Merete Van Kamp


Merete Van Kamp is a Danish model, actress and singer.

Early Life

Van Kamp was born in Kolding, Denmark in 1961. She began modeling in Germany followed by Paris and internationally.

Career

;Actor
Van Kamp's first film role was in the 1983 espionage thriller The Osterman Weekend, directed by Sam Peckinpah playing opposite John Hurt.
She was then chosen to play the lead roles of Princess Daisy Valenski and Dani Valenski in the NBC television miniseries Princess Daisy, written by Judith Krantz. From 1985 to 1986 she had a regular role as Grace Van Owen on the television series Dallas.
She guest-starred in several episodes of Hotel and Remington Steele and has appeared in feature films, including You Can't Hurry Love with Bridget Fonda, and Mission Kill, with Robert Ginty and Olivia d'Abo, directed by David Winters. She was the lead in Lethal Woman, Poison Ivy: The New Seduction, and Westbrick Murders with Eric Roberts. Van Kamp appeared on the series De 7 Drab in 2010.
;Singer
From 1990 to 1994, Van Kamp recorded an album for EMI-France entitled Pleasure and Pain, produced by Frank Langolff, who composed seven of the nine tracks.
;Teacher and writer
In 2017, Van Kamp founded her own acting studio in Paris, and is writing a drama thriller series of ten episodes.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1983The Osterman WeekendZuna BrickmanTheatrical film
1983Princess DaisyPrincess Daisy Valenski / Dani ValenskiTV miniseries
1984Remington SteeleGwen Whitewood1 episode
1985Mission KillSydney BorghiniTheatrical film
DallasGrace Van OwenRegular role
1988You Can't Hurry LoveMoniqueTheatrical film
1988HotelDevon Sloan2 episodes
1988The Most Dangerous Woman AliveLt. Christine Newhouse Theatrical film, aka Lethal Woman
1997Poison Ivy: The New SeductionCatherine GreerTheatrical film
2008CraigLeilaTheatrical film
2010De 7 DrabElizabeth Wæver1 episode
2010The ProtectorsPetra Grashof1 episode
2010Westbrick MurdersRebecca SommersonTheatrical film
2014The WillAnn StockwellTheatrical film