Biografia

Has a reported IQ of 164 and skipped four grades in school.

Speaks four languages: Dutch, English, Italian and French.

At age 16, her father brought home a woman he introduced to the family as his next wife and told his wife and kids to leave. They moved into a small flat.

She was the first choice for the role of Lucy in Nosferatu: O Vampiro da Noite (1979), however, the actress rejected the offer because she did not want to work with Klaus Kinski who was famous for disrespect for women.

Began a relationship with actor Ian McShane during filming of O Quinto Mosqueteiro (1979), which lasted for almost 5 years.

Didn't they warn you? I love to invent - avoiding the truth. I need to dramatize. It's also a form of protection.

I would now rather be very healthy and strong as a horse but it is nice to be attractive.

[from a 2005 Dutch newspaper interview] I don't expect too much from the afterlife, I think that I know very well what pain is. When I think of the end of my life, I think mainly: I didn't do nothing, but I could have done more.

Self confidence for me is a fragile fleece.

I was a silent actress, a body. I belonged to dreams, to those who can't be broken.