Isabelle Van Hecke

Acting

Isabelle Van Hecke

Born 1977-06-28 · Wevelgem, Belgium

Isabelle Van Hecke (Wevelgem, 1977) is a Flemish actress. She mainly plays theater and is also known for the Flemish sitcom Kiekens. Van Hecke graduated in 2000 from the Studio of the Herman Teirlinck Institute, where she later also taught. At the Toneelhuis, she worked with Luk Perceval (Het kouwe kind and Turista), Titus Muizelaar (Belgian landscapes, Licht ongemakkelijk), Thomas Zielinski (Meeting people is easy) and Eric Volder (Au nom du père), among others. Together with Olympique Dramatique she made De Krippel, De Jossen and The lieutenant of Inishmore. She also worked with Froe Froe (De Vinger en de Mond and Marcelleke Flanneleke), HETPALEIS, BRONKS, Theater Antigone, Het gevolg and theater STAP. With the new company 'Jan' she made Je ne comprends pas and Thierry.

Acting credits

Yummy poster
6.3

A young couple travels to a shabby Eastern European hospital for plastic surgery. The young woman wants a breast reduction. Her mother comes along for yet another face-lift. Wandering through an abandoned ward the boyfriend stumbles upon a young woman, gagged and strapped to an operating table; she is the result of an experimental rejuvenation treatment. He frees her, but does not realize he just caused the outbreak of a virus that will change doctors, patients and his mother-in-law into bloodthirsty zombies.

Yummy

2019

WILL poster
6.5

Two young police officers find themselves torn between collaboration and resistance as they navigate Nazi-occupied Antwerp during World War II.

WILL

2023

Bunny Neuktijger poster
NR

The city is being tormented by the devil. Bunny calls his wife.

Bunny Neuktijger

2018

The Miracle poster
7.7

The Miracle, a place where the sun always shines, with endless opportunities to relax and food in abundance. It’s late already when Irma checks in at the resort. As she explores the area the next morning, she quickly comes to realise that everything there is designed to facilitate families. Irma fully immerses herself in the world of the all-inclusive resort. But how do you relate to a place that constantly confronts you with the things you don’t have?

The Miracle

2023

Sunday Ninth poster
NR

After years apart, brothers Horst and Franz reunite. Horst is dealing with Alzheimer’s, while Franz is in debt, and sees his brother’s unspent inheritance as the solution to his financial problems. When Horst’s former love Andrea, turns up, old wounds and a buried family mystery come to the surface, forcing them to confront their past.

Sunday Ninth

2026

The Prime Minister poster
5.8

The Belgian PM is abducted and he finds his wife and children taken hostage. If he wants to see them again – alive – he has to kill the person he is meeting later that day. And that person is no less than... the president of the United States.

The Prime Minister

2016

The Treatment poster
6.9

Inspector Nick Cafmeyer seems to have it all - looks, brains and a successful career. But a dark cloud hangs over his life: since the age of nine, he has been haunted by the unsolved disappearance of his younger brother, Bjorn. Plettinckx, a known sex offender, was questioned but quickly released. Plettinckx lives close by and takes fiendish pleasure in harassing Nick. Then, when a disturbing case comes to light involving a missing nine-year-old, Nick heads a massive search which turns into a relentless manhunt.

The Treatment

2014

No artwork available
NR

Ada has to choose. Confess to a murder she didn't commit, or plead her innocence before a jury.

Ada

2020

Nachtwacht: The Crystal Of Evil poster
NR

Vladimir, Wilko, and Keelin are summoned by the High Council, expecting to be honored. Instead, Xantara, the Council’s president, accuses them of a grave mistake and destroys their symbols, stripping them of their powers. Soon, they discover her true plan: using their stolen powers and the Crystal of Evil to destroy the human world. Powerless but determined, the Nachtwacht must restore their symbols and stop Xantara before it’s too late...

Nachtwacht: The Crystal Of Evil

2025

Bittersweet Sixteen poster
8.2

A troubled teen grapples with high school rivals, romantic prospects and her parents' separation as she plans the perfect sweet 16 birthday party.

Bittersweet Sixteen

2021

Ghastly Brothers poster
6.7

Lilith meets the Ghastly brothers, a pair of strange ghost hunters, at boarding school. When the school falls prey to an infestation of ghosts, they go head-to-head against a horde of fearsome spirits and demonic apparitions in a supernatural battle to save the day.

Ghastly Brothers

2021

Flemish Heaven poster
6.4

A look at the lives of three generations of women. Monique and her daughter Sylvie run a brothel on the border of West Flanders and France. Eline, Sylvie's six-year-old daughter, is fascinated by the mysterious workplace of her mother and grandmother, but she is never allowed inside. A dramatic event turns their lives upside down and the family ties are put under pressure.

Flemish Heaven

2016

W. Witse: de film poster
5.8

Witse returns to his hometown to find his niece's murderer. It doesn't take long before Witse gets in trouble with local police authorities. While conducting his investigation, old family issues are starting to surface.

W. Witse: de film

2014

All of Us poster
7.0

The story of a self-help group of 4 people with a terminal illness, led by a therapist without experience.

All of Us

2020

The Great Escape poster
NR

Three moody geraniums take control over their fate and plan their escape from the windowsill they spent their entire boring life on.

The Great Escape

2025

Cash for Trash poster
6.1

The grown-ups of Tollembeek make a deal with the suspicious Igor. The Russian can dump all his garbage and toxic waste in the village for a year, and he will pay the inhabitants a whole lot of money. Urbanus seizes the opportunity to finally buy his engagement ring for Miss Pussy. But of course, things don't go according to plan...

Cash for Trash

2019

Holy Rosita poster
7.3

Rosita is a cheerful woman with an eager desire to have children. Those around her think it is irresponsible because she can barely take care of herself. When Rosita does become pregnant, she decides to keep it a secret.

Holy Rosita

2024

The Best of Dorien B. poster
5.7

Dorien (37) has everything to make her happy: a successful husband, two adorable children and a veterinary practice full of small pets. But when she discovers a year-long affair among her parents and her husband turns out to be very close with a colleague, she begins to doubt. A phone call bearing bad news is the last straw. She feels lost, alone. Dorien evaluates her life: is this it? The Best of Dorien B. is a dramatic comedy about a woman who among all the craziness rediscovers herself

The Best of Dorien B.

2019

De Veestapel aan de Kribbe poster
4.5

A slice of life story about a Christmas Eve. In the nineties. At the household of a West-Flemish family. Spoken in West-Flemish. Comical. But tragic if you ask the narrator.

De Veestapel aan de Kribbe

2023

Verborgen Verlangen poster
7.0

Two publishing brothers Vincent and Dennis Van Brakel are heading towards bankruptcy. But all changes when they receive two manuscripts.

Verborgen Verlangen

2017