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Astrid Whettnall

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Astrid Whettnall

Born March 17, 1971 in Uccle, Belgium31 films

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).

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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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Essential films

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Filmography

31 films as actor
  1. 2025Champagne ProblemsBrigitte Laurent
  2. 2025Once Upon My MotherMile Corbeau
  3. 2024FacesMother / Journalist
  4. 2024Assigned
  5. 2024The Wages of FearAnne Marchand
  6. 2023Through the NightLa juge
  7. 2023Last DanceCatherine
  8. 2022The Tiger and The PresidentGermaine Deschanel
  9. 2021Without SunEmmanuelle
  10. 2020Murders In ToulouseIsabelle Barutel
  11. 2020My Best Part
  12. 2019Tout contre elleHélène Dewallon
  13. 2019The Mystery of Henri PickInès de Crécy
  14. 2018Close EnemiesHead of the narcotics squad
  15. 2017Our PatriotsLouise d'Héricourt
  16. 2016Road to IstanbulElisabeth
  17. 2015MargueriteFrançoise Bellaire
  18. 2015Graziella
  19. 2015Johnny WalkerSharon
  20. 2014Zebra StripesL'ex-femme de José
  21. 2014Yves Saint LaurentYvonne de Peyerimhoff
  22. 2013Brotherhood of TearsLa femme
  23. 2013The Silence of the ChurchSophie Goffin
  24. 2013Moroccan GigolosGeneviève
  25. 2012Capital
  26. 2012In the Name of the SonElisabeth
  27. 2012The Belgian Job
  28. 2012ValparaisoPrésidente commission d'enquête
  29. 2011Little GloryMonica Wabski
  30. 2010VampiresLa vampire mariée
  31. 2006YséYsé