Gaite Jansen (1991) is considered one of the most promising young talents of her acting generation. In 2008 she was awarded the Best Actress Award for Luwte at the 48 Hour Film Project in Amsterdam and she was recently nominated for the Golden Calf for Best Actress (170 HZ). Gaite was uniquely accepted by two drama academies in The Netherlands. She chose to go to the Maastricht Theatre Academy. She starred in such films as Lover Of Loser (director: Dave Schram), Coach (director: Joram Lürsen) and Singing In The Dark, together with Carice van Houten. In the summer of 2010 she stars as Sophie in the new TV series In Therapie, the Dutch version of the HBO series In Treatment. Gaite appears in the Dutch thriller DUSK (original title: Schemer), directed by Hanro Smitsman who won the Golden Berlin Bear for his short film Contact. The cast consists of promising young Dutch talents such as Robert de Hoog, Matthijs van de Sande Bakhuyzen and Melody Klaver. Gaite is currently shooting The Entertainment Experience, a Dutch online project directed by Paul Verhoeven (Black Book).
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