Chantal Janzen

Chantal Janzen (born 15 February 1979) is a Dutch actress, singer and TV presenter. She had parts in The Preacher, Full Moon Party and Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo and presented Idols. She also played Belle in the Dutch Musical version of Beauty and the Beast and Jane in the Dutch Musical version of Tarzan. She also sang a song against cancer, called "Vecht Mee" (English: Fight With Us) with Dutch rapper Yes-R. From late 2011, she stars as Glinda in the Dutch premiere production of Wicked.

Chantal Janzen
Chantal Janzen (2016)
Born	15 February 1979 Tegelen, Netherlands
Occupation	Actress, singer, presenter
Years active	2002–present

Life and career

Janzen was born in Tegelen. She studied at the Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten. She was taught in classical-, modern-, jazz- and tapdance, acting, singing and musical repertoire. She played in several musicals, including Crazy For You, Kunt u mij de weg naar Hamelen vertellen, mijnheer?, Saturday Night Fever, 42nd Street, Beauty and the Beast, Tarzan and the production of Petticoat.[1][2][3]

She played several guest roles in TV shows like Baantjer, Intensive Care, De Band, Meiden van De Wit and Kinderen Geen Bezwaar. She also hosted Staatsloterij Live and the Dutch version of Idols. Janzen played several parts in movies: De Dominee, Feestje, Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, Volle Maan, Alles is Liefde, Kicks and the made-for-TV film Loverboy.[4] In December 2002 her single "Achter De Sterren", the title song from the movie Science Fiction was released.[5][6]

Janzen won the John Kraaijkamp Musical Award in 2002 for Upcoming Talent for her lead in Saturday Night Fever. She also won a musical award in 2005 for Best actress in a supporting role for the musical Crazy For You. She got nominated for Best female lead in 2006 as Belle in Beauty and the Beast and in 2007 she got nominated for the same prize for her role as Jane in the musical Tarzan. Because of her pregnancy she had to temporarily leave her part in the musical Tarzan from September 2008 through April 2009. She was replaced by Bente van den Brand. After Tarzan she played a part in the Disney Musical Sing-Along.[7] In 2010 Janzen can be seen in the musical Petticoat. It's an original Dutch musical, written especially for her. After her role in Petticoat she played the role of Glinda in the Dutch rendition of the Broadway musical Wicked.[8]

In 2011 Janzen ended her contract with the Dutch TV channel AVRO and signed a contract with RTL. According to her, hosting the Award shows she had been hosting at the AVRO for the fourth year in a row, would make her performance look cheap. She was enthused by the idea of experiencing other things.[9] In 2012 Janzen had roles in the series Divorce and Goede tijden, slechte tijden.[10] Later on in 2019 Janzen returned in another small role in Goede tijden, slechte tijden.[11]

Since she made the switch to RTL Nederland, she has presented various television programs including De Jongens tegen de Meisjes, Everybody Dance Now, It Takes 2, Time To Dance and The Voice of Holland.[12] She also presents the Dutch versions of Dance Dance Dance, All Together Now and Dancing with the Stars.[13][14][15] Over the years Janzen was also seen as a jury member in the television shows Your Face Sounds Familliar, Holland's Got Talent and The Talent Project.[16][17]

In the years from 2015 to 2016, Janzen could also be seen as a presenter in Germany at The Voice Kids and as jury member at Superkids.[18][19]

In 2019, Janzen was one of the members of the "Wall of the World" in the American television show The World's Best.[20] On 4 December 2019, she was announced one of the three presenters of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam alongside Edsilia Rombley and Jan Smit; the contest itself would be cancelled in March 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and was replaced with Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light (which was presented jointly by Janzen, Rombley, and Smit), which was held on 16 May 2020.[21][22] In November 2020, Janzen was announced as the host of the game show Beat the Champions (a Dutch version of the British game show Beat the Chasers).[23]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
2002	Volle maan	Andrea
2003	Loverboy	Claudia
2003	Pista!	Heidi
2004	Fighting Fish	Jennifer
2004	Feestje!	Talita
2004	De Dominee	Annet
2005	Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo	Scandinavian pornstar
2007	Kicks	Denise
2007	Shrek the Third	Sneeuwwitje
2007	Alles is Liefde	Sarah
2007	Enchanted	Giselle
2009	De Hel van '63	Dieuwke Ferwerda
2010	Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang	Isabel Green
2010	Het geheim	Laura Stikker
2013	Soof	Bob
2014	Pak van mijn hart	Julia
2017	Het verlangen	Brigitte Hooijmakers

