Pia Douwes

Quick Facts

Full Name	Pia Douwes
Occupation	Actor
Date Of Birth	Aug 5, 1964(1964-08-05)
Age	60
Birthplace	Amsterdam
Country	Kingdom of the Netherlands
Horoscope	Capricorn

Pia Douwes Biography

Pia Douwes is one of the most popular and richest Actor who was born on August 5, 1964 in Amsterdam, Kingdom of the Netherlands. Pia Douwes (born 5 August 1964) is a Dutch actress in musical theatre in Europe. She is best known for having created the title role in the German-language musical Elisabeth.

In 1999 she played Velma Kelly in the Dutch premiere of Chicago. Then Douwes went back to her roots and played the leading part of Elisabeth again in the Dutch and German premieres of the musical. After a total of 900 performances as the Austrian empress, she went back to the Netherlands in February 2002 to take part in the Broadway musical Fosse, along with Dutch musical stars Simone Kleinsma and Stanley Burleson [nl] .

In 2004 she played Velma Kelly in Chicago again, but this time she performed in the West End of London and then on Broadway, being the first Dutch actress to take a leading role in a production on Broadway.

Back again in the Netherlands she played Clara in Passion. Then she went back to Germany to play Milady de Winter again in the German premiere of 3 Musketiere in Theater des Westens in Berlin. She played the part until 30 October 2005.

Until 1994 she played Elisabeth, then played more parts like Rizzo in Grease (Vienna) and Eva Perón in Evita in the Dutch touring production.

Pia Douwes Net Worth

Pia Douwes is one of the richest Actor from Kingdom of the Netherlands. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Pia Douwes 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In 1986, she got her first small part in the German-language premiere of Little Shop of Horrors in Vienna. More small parts followed, and in 1987 she got her first part in a larger production, as a Swing in Cats in Amsterdam. With this production she toured Russia in 1988, playing Grizabella and Jellylorum.

More parts followed, including Fantine in the original Amsterdam production of Les Misérables in 1991, but the great break came in 1992, when she got the title role in the world premiere of Elisabeth in Vienna, Austria. Though the Viennese papers wrote a lot of scathing criticism, such as “Munter geht die Sisi unter” (“Sisi perishes”) and they denied Douwes singing and acting talent of any kind, Douwes became (along with Uwe Kröger) an acclaimed musical star and reprised the title role numerous times. Elisabeth is today the most successful German-language musical of all-time.

In March 2003 she got the chance to play Milady de Winter in the world premiere of the Dutch musical 3 Musketiers (The Three Musketeers). The musical was later recorded (with her) and is now available on DVD.

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In 2009 she returned yet again to judge and coach the contestants of a new Op Zoek Naar… series, this time searching for the woman who would play Mary Poppins.

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Pia Ranked on the list of most popular Actor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Kingdom of the Netherlands. Pia Douwes celebrates birthday on August 5 of every year.

She then toured all over the Netherlands with the Dutch production of Master Class, in which she played the part of Maria Callas. The tour lasted until the end of May 2011, with two extra performances in September 2011.