Laurien Van den Broeck, a talented individual, was born on February 29th, 1988, in Lier, Belgium. She is the third of five children, with two older brothers, Filip and Willem van den Broeck, and two younger sisters, Charlotte and Astrid.
Laurien's acting career began at a young age, when she played her first feature film role at the age of eleven in the 2000 film "Mariken," directed by André van Duren and co-written by Academy Award winner Willeke van Ammelrooy.
At the age of thirteen, Laurien landed the leading female role in the 2002 film "Moonlight," for which she received the Young Actor's Award at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival and was nominated for the Golden Calf for Best Actress at the Netherlands Film Festival. The film was directed by Academy Award nominee Paula van der Oest.
In 2003, Laurien starred in the box office hit "The Memory of a Killer," which became the best-selling Belgian film of all time. She also appeared in "Brush with Fate" alongside Glenn Close and Ellen Burstyn.
In the following years, Laurien continued to work in the entertainment industry, appearing in popular Belgian TV series such as "Sara" (2007) and "Witse" (2004),which are two of the most-watched TV series in Belgian history.
