Francesca Vanthielen, Date of Birth

Francesca Vanthielen

Belgian actress

Date of Birth: 24-Dec-1972

Profession: actor, economist

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

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Francesca Vanthielen (born 24 December 1972 in Eeklo) is a Belgian television actress and host, radio presenter, and economist.
She is probably best known internationally for playing the lead role in the Svalbard-set adventure film When the Light Comes (1998) and for hosting Sterren op de dansvloer (Dancing with the Stars) between 2005 and 2008.
She has worked as a host on Radio TAM TAM (BRT), Q-music and Studio Brussel.Her childhood and adolescent years were spent in Zonhoven and she currently resides in Antwerp.
Her father is an economist in Diepenbeek and her mother is a social worker in Geel.
Vanthielen holds a degree in Applied Economics from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and has a Post Graduate in Acting from the Mountview Theatre School in London.
In 2009 she obtained a master's degree in comparative and international politics at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.