she sank into a world of drink and drugs."I wish I could have skipped that part of my life," she told the Dutch paper. She later returned to the Netherlands to live in Amsterdam, where she took up painting.
Kristel was honored in 2006 with a special jury prize at the Tribeca Film Festival for a short animated film she directed called "Topor et Moi," the title a reference to the French illustrator and filmmaker Roland Topor.
