Tjitske Jacoba Reidinga[1] (born 20 February 1972) is a Dutch actress and comedian.

Her father who had just graduated from Academie Minerva, an art school in Groningen, found a job at an advertising agency in Kampala.

After she was born her parents wanted to go back to Africa, and the three went to Malawi where she lived until the age of 8.

Strengthened by her parents confidence, she never considered the possibility her dream wouldn't come true.

("At the academy you are crammed for the real thing, but after I graduated I actually found my training a lot harder than acting as a job.

")[2] After her graduation she made a flashy start on stage at RO Theater, one of the major theatrical companies in the Netherlands, in the play "De ziekte die jeugd heet".

[18] Later she appeared in a few more feature films such as "Ja Zuster, Nee Zuster" (2000 Pieter Kramer), "Kees de Jongen" (2003 André van Duren), "De Passievrucht" (2003 Maarten Treurniet) and "Ellis in Glamourland" (2004 Pieter Kramer).

She is without a doubt best known for her starring role in the successful television series "Gooische Vrouwen" (Endemol).