 'Babygirl' Filmmakers Selected for Variety's 2025 Directors to Watch".