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Bibi van Lieshout

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Bibi van Lieshout

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 Dutch actor with award-winning stage work and international screen credits. 

Bibi van Lieshout is a Dutch actor based in The Netherlands and Belgium. She won the Roel Verniers Prize for her own written and performed play ‘Paris was a Woman’, and has performed all across Europe and in Congo. Her work includes both stage and screen, often combining physical performance with comedic of character-driven roles.

Bibi brings her passion for History, gender, queerness and performance into everything she creates. Her theatre plays won critical acclaim, and her fearless approach to physical roles makes her a standout in both avant-garde theatre and dynamic screen project.


Bibi van Lieshout
29 yearsAntwerp (BE), 's-Hertogenbosch (NL)
Genderfemale, Queer
Year of birth1996 (29 years)
Acting age25-36 years
Place of birthBrabant
NationalityDutch
Main professionActor
Working permitsBelgium, France, Germany, Netherlands
Housing optionsBrussels (BE)
Driver's licensesA - Motorcycle, B - Car
Eye colorbrown
Hair colorblond(e)
Height (cm)169
Weight (in kg)55
LanguagesDutch, Flemish(native)English(native)FrenchGerman
DialectsBrabantian
InstrumentsGuitar
SportSnowboardingKiteboardingSoccerYoga
DanceModern dance
SingingA cappella
Training
Primary professional training
2016 – 2020
Other professional training
2025
Frank & Stein Studio's Barcelona by Luci Lenox
Awards
2023
Roel Verniers Prijs Het Theaterfestival
Film
2022
FEMI (Cinema film)
Prisciliia (SUP)
Dwight Fagbamila
Television
Arcadia - Opening (TV series)
Chris (SUP)
Tim Oliehoek
2019
3Hz (TV show)
Supporting Role
Ketnet
Theater
2024 – 2026
Under Your spell (Drama)
Leading Role
Audrey Apers Kunstenwerkplaats Brussels
2021 – 2023
Paris was a Woman picture © Anne van Zantwijk
Paris was a Woman (Drama)
Djuna Barnes, Nathalie Barney, Giselle Freund (LR)
Stephanie Louwrier & Nilay Ceber Toneelhuis, Monty, Het Theaterfestival, Kunstenwerkplaats Brussel Toneelhuis Bibi van Lieshout
2018 – 2020
Vita Siyo Mucheza Yawatoto (Drama)
KVS - Koninklijke Vlaamse Schouwburg