Astrid Whettnall

Astrid Whettnall

Born: March 17, 1971
in Uccle, Belgium
Astrid Whettnall (née Ullens de Schooten Whettnall, known as Astrid Whettnall; born 17 March 1971) is a Belgian stage and film actress. She studied at the Kleine Academy in Brussels and began working in theatre. Her film credits include Capital (2012), In the Name of the Son (2012), Salaud, on t'aime (2014), Yves Saint Laurent (2014), Marguerite (2015), and Close Enemies (2018).

She received the Magritte Award for Best Actress for her work in Road to Istanbul (2016).

She is daughter of Charles-Albert Ullens de Schooten Whettnall (1927-2006) and his wife Countess Madeleine Berndotte (b. 1938). Through her maternal grandfather Prince Carl Bernadotte, she is great-great-granddaughter of King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway and King Frederick VIII of Denmark; being she a third cousin of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, second cousin of King Philippe of Belgium and Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg and second cousin, once removed, of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece. She is also a descendant of King George II of Great Britain and King William I of the Netherlands.

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The Wages of Fear
Title: The Wages of Fear
Character: Anne Marchand
Released: March 28, 2024
Type: Movie
When an explosion at an oil well threatens hundreds of lives, a crack team is called upon to make a deadly desert crossing with nitroglycerine in tow.
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Through the Night
Title: Through the Night
Released: March 8, 2024
Type: Movie
One night, a woman in danger calls the police. Anna takes the call. A man is arrested. Weeks go by, the courts are looking for evidence, Aly, Anna and Dary have to deal with the echoes of that night they can't shake off.
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Title: Haven of Grace
Character: Laurence Leprieur
Released: February 8, 2024
Type: TV
As he approaches sixty, the time has come for Pierre Leprieur to take stock of his life. What did he accomplish and what did he mess up during his life? He was formerly an influential trade unionist on the docks at Le Havre. The passing years saw his relationship with his wife and his now-adult children subside. One evening, with his whole family gathered together to celebrate his birthday, the party is ruined. His sons, Jean and Simon, find themselves accused of mass drug trafficking. Whilst their sister, Emma, a criminal lawyer, tries to get them out of this difficult situation, Pierre, who si convinced that he is being targeted, does his utmost to help them. Yet he knows that if he roots around too much, he could end up unearthing truths best left untold.
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Last Dance
Title: Last Dance
Character: Catherine
Released: February 1, 2023
Type: Movie
Germain, an introspective retiree, abruptly becomes a widower at 75. He barely has the time to realize what has happened to him before his family forces their way into his daily life: non-stop phone calls and visits, meals and activities organized in advance – all meant to make his life as regular as clockwork. But Germain’s mind is elsewhere. Honoring a promise he made to his dear departed wife, he suddenly finds himself at the heart of a contemporary dance company’s newest work.
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Title: Forest of the Missing
Character: Birgit Scholtz
Released: November 27, 2022
Type: TV
Near the Franco-German border, in the heart of the Black Forest and the binational military base; 12 bodies are found in a mass grave. All the victims are men, both French and German.
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The Tiger and The President
Title: The Tiger and The President
Character: Germaine Deschanel
Released: September 7, 2022
Type: Movie
1920. Georges Clémenceau just lost the french presidential elections to the unknown Paul Deschanel, an idealistic who wants to change the country. But, one day, Deschanel falls from a train and disappear. At daybreak, France is looking for its president, a great chance for the « Tiger » Georges Clémenceau.
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Sans soleil
Title: Sans soleil
Character: Emmanuelle
Released: October 20, 2021
Type: Movie
A few years from now, the sun is on the verge of exploding and spatial shock waves flow the Earth. Most humans suffer auditory pain and Cyril's mother becomes a prominent drug dealer for those who decided not to take shelter underground. When she suddenly disappears, Cyril is adopted but he soon feels the need to embark on a journey to find her back.
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Murders In Toulouse
Title: Murders In Toulouse
Released: May 22, 2021
Type: Movie
Bodies were discovered early in the morning in various parts of Toulouse, and the case was handed over to senior captain Simon Keller for investigation. Is C, who just graduated from the police academy, assisting in the case? Cile Gimet, this is her first on-site investigation. They found that the murder case was related to the lyrics of a song by Claude Nougaro. Illness ridden Keller hopes to close the case as soon as possible, C? Cile will find that this case brings back the painful secrets of childhood.
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My Best Part
Title: My Best Part
Released: October 28, 2020
Type: Movie
Jérémie, a young man reaching a breaking point on all fronts, decides to leave behind Paris and return to Limosin, to the home of his intrusive mother.
