Simone Kleinsma
Simone Kleinsma is a Dutch musical theatre actress.
Personal life
On 5 June 1990, Simone married Guus Verstraete, a Dutch television director.Career
Simone provided voice over work to numerous major animated films; including The Fairy Godmother in Shrek 2, Yzma in The Emperor's New Groove, Esmé Holgert in Babe and Babe: Pig in the City, Georgette in Oliver and Company and An American Tail.Kleinsma performed with pianists or orchestra. As an actress, she became known for her part in the TV-hit series 'Kees & Co'. She played Kees Heistee, mother of Anne and Rudie and married to Ben Heistee.
In 1996–1997 she presented the cooking program 'Koken met Cas'.
She won the 2023 season of The Masked Singer.
Theater
Television
Awards
- Pisuisse Award for most promising major student Kleinkunst Academie
- Academy Award/ Gouden Beelden for Best Comedy actress as Kees Heistee in Kees & Co
- Golden Harp
- John Kraaijkamp Musical Award for her part as Donna Stuiveling in the musical Mamma Mia!
- John Kraaijkamp Musical Award for playing Norma Desmond in the musical Sunset Boulevard
- John Kraaijkamp Musical Award: Speciale Theater Award for her theater show Simone: Songs from the Heart
- Nomination John Kraaijkamp Musical Award for Best performance by an actress in a leading role as Roxie Hart in the musical Chicago
- Nomination John Kraaijkamp Musical Award voor Best performance by an actress in a leading role in Fosse
Albums
| Title | Year | Remark | |||
| Met open ogen | 1995 | 27 January 1996 | 46 | 12 | |
| Sunset Boulevard – The Dutch cast album | 2010 | 14 February 2009 | 18 | 4 | Soundtrack Sunset Boulevard |
| Simone – Songs from the heart | 2010 | 9 January 2010 | 28 | 5 | |
| Simone – Songbook | 2010 | 1 January 2011 | 24 | 13 | |
| Simone! | 2016 |
Singles
| Title | Year | Remark | |||
| Vanmorgen vloog ze nog | 1988 | 22 October 1988 | 16 | 7 | as Tsjechov / with Martine Bijl, Robert Paul & Robert Long / No. 15 in the Single Top 100 |
| Zonder jou | 1995 | 23 December 1995 | 3 | 16 | with Paul de Leeuw / No. 3 in the Single Top 100 |
| Tweestrijd | 1996 | 20 July 1996 | 35 | 3 | with Paul de Leeuw / No. 26 in the Single Top 100 |
| Doe een wens | 1996 | 21 December 1996 | tip8 | - | No. 79 in the Single Top 100 |
| Uiteind'lijk vond ik jou | 1997 | 22 March 1997 | tip12 | - | with Paul de Leeuw / No. 72 in the Single Top 100 |