Nicolette van Dam

Nicolette van Dam (born 14 August 1984) is a Dutch actress, model and television host. Nicolette van Dam was born in Amsterdam in 1984. After finishing high school at the havo level at the age of 18, van Dam went to study at HBO. She didn't finish her study—instead, she was discovered and became a model. After appearing in several video clips, van Dam got the role of the conceited Bionda in the kids soap ZOOP, which was aired on the Dutch Nickelodeon. In 2005, the first movie about the show was released in Dutch theaters: Zoop in Africa The movie was followed by Zoop in India (2006). In 2007 the film Zoop in South-America was released in the Netherlands. For the second Zoop movie, van Dam sang Jadoo Jadoo, which was listed at the Kids Top 20. She was also nominated for a Golden Calf for her role in the second film.

After having guest starred in the series Van Speijk in 2006, van Dam presented the reality show Pimp my Room. Her next credit as a presenter, was for the kids show Jetix Max, which is aired every Sunday on the Dutch network Jetix.

Van Dam also appeared in the movies Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo and Plop in de Stad, dubbed a voice in Ice Age: The Meltdown and had a guest role in one of the most successful investigation series of the Netherlands; Baantjer.

From March 2007 to November 2009, van Dam had a role in the successful comedy series Voetbalvrouwen.

In 2016 Van Dam hosted, together with Tim Douwsma, the SBS6 competition show The Next Boy/Girl Band.