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This Dutch-born actress, singer and TV host, grew up mostly in the Netherlands Anilles in Curaçao, and had a few hit songs and TV shows on her name, by the time she turned 17 She was the Entertainment
reporter on 'Dirty Water, and can also be seen in
the Bernie & Phyl's TV commercials. Her previous
TV experiences include appearances on the VH1 TV
series 'Sound
Affects', hosting on XYTV's 'The
VIP' and 'The Gossip Swap',and before that she
hosted 'Wie is er
Nieuwsgierig?', a dutch TV Childrens show in the
Netherlands Antilles. Kizzy graduated from Berklee
College of Music, Boston, in 2003. She was named
'One of Boston's Top 10 most eligible Bachelorettes' by
the Improper Bostonian Magazine, and was on the cover of
the magazine. She was the lead singer for the Bo Winiker
Orchestra with whom she performed for Bill Clinton,
Deval Patrick, and The Rockefeller Family to name a few.
At Berklee, she sang lead vocals in many shows
held at the BPC including 'Singer's
Showcase', '
Singer's
Night'
'Women's Musician Network,
'Songwriter's Showcase' and she performed as a
background singer for Steven Tyler of
Aerosmith, and for Susan Tedeschi. With the
Berklee Gospel choir, she sang backups for Al Kooper and
Kim Burrell. She was the featured dancer at the 'Tribute
to David Bowie Commencement Concert' , with Bowie and
wife Iman watching from the BPC seats. Kizzy was
invited in to the Berklee Dean's Club and
Presidents Club, as a 'Outstanding
performer'.. While at Berklee, she took acting at
Emerson College, and Musical Theater and dance at the
Boston Conservatory. Previous dutch acting teachers
include Rutger de Bekker,
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Diederik Ebinge, Patrick Stoof
and Kasper van Kooten whom visited Curacao to give acting workshops, and direct theater
productions Remember my Name' and 'Aangespoeld' in which
Kizzy starred as a lead actor and singer.
She was the winner of the 'Curacao mini-playback-show' at the tender age of 9, the same year that she
had her first principal role, playing 'Anita' in the musical 'Vlieg Op!'. She joined Theater Group 'Theatrum' with whom she would act and perform on stage and in several theaters, for the next 6 years.
Before the Boston
Conservatory, dance classes started in Holland, Europe
at the age of 3 (Tosca Balm Ballet Academie), and
continued on Curaçao at Ecole de Danse.
At Ecole de Dance she joined the ATD (Antilean Dance Theater) with whom
she performed with many succesful dance
companies uncluding 'Het Nationaal Ballet', 'Show
Ballet' and 'Jeans'. At the Boston Conservatory she
took classes in Musical theater with advanced
ballet, jazz, modern and tap.
Kizzy was the winner of the
'Caribbean-European Talent Contest '95. A year later she one the most prestigious music prize of the Caribbean; The National Song Festival. After winning the National Song Festival, Kizzy became the representative of Curacao in Barbados, were The Caribbean Song Festival (the finals) were held. Kizzy placed third representing Curacao at the 1996 Caribbean Song Festival.'Song to Life' was written
by Joseph Hart and famous Antillean composer
Errol 'El Toro' Collina.
That same year Kizzy performed in Surinam, where
her concert was aired life on TV.
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She was also the
opening act for Guus Meewus in Curacao. 1997 she recorded and collaborated on 'Lamu-Lamu' which
became a smash hit throughout the Antilles, and other
Islands in the Caribbean.
In 1998 after finalizing "Wie
is er Nieuwsgierig?", a successful kids TV
show which she hosted, Kizzy flew to
Majorca, Spain, where she was recording under contract
with a German record label. She received word that she
was accepted at Berklee College of Music, and was
awarded a full scholarship. br>
Kizzy left for Boston, Massachusetts shortly after, terminating her spanish studio project.
At the 'Kwakoe Festival' in Amsterdam, Holland's biggest multi
cultural event, she was the featured performer and
MC for six weeks in the Summer of 1999. Kizzy wrote and
recorded the Kwakoe jingle It's Kwakoe Time Again!, which was used to promote
the event. She was invited by Radio Hilversum to
star in the 3 hour show hosted by Harold Beerfliet, and
due to her success at Kwakoe, producers of Studio NL
made a documentary about her that aired on Studio
NL.
Kizzy's TV shows and concerts were aired on
TV stations in several countries, and her performances
and TV shows have reached headlines in Caribbean, South
America and Europe. Aside from being invited
as a TV personality to model for different fashion
shows, Kizzy was a MC and jury member at the 2008 Miss
Boston Beauty Pageant.
In 2009 she moved back to the Netherlands.
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