Jelka van Houten was born in Culemborg, Netherlands on 1 September 1978 as the second daughter of Margje Stasse (presently on the board of Dutch educational TV Teleac) and film historian / musicologist Theodore van Houten. She is the only sister of actress Carice van Houten (b. 1976). In the eighties both young girls made their first stage appearances in school plays in Utrecht and on Dutch TV in a KRO childrens programme produced by Stephan Stasse. A multi-talent Jelka played the role of an ...[Read Story]