Willy Haak was born on September 26, 1897 in Batavia, Dutch East Indies [now Suriname] as Wilhelmina Johanna Haak. She was an actress, known for Willem van Oranje (1934), Het meisje met den blauwen hoed (1934) and Jane Eyre (1958). She was married to Hans Carpentier and Ben Groeneveld.