{{short description|Belgian actress}} {{use dmy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Els Dottermans | image = els do wik.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = Els Dottermans | birth_date = | birth_place = Leuven, Belgium | occupation = Actress | spouse = | children = | years_active = 1988-present }}

'''Els Dottermans''' is a Belgian actress of stage, film, and television.

==Early life and education== Els Dottermans was born in Leuven, Belgium.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}

She trained at Studio Herman Teirlinck in Antwerp.<ref name=variety/>{{better source needed|date=March 2024}}

==Career== Dottermans was one of a permanent ensemble of actors retained by NTGent before its structure changed in 2018 under the new artistic director Milo Rau.<ref name=hist>{{cite web | title=History | website=NTGent | date=28 March 2023 | url=https://www.ntgent.be/en/wie-zijn-we/geschiedenis | access-date=17 March 2024 | archive-date=18 March 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240318010947/https://www.ntgent.be/en/wie-zijn-we/geschiedenis | url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Awards== Dottermans has been the recipient of several film awards, including two Best Actress wins at the Joseph Plateau Awards,<ref name=variety>Andy Stern, "[https://variety.com/2003/film/news/dardennes-ring-gongs-for-fils-1117884441/ Dardennes ring Gongs for 'Fils']," ''Variety'', 10 April 2003, URL accessed 2 February 2013.</ref>{{better source needed|date=March 2024}} a Golden Calf award for Best Actress at the Nederlands Film Festival, and a Golden Goblet award for Best Actress at the Shanghai International Film Festival.<ref>"[https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/27/arts/27iht-peepwed.2064485.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 People: J.K. Rowling, Elvis Costello, Harper Lee - Arts & Leisure - International Herald Tribune]," ''The New York Times'', URL accessed 2 February 2013.</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Osaka European Film Festival: Els Dottermans |date=November 2007 |url=http://www.oeff.jp/508_Els-Dottermans.html |access-date=2007-05-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070823010719/http://www.oeff.jp/508_Els-Dottermans.html |archivedate=2007-08-23 }}</ref>

==Filmography== {| class = "wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title |- | 1993 | ''Beck – De gesloten kamer'' |- | 1995 | ''Antonia's Line'' |- | 1995 | ''Goodbye'' |- | 2003 | ''The Alzheimer Case'' |- | 2006 | ''Love Belongs to Everyone'' |- |2023 |''Rough Diamonds'' |}

==References== {{reflist}}

== External links == {{Commons}} * {{IMDb name|0234579}}

{{Golden Goblet Award for Best Actress}} {{Golden Calf for Best Actress}} {{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dottermans, Els}} Category:Flemish film actresses Category:Flemish stage actresses Category:Flemish television actresses Category:Living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Golden Calf winners Category:20th-century Flemish actresses Category:21st-century Flemish actresses Category:People from Leuven