Television

As an actress

Year	Title	Role
2002	IC	Esther Goud
2003	Baantjer	Julia Hendrikx
2003	De Band	Inge
2005	Meiden van De Wit	Wendy
2005	De Lama's	Herself
2005	Samen	Iris Bestevaer
2006	Kinderen geen bezwaar	Herself
2007	Katja vs De Rest	Herself
2010–present	De TV Kantine	various roles including Helga Geerhart, Barbie, Melania Trump, Mariska Bauer
2012	Goede tijden, slechte tijden	Glinda
2012–2016	Divorce	Sophie Schaeffer-Bax
2019	Kees & Co	Coosje
2019	Goede tijden, slechte tijden	Annelies de Heer

As a presenter / jury member

Year	Title	Note
2003	D'r op of d'r onder	jury member
2005–2006	Idols 3	presenter together with Martijn Krabbé
2005–2006	Staatsloterij Live	presenter together with Carlo Boszhard
2006	Staatsloterij €100,000 Show	presenter together with Carlo Boszhard
2006–2007	Ranking the Stars	panel member
2008	[email protected]	presenter
2008–2010	Uitmarkt Musical Sing-Along	presenter together with Frits Sissing
2008–2009	Het Pink Ribbon Gala	presenter
2008	Joseph Backstage	presenter together with Renate Schutte
2008–2010	Gouden Televizier-Ring Gala	presenter
2008	Chalet Chantal	presenter
2009	Zóóó 30	presenter together with Ruben Nicolai
2008–2009	Het hofvijverconcert	presenter
2009	Wie is mijn ex?	presenter
2009	RTL Boulevard	presenter
2009	Uitreiking Gouden Loekie	presenter
2009	Mies 80!	presenter
2009–2010	Weten zij veel!?	presenter
2010	Op zoek naar Freek… met Chantal	presenter
2010	Backstage bij Petticoat	documentary
2011–2017	De Jongens tegen de Meisjes	presenter together with Tijl Beckand
2011	Zie Ze Vliegen	presenter together with Carlo Boszhard, Irene Moors en Gordon
2011	Sunday Night Fever	presenter
2012	Beat the Best	presenter together with Gordon
2012	Your Face Sounds Familliar	jury member
2013–2015	Everybody Dance Now	presenter
2013–present	Holland's Got Talent	jury member
2014	Het beste van Holland's Got Talent	presenter
2014	Beatrix, Met Hart en Ziel	presenter
2014	Billy Elliot: Van Auditie Tot Applaus	presenter
2014–2017	Chantal blijft slapen	presenter
2014–2016	The Voice Kids	presenter together with Thore Schölermann
2015	Carlo's TV Café	presenter together with Carlo Boszhard
2015–2018	Dance Dance Dance (Dutch version)	presenter together with Jandino Asporaat (season 1–3), and with Humberto Tan (season 4)
2015	Superkids	jury member
2015–2016	Het Collectief Geheugen	presenter
2016	It Takes 2	presenter together with Gordon
2017	Janzen & Van Dijk	presenter together with Wendy van Dijk
2017	&Chantal	presenter
2017–present	Chantal komt werken	presenter
2018	Doe het lekker zelf	presenter
2018	Time To Dance	presenter together with Jamai
2018	The Talent Project	jury member
2019	The World's Best	jury member
2019–present	All Together Now (Dutch version)	presenter together with Jamai Loman
2019	Chantals Pyjama Party	presenter
2019	Dancing with the Stars (Dutch version)	presenter together with Tijl Beckand
2019–present	The Voice of Holland	presenter together with Martijn Krabbé
2020	De Chantal & Beau show: tussen de schuifdeuren	presenter together with Beau van Erven Dorens
2020	Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light	presenter together with Edsilia Rombley and Jan Smit
2020–present	Oh, wat een jaar!	presenter
2021–present	Beat the Champions	presenter

