Emma Heesters

Heesters was born in the village of 's-Gravenpolder in the province of Zeeland as the child of Ludo and Willian Heesters.[4] From a young age, she started vocal and dance lessons, including ballet.[5] In 2004, at the age of 8, she won the provincial preselection of the Kinderen voor Kinderen Songfestival.[6] Shortly before the performance, Heesters had broken her leg, having to sit in a wheelchair while singing.[5] As a result, she had a television debut on the eponymous show on NPO Zapp, where she performed "100 kleine feestjes".[6][7] Later on, she acted in a few musicals as a child star. During her teen years, she started singing as part of numerous cover bands, which she stopped doing once she graduated school.[8] In 2013, she graduated from the Dalton Plan school Roncalli in Bergen op Zoom with a havo certificate, specialising in the economy and society profile.[9]

In 2019 she was the first Dutch winner of MTV's Push Award and gained Platinum status for her single "Pa Olvidarte" with Rolf Sanchez,[10] she featured in a song by the band Boyce Avenue plus collaborated with them on their European tour, and took to television performing in Beste Zangers a Dutch television program, the web series Jachtseason of StukTV, and the game show, I Can See Your Voice.[11][12][13]

Heesters was named by Top40 NL[14] as the most successful Dutch artist of the year so far in 2020 and later in November was named winner of MTV EMA's Best Dutch Act.[13][15]

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• Emma Heesters at IMDb