The Theo d'Or is a Dutch acting award, given annually to the actress with the most impressive leading role of the theater season. It is awarded by the Vereniging van Schouwburg- en Concertgebouwdirecties (VSCD), the main trade organisation for theaters in The Netherlands. The award itself is a golden medal, currently designed by Eric Claus. It was named after the Dutch actress Theo Mann-Bouwmeester. It's male counterpart is the Louis d'Or, named after Theo's brother, Louis Bouwmeester.
The Theo d'Or is awarded annually, along with the other VSCD stage awards, at the Gala of Dutch Theater in the Stadsschouwburg in Amsterdam.
The jury is compiled of theater programmers, producers and critics, who have explicitly provided themselves in their relative disciplines. Jurors can take part of a jury for maximal six years. New jurors can be nominated by the jury itself or be appointed by the board of the VSCD.
1955: Ank van der Moer1956: Ida Wasserman1957: Myra Ward1958: Elisabeth Andersen1959: Ida Wasserman1960: not awarded1961: Ellen Vogel1962: Anny de Lange1963: not awarded1964: Ank van der Moer1965: Annet Nieuwenhuijzen1966: Elisabeth Andersen1967: Anny de Lange1968: Andrea Domburg1969: Trins Snijders1970: Christine Ewert1971: Lies Franken1972: Loudi Nijhoff (refused)1973: Petra Laseur1974: Sacha Bulthuis1975: Christine Ewert1975: Annet Nieuwenhuijzen1976: Anne Wil Blankers1978: Mary Dresselhuys1979: Caro van Eyck1980: Josée Ruiter1981: Petra Laseur1982: Marjon Brandsma1983: not awarded1984: Elisabeth Andersen1985: Anne Wil Blankers1986: Henny Orri1987: Viviane De Muynck1988: Sigrid Koetse1989: Andrea Domburg1990: Katelijne Damen1991: Catherine ten Bruggencate1992: Els Dottermans1993: Sacha Bulthuis1994: Anneke Blok1995: Ilse Uitterlinden1996: Sylvia Poorta1997: Trudy de Jong1998: Marlies Heuer1999: Marieke Heebink2000: Marie-Louise Stheins2001: Ria Eimers2002: Betty Schuurman2003: Ariane Schluter2004: Ariane Schluter2005: Bien de Moor2006: Elsie de Brauw2007: Will van Kralingen2008: Chris Nietvelt2009: Lineke Rijxman2010: Maria Kraakman2011: Elsie de Brauw2012: Marlies Heuer2013: Halina Reijn2014: Abke Haring2015: Marieke Heebink2016: Wine Dierickx
