Charlotte Vandermeersch

Charlotte Vandermeersch — Biography

Charlotte Vandermeersch is a Belgian actress, screenwriter and director. She reached a wide audience mainly through The Eight Mountains, which she co-wrote and co-directed with Felix Van Groeningen. The film won the Jury Prize at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival and took both Best Film and Best Adapted Screenplay at Italy's David di Donatello awards. In 2025 she was named Master of the Ostend Film Festival, a title given each year to a figure from Flemish cinema.

Her career began on stage: she studied drama at the Herman Teirlinck Institute in Antwerp and worked with the Lazarus theatre company from 2012 to 2020. On screen she played Vicky Willems in Loft and Sarah Peters in Turquaze, and also appeared in the series Vermist, in Loft and in The Misfortunates. Kırık Çember and Code 37 are also part of her filmography. In Belgica she played Isabelle in a project that also involved Van Groeningen. Her writing and directing side came to the fore with The Eight Mountains, which opened in Turkey on 24 March 2023. Besides acting and screenwriting she is also described as a singer and author.

She was born in Oudenaarde and grew up in the village of Wannegem, part of Kruishoutem; she has three brothers. She has been with Van Groeningen for a long time, and the couple have a son.