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Title: Into the Night
Character: Gabrielle
Released: May 1, 2020
Type: TV
When the sun suddenly starts killing everything in its path, passengers on an overnight flight from Brussels attempt to survive by any means necessary.
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Tout contre elle
Title: Tout contre elle
Character: Hélène Dewallon
Released: April 12, 2019
Type: Movie
Girlfriend or enemy? Does the young cleaning lady Alice really want to protect the well-heeled Hélène from a scandal or rather blackmail her? In any case, Alice not only found her lifeless body and Hélène's wallet in her employer Svende Petersen's home, but also video footage that weighed heavily on Hélène. Because the married to a budding Member Hélène has fled without help from the apartment of her lover, when she became aware that Svende no longer breathes. But now Alice knows her secret. It becomes Hélène's menacing shadow ...
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The Mystery of Henri Pick
Title: The Mystery of Henri Pick
Character: Inès de Crécy
Released: March 6, 2019
Type: Movie
In a bizarre Breton library that collects rejected, never published manuscripts, a young editor discovers a novel that she considers a masterpiece. It was written by a certain Henri Pick, a cook who died two years earlier and who, according to his widow, had never read a book in his life or written anything but a shopping list... Did he have a secret life? When the book becomes a huge best-seller, Jean- Michel Rouche, a skeptical and stubborn literary critic, teams up with Joséphine, Pick’s daughter, to unravel the mystery.
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Close Enemies
Title: Close Enemies
Character: Head of the narcotics squad
Released: October 3, 2018
Type: Movie
Driss and Manuel both grew up on the same council estate. An estate where the sense of belonging to your patch is much stronger than the sense of belonging to a country, a nation or a culture... Manuel has assimilated this belonging, and he has even benefited from it and built his life on it. Driss, meanwhile, has shunned it. They will both have to face up to the consequences of their decisions – because they will each have a price to pay…
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Our Patriots
Title: Our Patriots
Character: Louise d'Héricourt
Released: June 14, 2017
Type: Movie
After the French defeat of summer 1940, Addi Ba, a young Senegalese rifleman escapes and hides in the Vosges. Aided by some villagers, he gets false documents that allow him to live openly.
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Road to Istanbul
Title: Road to Istanbul
Character: Elisabeth
Released: February 15, 2016
Type: Movie
Elisabeth lives a quiet live in the Belgian countryside with her young adult daughter Elodie. After the divorce from her husband Elisabeth took care of her daughter on her own. When Elodie disappears over night and Elisabeth discovers that she travelled to Syria to join the Islamic State, she begins her journey to find her daughter.
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Title: Baron Noir
Character: Véronique Bosso
Released: February 8, 2016
Type: TV
In a tale of epic scale, French politician Philippe Rickwaert thirsts for revenge against his political enemies. Philippe’s political career is in shambles after he is sacrificed by the presidential candidate from the Left, Francis Laugier, in order to save his election. Step by step, Philippe plots against him and forges an alliance with his closest advisor, Amélie Dorendeu.
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Marguerite
Title: Marguerite
Character: Françoise Bellaire
Released: September 16, 2015
Type: Movie
Paris in the 1920s. Marguerite Dumont is a wealthy woman with a passion for music and the opera. For years, she has performed regularly for a circle of guests. But Marguerite sings tragically out of tune and no one has ever told her. Her husband and her close friends have always encouraged her in her illusions. Things become very complicated the day she gets it into her head to perform in front of a genuine public, at the Opera.
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Graziella
Title: Graziella
Released: June 3, 2015
Type: Movie
A soulful examination of two defeated middle-aged characters who aren't sure that life holds the possibility of a second act.
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Johnny Walker
Title: Johnny Walker
Character: Sharon
Released: May 13, 2015
Type: Movie
A washed up Hollywood director is trapped in a remote castle by his own fears until the arrival of a mysterious woman offers him possible salvation. Inspired by Dostoevsky's 'Notes from the Underground', Johnny Walker attempts to answer the burning question: Is living a long life vulgar, immoral or just plain bad manners?
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Zebra Stripes
Title: Zebra Stripes
Character: L'ex-femme de José
Released: February 5, 2014
Type: Movie
José is a football agent who goes to Ivory Coast to spot young talents in football. He is a braggart , who willingly sleeps with Gigi , a beautiful African woman who loves the luxury he offers her... One day, José spots Yaya, a street boy with the potential of a champion, and brings him to Belgium. Will Yaya be José's reward? Between the poor neighborhoods of Abidjan and Sporting Club of Charleroi, the cultural "gap" is brutal... and reserves surprises.
