The Colombina is an award that is awarded annually in the form of a bronze statue by a jury of the Dutch Association of Theater and Concert Hall Directors to the most impressive female supporting actress of the Dutch theater season.
First awarded in 1964, the statuette has been designed by since 2005. Previous designers were ,'Louis en Theo d'or – Toneelprijzen gewijzigd – Nu ook een Arlecchino en een Colombina', De Tijd De Maasbode, Amsterdam, Thursday 5 May 1964, p. 5 (in Delpher) and . It is named after the Columbina stock character from the commedia dell'arte, and it is a companion piece to the Arlecchino, the prize awarded to the most impressive male supporting actor of the season.
Winners
Past winners were: 1964: Enny Meunier 1965: Elisabeth Andersen 1966: Loudi Nijhoff 1967: Anne Wil Blankers 1968: Marja Habraken 1969: Kitty Janssen 1970: Petra Laseur 1971: Ann Hasekamp 1972: Elisabeth Andersen 1973: Cançi Geraerdts 1974: Sjoukje Hooymaayer 1975: Josée Ruiter 1976: Ellen Vogel 1977: Henny Orri 1978: Bea Meulman 1979: Pauline van Rhenen 1980: Kitty Courbois 1981: Trins Snijders 1982: Nettie Blanken 1983: Do van Stek 1984: Marieke Beversluis 1985: Catherine ten Bruggencate 1986: Marlies Heuer 1987: Anita Menist 1988: Els Ingeborg Smits 1989: Els Dottermans 1990: Yvonne van den Hurk 1991: Trudy de Jong 1992: Elja Pelgrom 1993: Anneke Blok 1994: Marisa van Eyle 1995: Catherine ten Bruggencate 1996: Karlijn Sileghem 1997: Roos Ouwehand 1998: Halina Reijn 1999: Sien Eggers 2000: Tamar van den Dop 2001: Margôt Ros 2002: Tjitske Reidinga 2003: Carice van Houten 2004: Gilda De Bal 2005: Celia Nufaar 2006: Lineke Rijxman 2007: Fania Sorel 2008: Janni Goslinga 2009: Wine Dierickx 2010: Nanette Edens 2011: Lies Pauwels'Derwig en De Brauw winnen toneelprijzen', de Volkskrant, 11 September 2011 2012: Frieda Pittoors'Theaterprijzen Louis en Theo d'Or voor Van der Heijden en Heuer', NRC Handelsblad, 9 September 2012 2013: Astrid van Eck 2014: Kirsten Mulder 2015: Antoinette Jelgersma 2016: Ilke Paddenburg 2017: Lotte Dunselmanjuryrapport 2018: Maureen Teeuwen 2019: Rosa van Leeuwen 2020: not awarded due to COVID19; with nominations 2021: Sanne Samina Hanssen 2022: Helen Kamperveen
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