January 2014
Simone Kleinsma (born 8 May 1958) is an award winning musical theatre actress in the Netherlands.
On 5 June 1990, Simone married Guus Verstraete, a Dutch television director. Eight years later they had their only child, a daughter that was stillborn.
Simone provided voice over work to numerous major animated films; including Shrek 2, The Emperor's New Groove, Bambi and An American Tail.
Kleinsma performs on regularly base with pianists (most often Cor Bakker or Tony Eyk) or orchestra. As an actress she became known for her part in the tv-hit series 'Kees & co' (aired from 1997 - 2006 bij RTL Broadcasting). She played Kees Heistee, mother of Anne (Amber Teterissa) and Rudie (Robin Tjon Pian Gi) en married to Ben Heistee (Rik Hoogendoorn). In 1996-1997 she presented the cooking program 'Koken met Cas'.
Filmography Simone Kleinsma
February 2013