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Astrid Whettnall

Acting Born Mar 17, 1971 Uccle, Belgium 24 credits

Biography

Astrid Whettnall (née Ullens de Schooten Whettnall, known as Astrid Whettnall; born 17 March 1971) is a Belgian stage and film actress. She studied at the Kleine Academy in Brussels and began working in theatre. Her film credits include Capital (2012), In the Name of the Son (2012), Salaud, on t'aime (2014), Yves Saint Laurent (2014), Marguerite (2015), and Close Enemies (2018).

She received the Magritte Award for Best Actress for her work in Road to Istanbul (2016).

She is daughter of Charles-Albert Ullens de Schooten Whettnall (1927-2006) and his wife Countess Madeleine Berndotte (b. 1938). Through her maternal grandfather Prince Carl Bernadotte, she is great-great-granddaughter of King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway and King Frederick VIII of Denmark; being she a third cousin of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, second cousin of King Philippe of Belgium and Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg and second cousin, once removed, of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece. She is also a descendant of King George II of Great Britain and King William I of the Netherlands.

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Known for

Murders in...

as Isabelle Barutel

Crossing Lines

as Madame Blanc

The Missing

as Sylvie Deloix

Into the Night

as Gabrielle
Film

Yves Saint Laurent

as Yvonne de Peyerimhoff

Full filmography

  • Murders in... (2013) as Isabelle Barutel
  • Crossing Lines (2013) as Madame Blanc
  • Baron Noir (2016) as Véronique Bosso
  • The Missing (2014) as Sylvie Deloix
  • Into the Night (2020) as Gabrielle
  • The Wages of Fear (2024) as Anne Marchand
  • Champagne Problems (2025) as Brigitte Laurent
  • Winter Palace (2024) as Frau Roth
  • Once Upon My Mother (2025) as Mile Corbeau
  • Yves Saint Laurent (2014) as Yvonne de Peyerimhoff
  • Haven of Grace (2024) as Laurence Leprieur
  • Capital (2012)
  • Forest of the Missing (2022) as Birgit Scholtz
  • Close Enemies (2018) as Head of the narcotics squad
  • My Best Part (2020)
  • Marguerite (2015) as Françoise Bellaire
  • Johnny Walker (2015) as Sharon
  • The Mystery of Henri Pick (2019) as Inès de Crécy
  • Last Dance (2023) as Catherine
  • Our Patriots (2017) as Louise d'Héricourt
  • Through the Night (2023) as La juge
  • Vampires (2010) as La vampire mariée
  • Little Glory (2011) as Monica Wabski
  • Tout contre elle (2019) as Hélène Dewallon