Katja Herbers

Katja Mira Herbers (born October 19, 1980) is a Dutch theatre, film, and television actress. She is best known for portraying Dr. Helen Prins on the American television series Manhattan and the emotionally unstable borderliner Joyce on the Dutch show Divorce. Herbers also played Emily in the HBO series Westworld.\n', ' Katja Mira Herbers is the daughter of violinist Vera Beths and oboist and conductor Werner Herbers. She was born October 19, 1980. 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.\n', ' 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 Trap. She moved to New York and went to the HB Studio. She then got accepted to the Theaterschool in Amsterdam (2001–2005).\n', '