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Merete Van Kamp

Merete Van Kamp (born 1961[1]) is a Danish model, actress and singer.

Merete Van Kamp
Born1961 (age 64–65)
Kolding, Denmark
Occupations
  • Model
  • actress
  • singer
Years active1983–2026
Known forPrincess Daisy a mini-series, Dallas TV series as character Grace Van Owen
SpouseJean Claude Friederich
Children1
AwardsThe Golden HALO Award
Websitehttps://shop.thevankampstudio.com

Early Life

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Merete Van Kamp was born in Kolding, Denmark in 1961.[1] She began modeling with Parker Zed modelling agency in Hamburg, Germany followed by L'Agence in Paris, France and Elite in Los Angeles California USA internationally. Then Merete Van Kamp was recruited by the Talent agent John LaRocca.[citation needed]

Career

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Merete 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 out of 700 actresses to play the lead roles of Princess Daisy Valenski and Dani Valenski in the NBC television miniseries Princess Daisy, written by Judith Krantz.[1] From 1985 to 1986, she had a regular role as Grace Van Owen on the television series Dallas.[1] From 1987 to 1997, Merete Van Kamp was training vocals and dance to record 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).[2]

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.

In 2017, Merete Van Kamp founded Le Van Kamp Studio in Paris, and began writing a drama thriller series and making her ACTORS do skids at Teatre ALLIORS in Paris, France that she would be writing .[2]

Filmography

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Merete Van Kamp film and television credits
YearTitleRoleNotes Ref.
1983The Osterman WeekendZuna BrickmanTheatrical film[3]
1983Princess DaisyPrincess Daisy Valenski / Dani ValenskiTV miniseries[1][4]
1984Remington SteeleGwen Whitewood1 episode[5]
1985Mission KillSydney BorghiniTheatrical film[4]
1985–1986DallasGrace Van OwenRegular role[1]
1988You Can't Hurry LoveMoniqueTheatrical film[3][4]
1988HotelDevon Sloan2 episodes[4]
1988The Most Dangerous Woman AliveLt. Christine Newhouse (Diana)Theatrical film, aka Lethal Woman[4]
1997Poison Ivy: The New SeductionCatherine GreerTheatrical film[6]
2004 Lotto Upperclass Lady [citation needed]
2008CraigLeilaTheatrical film[4]
2010De 7 DrabElizabeth Wæver1 episode
2010The ProtectorsPetra Grashof1 episode[5]
2010Westbrick MurdersRebecca SommersonTheatrical film[4]
2014The WillAnn StockwellTheatrical film[5]
2015 I Got Something to say Wife [citation needed]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Christensen, Anders Kjærulff (25 March 2006). "'Princess Daisy' – Documentary (41 minutes) on DR1, Danish National talk radio". dr.dk. Dokumentarzonen. Archived from the original on 10 October 2006. Retrieved 15 January 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. 1 2 "Merete Van Kamp". The Van Kamp Studio. 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  3. 1 2 "Merete Van Kamp". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Merete Van Kamp". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media / NBCUniversal. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
  5. 1 2 3 "Merete Van Kamp: Credits". TV Guide. TV Guide, A Fandom Company. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
  6. ↑ "Merete Van Kamp". Apple TV+. Apple, Inc. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
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