2001 - pres.: Acting trainings with Joe Weston, Cliff Sutton, Hugo Metsers Jr., Robin Pera, Helmert Woudenberg, and others

2004: Summer Program, American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Hollywood (USA)

2004: Admission to American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Hollywood (USA)

2001 - 2003: Courses in directing and acting for camera, Open Studio, Amsterdam

1999: Workshops Elizabethan and modern theatre, Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, London (UK)

1997 - 1998: Drama education (part-time), Maastricht Theatre Academy

1997: Admission to Utrecht School of the Arts (Drama Faculty), Eindhoven Academy of Expression through Word and Gesture, and Maastricht Theatre Academy

1996 - 1997: Theatre Base Year, Utrecht School of the Arts (Drama Faculty); certificate 1997

1996: Admission to acting education of De Trap, Amsterdam, and to

Theatre Base Year, Utrecht School of the Arts (Drama Faculty)

Theatre workshops, by a.o. the National Theatre, The Hague

1988: Proficiency in English, University of Cambridge (UK); certificate 1988

1985 - 1991: Business administration, philosophy, and history, Groningen University; Master’s degree (Drs.) 1991

1979 - 1985: Gymnasium A, Katholiek Veluws College, Apeldoorn; final exam 1985