A former mannequin, she competed at the Miss Holland contest in the
1970s. She acted in two films and was also a journalist for a glossy
magazine. She interviewed famous people like Monica Vitti, Roman
Polanski, Brigitte Bardot, Natasja Kinski and Jerry Kosinski. She also
worked for a television company.
When she was 26, she suffered a stroke, which left her almost completely
paralyzed. After a long stay in a Dutch hospital, she learned to speak
again, although speaking will always be difficult for her. Later, she
became a painter. Later tragedy struck again, when her boyfriend Geert
de Bruin died of cancer. He was 42.
She was paralyzed after suffering a stroke in the 1980s. Now confined to a wheelchair, she has difficulty speaking. A TV documentary about her life was made by her friend, actress
Sylvia Millecam.