Laurien Van den Broeck is a Belgian actress working across film, television, and theatre.

Laurien played her first feature film role at the age of eleven: Mariken (2000), directed by André van Duren and co-written by Academy Award winner Willeke van Ammelrooy.

Aged 13, she played the leading female role in Moonlight (2002) for which she was awarded the Young Actor's Award at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival and for which she was nominated the Golden Calf for Best Actress (the Dutch equivalent of the Oscar) at the Netherlands Film Festival. Moonlight was directed by Academy Award nominee Paula van der Oest.

In 2003 Laurien starred in De zaak Alzheimer (2003), best Box Office for a Belgian film of all time. She played Magdalena Vermeer in Brush with Fate (2003), with Glenn Close and Ellen Burstyn.

In 2007-2008 she played in Sara (2007) and Witse (2004), two of the most popular Belgian TV series of all time.

After an intense early acting career, Laurien took a break from the screen to pursue a PhD in Materials Science Engineering, focusing on bone regeneration, while also founding her own business with family.

She is currently developing her theatre production Eriopis, set to premiere in March 2027. At the same time, she is preparing for the release of her arthouse short film Alter Ego, which is officially selected for the Indie Short Fest in Los Angeles. Also, she is developing a horror short film, Dolores.

Biography originally based on a text by Willo Schröer.