Katja Herbers

Katja Mira Herbers (born October 19, 1980) is a Dutch actress of theatre, film, and television. She is best known for playing Dr. Helen Prins on the critically acclaimed television series Manhattan created by Sam Shaw and for portraying the emotionally unstable borderliner Joyce on the Dutch hit show Divorce. 2Early life and education Katja Mira Herbers is the daughter of violinist Vera Beths and oboist and conductor Werner Herbers. Growing up she spent time in America, accompanying her mother on tour with the group L'Archibudelli. Her mother remarried cellist Anner Bylsma and her father remarried costume designer Leonie Polak, who introduced her to the theater. She had a Canadian au pair and learned to speak Dutch, German, and English growing up. Herbers went to the Ignatius Gymnasium in Amsterdam. She studied psychology at the University of Amsterdam (1999–2000). During her psychology studies she attended the local theatre school De Tra