| Ilana Rooderkerk | |
| Office: | Member of the House of Representatives |
| Term Start: | 29 March 2024 |
| Predecessor: | Tjeerd de Groot |
| Term Start1: | 6 December 2023 |
| Term End1: | 7 December 2023 |
| Successor1: | Tjeerd de Groot |
| Office2: | Municipal councillor of Amsterdam |
| Term Start2: | March 2018 |
| Term End2: | 3 October 2023 |
| Birth Name: | Ilana Rooderkerk |
| Birth Date: | 4 May 1987 |
| Birth Place: | Leiderdorp, Netherlands |
| Party: | Democrats 66 |
| Residence: | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Alma Mater: | University of Amsterdam (BSc, MSc) |
Ilana Rooderkerk (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /iˈlaːnaː ˈroːdərkɛr(ə)k/; born 4 May 1987) is a Dutch actress, political scientist and politician of the Democrats 66 (D66), who has served as a member of the House of Representatives since 2023. She previously held a seat in the municipal council of Amsterdam from 2018 to 2023.[1] As an actress, Rooderkerk portrayed the character of Esmée Klein in the soap opera from 2005 to 2010.[2]
Rooderkerk was born in Leiderdorp, South Holland.[3] Upon completing her secondary education in 2005, she was cast for the role of Esmée Klein in the soap opera, broadcast by BNN.[3] Following the cancellation of the series in 2010, Rooderkerk studied international relations at the University of Amsterdam, obtaining a master's degree in 2014.[3]
Between 2014 and 2021, Rooderkerk worked as a civil servant at the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science and Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management.[3] She won a seat in the municipal council of Amsterdam in the 2018 municipal election, and was re-elected in the 2022 municipal election.[3] On 22 November 2023, she ran in the 2023 general election as the sixth candidate on the D66 list, and was elected into the House of Representatives.[3] She was installed as MP on 6 December 2023, but she temporarily left the House due to her parental leave days later.[3] Rooderkerk was replaced by Tjeerd de Groot, and she returned on 29 March 2024.[4] Rooderkerk became D66's spokesperson for primary and secondary education, emancipation, art, culture, climate, energy, and mining.[5]
| Body | Party | Votes | Result | . | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party seats | Individual | |||||||||||
| 2023 | House of Representatives | Democrats 66 | style=text-align:right | 6 | style=text-align:right | 12,560 | style=text-align:right | 9 | [6] |