Archive · 24 Jul 2025
Toto Koopman’s Extraordinary Life to be Adapted for TV
Get ready for a new TV show about Toto Koopman!
She was a super cool woman who lived an amazing life.
Born in 1908 with mixed heritage, she faced challenges but made history as the first mixed-race model in French Vogue.
During World War II, she became a spy for the Allies, using her charm and connections to gather secrets in Italy.
She was captured and sent to a concentration camp, but she survived and continued to inspire.
The new series will tell her incredible story.
Finite Films & TV is adapting Jean-Noël Liaut’s biography of Toto Koopman into a TV series.
Koopman was the first model of mixed race to appear on French Vogue.
She leveraged her social connections and multilingual abilities to gather intelligence for the Allied forces in Italy during WWII.
Koopman was captured by fascists in 1941 but escaped, and later caught spying on German officers.
She survived the Ravensbrück concentration camp after being sent there by the Nazis.
- Who
- Finite Films & TV are adapting the biography of Toto Koopman, a Dutch fashion model and WWII spy.
- What
- A TV series adaptation of the life of Toto Koopman is in production.
- When
- The events of the series span Koopman's life, from 1908 to WWII.
- Where
- The series will cover Koopman's life in Europe, including Paris, Italy, and concentration camps.
- Why
- To bring the story of a remarkable woman to the screen.
- Subject
- Toto Koopman
- Occupation
- Fashion Model and Spy
- Born
- 1908
- Heritage
- Dutch and Indonesian
- Role in WWII
- Allied Intelligence
- Imprisonment
- Concentration Camp
- Production Company
- Finite Films & TV