Musicals

Musical
Year	Musical	Role	Notes
2000–2001	42nd Street	Lorraine Fleming / Understudy Peggy Sawyer
2001–2003	Saturday Night Fever	Stephanie Mangano	John Kraaijkamp Musical Award 2002 for new talent
2003–2004	Kunt u mij de weg naar Hamelen vertellen, mijnheer?	Lidwientje Walg
2004–2005	Crazy For You	Patsy / 1st understudy Polly Baker	Musical Award for best supporting actress
2005–2007	Beauty and the Beast	Belle
2007–2009	Tarzan	Jane
2010–2011	Petticoat!	Patricia "Pattie" Jagersma
2011–2012	Wicked	Glinda
2012–2015	Hij Gelooft in Mij	Rachel Hazes

Personal

Janzen is in a relationship with Marco Geeratz. She gave birth to their first son, James, on January 23, 2009. On December 15, 2014, they were married in London. Geeratz has three children from a prior relationship.[7] On March 30, 2018, the couple had their second son, Bobby.[24]

References

1. "Chantal Janzen in musical Wicked". OmroepVenlo.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 September 2019.
2. "Liefde voor het theater lonkt weer bij Chantal Janzen". 1Limburg (in Dutch). 5 September 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
3. Bartels, Bianca (10 October 2010). "Chantal Janzen stralend middelpunt in 'Petticoat'". Trouw (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 September 2019.
4. "De beste films met Chantal Janzen". FilmVandaag.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 September 2019.
5. "Achter de sterren – Chantal Janzen". Dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 September 2019.
6. "A-Film Distribution start muzieklabel A-Film Music". Entertainment Business (in Dutch). 8 October 2002. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
7. Wilma Nanninga (18 September 2008). "Chantal Janzen met zwangerschapsverlof". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 22 January 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
8. "Chantal Janzen in Wicked". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 15 December 2010. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
9. "RTL 4 haalt Chantal Janzen binnen" (in Dutch). Volkskrantpublisher. 20 January 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
10. "Chantal Janzen zag Divorce niet zitten". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 23 February 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
11. "Chantal Janzen heeft rolletje in Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden". RTL Boulevard (in Dutch). 27 March 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
12. "Chantal Janzen gaat The Voice of Holland presenteren". 1Limburg (in Dutch). 8 March 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
13. "Chantal Janzen presenteert Dance, Dance, Dance". NU. 2 March 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
14. "Chantal Janzen presenteert nieuw seizoen Dancing with the Stars". televizier.nl (in Dutch). 9 January 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
15. "Jamai Loman en Chantal Janzen in nieuwe RTL-zangshow". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 September 2019.
16. "Holland's Got Talent dumpt Patricia Paay". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 September 2019.
17. "Caro, Chantal en Roel in jury Talent Project". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 20 May 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
18. "Vuurdoop voor Chantal Janzen bij Duitse Voice Kids". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 September 2019.
19. "Chantal Janzen: Die neue Sat.1-Moderatorin aus Holland". Bild (in German). Retrieved 18 September 2019.
20. "Chantal Janzen en Angela Groothuizen experts in Amerikaanse talentenjacht". NU. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
21. "Exclusive: Introducing the Eurovision 2020 presenters!". Eurovision Song Contest. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
22. "Edsilia Rombley, Chantal Janzen en Jan Smit presenteren Songfestival". nos.nl. 4 December 2019.
23. "Chantal Janzen presenteert nieuwe quiz Beat The Champions". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 4 December 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
24. "Chantal Janzen bevallen van zoontje Bobby". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 30 March 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.

External links

• Chantal Janzen at IMDb