Tatjana Šimić (born 9 June 1963), also known by the mononym Tatjana,
is a Croatian-Dutch model, actress and singer.Šimić was born in
Zagreb, PR Croatia, Yugoslavia on 9 June 1963, but moved with her
mother and sister to Rotterdam in 1979 at the age of 16. In the 1980s,
having won a national modeling contest, she commenced work as an
actress and model. In the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, she
remains known for her portrayal of the character Kees Flodder, a
daughter in the dysfunctional and anti-social Flodder family, which
featured in several Dutch comedy films and a television series in the
1980s and 1990s. The original movie was popular in the Netherlands,
reaching two and a half million viewers. Šimić, a sex symbol, has
appeared on the cover of Playboy seventeen times between 1988 and
1996; thirteen times on the Dutch edition and four times on the German
edition. In December 2012, she made her last appearance in the Dutch
Playboy's Christmas special.Šimić started a recording career in 1987
with her first single, "Baby Love". Her song "Chica Cubana" became a
hit in Europe, followed a year later by "Awaka Boy" in 1989. In 1992,
she recorded a version of "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" with Dutch
singer Gerard Joling. Her first album was released in 1993 and
included the hit "Feel Good" which reached #25 in the Netherlands Top
40. Her best known song "Santa Maria" was recorded and produced by
Mike Stock and Matt Aitken of Stock Aitken Waterman becoming an
international dance hit. It peaked at #40 in the UK Singles Chart in
September 1996. A follow up single "Calendar Girl" (1996) failed to
attract the same success. A full album produced by Stock & Aitken's
in-house producers Dave Ford, Julian Gingell and Peter Day called New
Look was released in Japan (titled Santa Maria) and the Netherlands.
It included the singles, "Santa Maria", "Calendar Girl" and new
singles "First Time" and "Sweet Sweet Smile". Since then she has
released a number of dance singles, with "Baila Baila" reaching the
Dutch Top 40 at #24 in 2001. In 2008, Tatjana made a comeback to the
music scene with the Dutch language song Ik Laat Je Gaan, a cover of
Croatian artist Tony Cetinski's Blago Onom Tko Te Ima, which left her
signature disco sound behind for a more rock pop style. The track was
Tatjana's biggest Dutch hit to date reaching #11 in the Dutch Singles
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