Portrait of Astrid Whettnall

Astrid Whettnall

Acting

Biography

Astrid Whettnall (née Ullens de Schooten Whettnall, known as Astrid Whettnall; born 17 March 1971) is a Belgian stage and film actress. She studied at the Kleine Academy in Brussels and began working in theatre. Her film credits include Capital (2012), In the Name of the Son (2012), Salaud, on t'aime (2014), Yves Saint Laurent (2014), Marguerite (2015), and Close Enemies (2018). She received the Magritte Award for Best Actress for her work in Road to Istanbul (2016). She is daughter of Charles-Albert Ullens de Schooten Whettnall (1927-2006) and his wife Countess Madeleine Berndotte (b. 1938). Through her maternal grandfather Prince Carl Bernadotte, she is great-great-granddaughter of King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway and King Frederick VIII of Denmark; being she a third cousin of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, second cousin of King Philippe of Belgium and Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg and second cousin, once removed, of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece. She is also a descendant of King George II of Great Britain and King William I of the Netherlands. Source: Article "Astrid Whettnall" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Born: March 17, 1971

Place of Birth: Uccle, Belgium

Filmography

2025
Champagne Problems

as Brigitte Laurent

2024
Winter Palace

as Frau Roth

2024
Faces

as Mother / Journalist

2024
The Wages of Fear

as Anne Marchand

2024
Haven of Grace

as Laurence Leprieur

2023
2023
Last Dance

as Catherine

2022
Forest of the Missing

as Birgit Scholtz

2022
The Tiger and The President

as Germaine Deschanel

2021
Without Sun

as Emmanuelle

2020
Murders In Toulouse

as Isabelle Barutel

2020
Into the Night

as Gabrielle

2019
Tout contre elle

as Hélène Dewallon

2019
The Mystery of Henri Pick

as Inès de Crécy

2018
Close Enemies

as Head of the narcotics squad

2017
Our Patriots

as Louise d'Héricourt

2016
Road to Istanbul

as Elisabeth

2016
Baron Noir

as Véronique Bosso

2015
Marguerite

as Françoise Bellaire

2015
Johnny Walker

as Sharon

2014
Zebra Stripes

as L'ex-femme de José

2014
Yves Saint Laurent

as Yvonne de Peyerimhoff

2013
2013
Crossing Lines

as Madame Blanc

2013
Murders in...

as Isabelle Barutel

2013
2012
2012
Valparaiso

as Présidente commission d'enquête

2011
Little Glory

as Monica Wabski

2010
Vampires

as La vampire mariée