Monique Pauline Maria Josephine Toebosch, also known by the pseudonym Paul Rubens, (19 August 1948 – 24 November 2012) was a Dutch actress, artist and musician.

On 19 August 1948, Toebsoch was born in Breda, the fourth of six children of the Dutch composer and organist Louis Toebosch [de; nl] and the Flemish woman Maria Adolphina Anna Rubens.

[1] From 1969, Toebosch acted in films such as Spare Bedroom, Eating, Seats Two, Spectator and Behind your Walls, which were directed by Frans Zwartjes [nl].

[5][6] Toebosch and Kees Klaver produced the solo theatre cinematic adaptive production of Ike Bertels broadcast on VPRO's NPO 2 channel in June 1979 in which she was the lead role.

[8] She reached a wider audience with the installation of the Painthouse, a 'composition of wood, linen, paint and mezzo-soprano', firstly presented at the Royal Theater Carré and broadcast by the VPRO on television, then shown at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam the following year.

She created a series six works of installation art under the title Les Douleurs Contemporaines and the 'Engelenzender' song on behalf of the Van Leeuw foundation in 1994.

[1] Engelenzender broadcast daily on the 24 hour radio station Engelen/Angels FM 98.0 for motorists driving on the Houtribdijk between 1994 and 2000 and gave her national attention.

[12] She took on the male alter ego Paul Rubens in 2010, which she based on her mother's maiden name after a diagnosis of lung cancer and performed in the character on occasion.

[1][4] Toebosch had a role in the 2010 film De Strijkrol and in Fiona Tan's Levensloop before ending her career in the outdoor exhibition Erasing and Recovering on a Saturday Afternoon held in Tilburg in June 2011.