Sylvia Hoeks is born in Maarheeze (South of Holland). At age 14, she was scouted by Elite models, and she started traveling as a model all around Europe for a couple of years. She finished high school and attended the Maastricht Theatre Academy. After graduation, she made her national breakthrough with the Jos Stelling film Duska (2007), for which she won a Golden Calf (the Dutch equivalent of the Oscars) at the annual Dutch Filmfestival. Sylvia quickly became in-demand for both stage and screen directors and stars in prestigious Dutch TV series like Overspel(VARA), Bloedverwanten (AVRO) and several theatre plays. Within two years of graduating, Sylvia had the opportunity to play her first leading role as Julia in the feature film The Storm (Ben Sombogaart, 2009), which became a major box office hit. The film was a national success and reacheed the Stony Brook Film Festival (NY, USA) and Festroia International Film Festival (Setubal, Portugal), where she received the award for 'best actress'. In 2010, Sylvia starred as Tirza in the feature film Tirza by director Rudolf van den Berg, which wins the 'Best Film' award at Festroia International Film Festival in Portugal. In 2011, Sylvia was presented as the Berlinale as Shooting Star, the unique Pan European initiative which puts a spotlight on Europe's best actors. In 2011, Sylvia played the main character, Johanna, in feature film De Bende van Oss, and she also featured for the first time in a German production called Fatertage (release 2012). Five years after her national breakthrough, she started working together again with director Jos Stelling on his new feature film The Girl and Death, in a Russian-German co production (release 2012).

2011: Named as one of European films' Shooting Stars by European Film Promotion.2010, Nomination Golden Calf, Dutch Film Festival 2010, Tirza.2010, Best Actress at Festroia International Film Festival (Setubal, Portugal).