[citation needed] Verkaik was born in Son en Breugel, Netherlands, on 16 June 1975, and grew up in Nuenen near Eindhoven.

[3] In 2004, Verkaik recorded the singing voice of Erica for the Dutch version of the animated movie Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper.

[citation needed] Her other musical theatre credits have included Elisabeth (in Holland and Thun, Switzerland),[when?

[8] Verkaik subsequently played the role of Donna in the Stuttgart production of Mamma Mia!

[11] She can be heard on Wicked's German-language cast recording, as well as Scott Alan's album What I Wanna Be When I Grow Up[12] and on the Scott Alan album LIVE, which was recorded at the Birdland jazz club in New York City on 30 April 2012.

[citation needed] Verkaik played Pauline in musical Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown in the West End[13] from 16 December 2014 until 23 May 2015.

[20] On 9 February 2020, Verkaik joined Idina Menzel, Aurora and eight more of Elsa's international dubbers to perform the song "Into the Unknown" during the 92nd Academy Awards.