In 2010, Hoekstra graduated from the Amsterdam Theatre Academy, where she studied from 2006. During training participated in the play Underground by Director Johan Simons. The following year, she made her debut on TV, playing a small role in the TV series Flikken Maastricht.
Her breakthrough came in 2012 when she was cast in Sacha Polak's film Hemel, in which Hoekstra plays sensual beauty with signs of nymphomania. The film was shown at the Berlin film festival and received a special prize FIPRESCI. She was also awarded a Golden Calf Award at the Netherlands Film Festival and was nominated for a Rembrandt Award. She was named a recipient of the Shooting Stars Award which was presented by the European Film Promotion board at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival.
