Thekla Reuten's Profile

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 Thekla Reuten

• Date of Birth: September 16, 1975
• Birth Location: Bussum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Sexiness
As a half-Dutch and half-Italian beauty who is educated in five languages, Thekla Reuten is the kind of classy and sophisticated beauty that most men would love to have as their personal tour guide across Europe. While she’s most likely open to compliments about her wholesome looks (what woman isn’t?), Reuten has also made it clear that the whole modern image of beauty can be, in her words, “terribly superficial and boring.” By that, she means that while there are standards of beauty across our culture, people -- especially women -- should not strive to look the same. It’s sound advice, but Reuten has nothing to worry about. No matter which scale of beauty is being used, she’ll finish near the top.

Thekla Reuten’s personal romantic conquests remain close to the vest, but her professional career has brought her very close to Mexico’s smoldering hunk, Gael Garcia Bernal, on stage and pop culture’s eternal ladies’ man, George Clooney, on screen. According to Reuten, she got quite the first-hand experience of Mr. Clooney’s humor and charm on the set of The American -- which included him combining his iPhone with the onset megaphone to create an impromptu dance party.

Success
An industry veteran in European film and television for the better part of 15 years, Thekla Reuten’s talents have allowed her to play a broad mix of characters from separated twins (Twin Sisters) to an extroverted pop star (Everybody’s Famous) to a feisty pregnant hotel owner (In Bruges) to a stylish mystery woman (The American). With most of her career -- and her acclaim -- having come in the European film industry, Reuten is no doubt content with her accomplishments thus far, but she’s also moving full steam ahead in her quest to successfully cross over into Hollywood films. With George Clooney as her most recent costar, she could certainly do a whole lot worse. 

A big part of why Thekla Reuten has been able to develop a prosperous acting career is due to her approach to acting and life, in general. Rather than get lost in the lives of the characters she plays the way that some actors do (like you, Sean Penn), Reuten prefers to delve deep into her own life experiences to find the emotions needed for particular scenes. Something of a sponge for the human experience, she likes to absorb what she sees and feels away from the set to enhance her career. So far, it’s a strategy that has helped her feel at ease and also build a fortuitous career. (askmen)