Hadewych Minis (born 1977 in Maastricht) is a Dutch actress and singer with more than seventy screen credits. Trained at the Maastricht Theatre Academy, she built her stage reputation with companies including Hollandia and Toneelgroep Amsterdam under directors Johan Simons and Ivo van Hove. She won the Golden Calf for Best Actress for Borgman (2013), a Palme d'Or nominee at Cannes, and gained wider international recognition through her role in Toni Erdmann (2016), which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. In theatre she won the 2022 Theo d'Or for her solo performance in Girls & Boys.
The film De Idylle, starring Minis in the lead role as a terminally ill opera diva, premiered on March 13, 2025 in Dutch cinemas following a world premiere in the Big Screen Competition of IFFR 2025; the film won a Golden Calf.
On March 8, 2025, Minis opened the new season of the NPO 2 program Verborgen Verleden, in which she searched for her female ancestors.
The Videoland series Bennie, in which Minis plays the mother of a young man with Down syndrome, premiered on March 21, 2025 - World Down Syndrome Day - ; Minis received a Golden Calf nomination for Best Supporting Role.
Minis appeared in the anniversary season of Wie is de Mol? and in the 2025 season of The Masked Singer.
A theatre film about an actress navigating menopause and reinvention, featuring Maike Meijers and Bas Hoeflaak.
Actress M. faces a turning point: menopause, a strained marriage and the loss of her role in a police series. She decides to reinvent herself. Starring Maike Meijers, Bas Hoeflaak and others. At this Prosecco Première, enjoy a welcome glass.