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Yves Saint Laurent
Title: Yves Saint Laurent
Character: Yvonne de Peyerimhoff
Released: January 8, 2014
Type: Movie
A look at the life of French designer Yves Saint Laurent from the beginning of his career in 1958 when he met his lover and business partner, Pierre Berge.
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Brotherhood of Tears
Title: Brotherhood of Tears
Character: La femme
Released: October 9, 2013
Type: Movie
Gabriel Chevalier, 45 years old, is an ex-policeman. Unemployed, lonely and depressed,he lives like a ghost and hardly takes care of his only teenage child Juliette. One day, by pure chance, he finds a suspicious but extremely well paid job: his daily mission consists of delivering a briefcase exactly where he is told. The only rule being to never open it. These deliveries will bring him to meet weird people in strange places. Gradually, his cop instinct resurfaces...
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Title: Crossing Lines
Character: Madame Blanc
Released: August 22, 2013
Type: TV
Through globalization, many countries have been opened and barriers removed to ensure easy trade, travel and cultural diversity. However, this openness has given opportunities to criminals looking to exploit the system and ultimately threaten our global safety. As Europe has become a "safe house" for criminals eluding law enforcers, a special kind of law enforcement team is needed to handle specific ongoing crimes on a global level. "Crossing Lines" is the story of one such team, made up of five international cops, headed by Captain Daniel. The team - comprised of individuals who have little in common - must learn to live and work under the most dangerous and potentially deadly conditions. Housed in an unused storage section underneath the ICC, this mismatched team faces bureaucratic, jurisdictional and cultural obstacles while traversing continents in pursuit of justice.
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Title: Murders in...
Character: Isabelle Barutel
Released: April 23, 2013
Type: TV
Murders in... is a collection of French-Belgian police TV movies taking place each time in a different French city and region.
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The Silence of the Church
Title: The Silence of the Church
Character: Sophie Goffin
Released: April 10, 2013
Type: Movie
At the age of 12, Gabriel was sexually abused by Father Vincey, his headmaster. Fifteen years later, he is still traumatized. Constantly racked by this wrong that he has kept secret, Gabriel buys a gun and moves in near the boarding school where the priest is still headmaster...
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Capital
Title: Capital
Released: November 14, 2012
Type: Movie
The head of a giant European investment bank desperately clings to power when an American hedge fund company tries to buy them out.
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In the Name of the Son
Title: In the Name of the Son
Character: Elisabeth
Released: September 29, 2012
Type: Movie
When Elisabeth, a woman of faith, host of a radio show on a Catholic radio station, devoted to her family and the suffering of the world, is confronted with the pedophilia of priests and the suicide of her son, belief gives way to rage and to violence.
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The Belgian Job
Title: The Belgian Job
Released: February 14, 2012
Type: Movie
Willy Vander Brook, a world with Franco-Belgian roots, travels to Paris for an interview. He is welcomed by his childhood friend Serge, an ex pub operator, and his roommate Frank, a fierce supporter of the Walloon independence. When Willy discovers that his candidacy is not accepted because he is Belgian, he and his compatriots decide to take revenge
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Valparaiso
Title: Valparaiso
Character: Présidente commission d'enquête
Released: February 3, 2012
Type: Movie
A young member of the European Parliament faces a conflict of interest as she leads an investigation into an oil tanker disaster.
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Little Glory
Title: Little Glory
Character: Monica Wabski
Released: December 31, 2011
Type: Movie
After his parents’ death, Shawn, 19 and mildly delinquent, tries to look after his little sister to cash in on his dad’s life insurance. But you can’t buy love -- and you sure can’t ignore it. Shawn will find out he’s got more to gain by giving than taking.
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Vampires
Title: Vampires
Character: La vampire mariée
Released: April 17, 2010
Type: Movie
Vincent Lannoo’s ‘mockumentary’ shows us a community of vampires in Belgium. The two ‘parents’ of the family are George and Bertha, who have two teenage children – or rather, they raise two former humans who they turned into vampires. Son Samson is a bit of a jack the lad: enjoying the sexual freedom of vampire life, with all the vigour of an irresponsible young adult regardless of consequences (even incest is not frowned upon in their world, where the word ‘wife’ is often synonymous with ‘mother’ or ‘sister’). Daughter Grace yearns for humanity in a different way: applying fake tan to get rid of her vampiric pallor, dressing in pink clothes, wishing she could feel emotion and even having a human boyfriend.
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Ysé
Title: Ysé
Character: Ysé
Released: January 29, 2006
Type: Movie
The lives of a blind young girl and a woman collide in a dystopian future.