Sylvia Hoeks is a Dutch actress. She has captured the audience’s attention with her powerful and versatile performances. She gained international fame through her role as Luv in Blade Runner 2049 and later as Camilla in The Girl in the Spider’s Web.
Hoeks was born on June 1, 1983, in Maarheeze, Netherlands. She began her career as a model but found her true calling in acting after studying at the Maastricht Academy of Dramatic Arts. Sylvia is known for playing strong and intense characters in movies and shows in different languages. She speaks German, English, and French apart from her native language.
Hoeks' role in Zack Snyder's Twilight of the Gods proved her ability to deliver eye-catching performances. If you like her powerful screen presence, here are five other movies and TV shows with Sylvia Hoeks that you should add to your watchlist.
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5 Sylvia Hoeks movies and TV Shows to watch if you liked her in Zack Snyder's Twilight of the Gods
1) Blade Runner 2049
This sequel to the iconic sci-fi movie Blade Runner provided Sylvia Hoeks her biggest international break. She played Luv, a ruthless replicant enforcer with a complicated mix of coldness and vulnerability.
Directed by Denis Villeneuve, it featured Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford in lead roles, along with Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks, Mackenzie Davis, Jared Leto, and Dave Bautista in supporting roles.
The movie is set 30 years after the original film, where replicants are still used as labor. When K comes across the remains of a female replicant who died giving birth, he learns that replicants can reproduce. Fearing this revelation could lead to chaos, K’s superior orders him to find and kill the child.
K discovers that the dead replicant is a Nexus-7, called Rachael. He learns that Rachael had a relationship with former Blade Runner, Rick Deckard. So, he tracks him and gets to know that he had a child with Rachael but had to hide it to protect them. Later, it is revealed that Rachael’s child is Dr. Ana Stelline, a memory designer.
K kills Luv while rescuing Deckard and helps him reunite with his daughter. However, K succumbs to his injuries and dies. The movie covers the themes of identity, memory, and what it means to be human. Sylvia’s Luv is ruthless; she portrays a calm and composed exterior but has a fierce intensity beneath it all.
2) See
This Apple TV+ series is a post-apocalyptic sci-fi drama. Created by Steven Knight, Sylvia Hoeks plays the role of Queen Sibeth Kane. The series features Jason Momoa in a leading role as well.
Set in a far-off future, a virus has wiped out most of the people. There are less than two million people who survived it. Humanity has lost its ability to see. Everything has returned to older ways of life. People have returned to living like erstwhile tribal hunter-gatherers and medieval societies.
A woman named Maghra is pregnant and she seeks refuge with the Alkenny tribe. The chief of the tribe, Baba Voss (Jason Momoa) marries her. She gives birth to twins who bear the rare gift of eyesight.
The Queen of the Payan Kingdom, played by Sylvia Hoeks, is determined to find and eliminate them. She fears that these people are a threat to her reign. Sylvia Hoeks plays a terrifying queen, and her role is gripping.
The show mixes action with intricate world-building. Also, the powerful performances by the actors make it a must-watch in the sci-fi genre.
3) The Girl in the Spider’s Web
In The Girl in the Spider's Web, Sylvia Hoeks takes on the challenging role of Camilla Salander, the estranged sister of hacker Lisbeth Salander, played by Claire Foy.
Lisbeth Salander is hired by computer programmer Frans Balder to retrieve a powerful program called FireFall. The world’s nuclear codes can be accessed via the program. However, a criminal organization, known as the Spiders steals the program. Lisbeth survives the attack and begins looking for the Spiders. What she learns shocks her; the leader is her estranged sister, Camilla Salander.
The sisters had an abusive father. Lisbeth escaped from him but Camilla was stuck. Hence, she became cold and calculating. Camilla hates Lisbeth for abandoning her and wants revenge.
Camilla is a ruthless antagonist. Her personal vendetta and hunger for power make her a dangerous character. If you’re a fan of strong, dark characters, Sylvia’s role in this movie is perfect for you.
4) Duska
This is where Sylvia Hoeks began her journey. In this touching story about unrequited love, Hoeks plays a young cinema worker.
Bob (Gene Bervoets) is a socially awkward film critic from the Netherlands. He finds himself infatuated with a woman (Sylvia Hoeks) who works at the popcorn counter of his favorite cinema. Bob is shy and that holds him back from making a move on her. He wants to win her over, so he decides to invite her to his apartment.
Little does he know that the universe has other plans for him. He is visited by an unexpected “friend”, Duska (Sergei Makovetsky), an eccentric person and even geekier when it comes to movies. They met at a Russian film festival and Bob had casually told him to stay at his place if he ever came to town.
Duska displays no intention of leaving his place. Bob struggles to find a way to get rid of the uninvited guest. The film humorously explores the clash of two socially awkward men trying to figure out life, friendship, and weird circumstances.
Hoeks’ role in this film earned her the Golden Calf Award for Best Supporting Actress. Duska is a refreshing contrast to her intense roles.
5) The Best Offer
In The Best Offer, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore, Syliav Hoeks plays the lead character’s love interest, Claire Ibbetson. The story is about Virgil Oldman (Geoffrey Rush). He is a famous art auctioneer who suffers from OCD. He loves collecting rare paintings. However, he has difficulty connecting with the outside world. His life changes when he is contacted by Claire Ibbetson who wants to hire him to sell her family’s antiques.
Claire has not left her house in years because she suffers from severe agoraphobia. She does not want to be seen by anyone. This increases Virgil’s curiosity about her. As he spends more time with her, he begins developing feelings.
Virgil also works with a mechanic named Robert (Jim Sturgess), who helps him fix old machines. But, much to Virgil’s surprise, Claire and Robert trick him into giving away his priceless art collection.
Virgil is left heartbroken and betrayed as he realizes that Claire is not who he thought she was. The Best Offer is a story about love, trust, and how easily one can be fooled in love.
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