Merete Van Kamp

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::summary Danish model, actress and singer ::

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Field	Value
birth_date	1961
birth_place	Kolding, Denmark
occupation	{{Flatlist
years_active	1983–2014
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Merete Van Kamp (born 1961) 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 (with Shannon Tweed), Poison Ivy: The New Seduction (the third of the four-film series), 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 (the other two were Rick F. James compositions).

;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

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Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1983	The Osterman Weekend	Zuna Brickman	Theatrical film	title=Merete Van Kamp
1983	Princess Daisy	Princess Daisy Valenski / Dani Valenski	TV miniseries	title=Merete Van Kamp
1984	Remington Steele	Gwen Whitewood	1 episode	title=Merete Van Kamp: Credits
1985	Mission Kill	Sydney Borghini	Theatrical film
1985–1986	Dallas	Grace Van Owen	Regular role
1988	You Can't Hurry Love	Monique	Theatrical film
1988	Hotel	Devon Sloan	2 episodes
1988	The Most Dangerous Woman Alive	Lt. Christine Newhouse (Diana)	Theatrical film, aka Lethal Woman
1997	Poison Ivy: The New Seduction	Catherine Greer	Theatrical film	title=Merete Van Kamp
2008	Craig	Leila	Theatrical film
2010	De 7 Drab	Elizabeth Wæver	1 episode
2010	The Protectors	Petra Grashof	1 episode
2010	Westbrick Murders	Rebecca Sommerson	Theatrical film
2014	The Will	Ann Stockwell	Theatrical film
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References

References

1. (25 March 2006). "'Princess Daisy' – Documentary (41 minutes) on DR1, Danish National talk radio". Dokumentarzonen.
2. (2019). "Merete Van Kamp".
3. "Merete Van Kamp". [[American Film Institute]].
4. "Merete Van Kamp". [[Fandango Media]] / [[NBCUniversal]].
5. "Merete Van Kamp: Credits". TV Guide, A [[Fandom (website).
6. "Merete Van Kamp". Apple, Inc..

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