Medea is a 2005 Dutch television serial in six episodes directed by Theo van Gogh, starring Katja Schuurman, Thijs Römer and Tara Elders. It tells the story of the daughter of a politician who tries to help her selfish boyfriend to become the prime minister of the Netherlands.

The screenplay was written by Theodor Holman and is a take on Euripides' play Medea, with the story moved to contemporary Dutch politics. The serial was produced by Column Film for the broadcaster AVRO.^[1]

It won the Special Prize and was nominated for the Golden Calf for Best Television Drama at the 2005 Netherlands Film Festival.^[2]

• Katja Schuurman as Medea
• Thijs Römer as Jason
• Tara Elders as Anne
• Krijn ter Braak as Moyra
• Cas Enklaar as Middelink
• Jochum ten Haaf as Frederik
• Maarten Wansink as Jensma
• Marcel Hensema as Matthijs
• Eric van Sauers as Robin
• Dragan Bakema as Thomas
• Cees Geel as Bertje
• Astrid van Eck as Xandra
• Monic Hendrickx as de Vries

• Official website Archived 2016-08-18 at the Wayback Machine (in Dutch)