This is what presenter Sophie Hilbrand looked like at the beginning of her career

In 2003 the program started on SBS 6 6pack. It was a series in which youngprogram makers made high-profile television and competed against dullness. Inthe following years, Sophie certainly did not continue to do boring work. In2004 she joined broadcaster BNN. There she started the program a year later_Squirt and Swallow_ , together with Filemon Wesselink, among others. She wasalso seen in Try Before You Die.

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Climate Police

A high-profile performance by Sophie was the interruption of the weatherforecast in the NOS Journaal. Together with Nicolette Kluijver she came onbehalf of the BNN program The Climate Police asked weatherman GerritHiemstra to pay more attention to the climate. However, the action was notvery popular with the editor-in-chief of the NOS Journaal, who had notforeseen the visit of the two ladies.

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talk shows

In the meantime, Hilbrand has created and presented many more programs. Shewas also a regular table guest The world goes on. In 2020, Sophie came backinto the picture with the general public because she joined the talk show On1 connected. There she presented together with Hugo Logtenberg. More than ayear later she stopped and returned with Khalid Kasem with their own talk showin the eve called Khalid & Sophie.

Private life

In the autumn of 2006 Hilbrand got into a relationship with actor WaldemarTorenstra. Together they had daughter Robin (13) and son Ravi (10). Sophie wasproposed to by Waldemar five years ago, but there is still no question of awedding. In the sixteen years that Sophie and Waldemar have been together,there has never been a moment when they have doubted their relationship. “Theysay you shouldn’t take love for granted,” Sophie told Story in 2020. ‘Butthat’s how it feels with Waldemar and me. Our love doesn’t feel special. Iteven seems to get easier over the years. We know so well what we have incommon. There is also a lot of mutual contact. We really focus on our family.’

What’s in the barrel…

The Op1 presenter once indicated that she only wanted to get married whentheir children are big enough. But a date has still not been set. ‘I proposedto Sophie, full of conviction,’ Waldemar told de Volkskrant at the time. “Ilike to say ‘my fiancé’ and look forward to getting married someday. I’mdefinitely going to, if only because Sophie likes it so much. Don’t get mewrong: I think it’s a romantic idea that you love each other so much that youwant to stay together for the rest of your life.’ Sophie does not yet knowwhen they will get married. “What’s in the barrel doesn’t sour,” she toldStory. “It’s just a lot of hassle to get married, but it will definitelyhappen one day.”

Sophie Hilbrand – 6 pack 2003