Jessica Schwarz

Jessica Schwarz
Born	May 5, 1977 (1977-05-05) (age 34) Michelstadt, Germany
Height	5' 8½" (1.74 m)

Jessica Schwarz (born May 5, 1977) is a German actress.

Biography

Schwarz was born and grew up in the small town of Michelstadt, Germany. She won a contest of the German teen magazine Bravo in 1993. Subsequently, she worked as a model and VJ for the music channel VIVA. In 2000 she started her acting career and occasionally hosts events, e.g. the German Film Award 2004. Schwarz separated from actor Daniel Brühl after a 5-year relationship in 2006 and is currently living in Berlin.

She is known for her role in the film Perfume: The Story of a Murderer and her role as Tony Buddenbrook in the 2008 film version of Thomas Mann's novel Buddenbrooks.

In March 2008, it was announced that Jessica Schwarz will play the title role in a $7 million TV production Romy, depicting the life of Romy Schneider.^[1]

Awards

Won

• 2002 New Faces Award (Best Actress) for No Regrets
• 2003 Adolf Grimme Award (Fiction/Entertainment) for the performance in The Friends of the Friends
• 2004 Bavarian Film Awards (Best Actress), for her performance in Kammerflimmern^[2]

Nominated

• 2004: German Television Award (Best Actress in a Movie Made for Television) for Cold Spring
• 2005: German Film Award in Gold (Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role) for Off Beat

Filmography (selected)

• 2001: No Regrets (Nichts bereuen)
• 2002: The Friends of the Friends (Die Freunde der Freunde)
• 2003: Play It Loud! (Verschwende deine Jugend)
• 2004: Cold Spring (Kalter Frühling)
• 2004: Off Beat (Kammerflimmern)
• 2004: 'Quito
• 2006: Die Wilden Hühner
• 2006: The Red Cockatoo (Der rote Kakadu)
• 2006: Lulu
• 2006: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
• 2006: Nichts als Gespenster
• 2007: Impossibly Yours (Der Liebeswunsch)
• 2007: Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps
• 2008: Buddenbrooks
• 2009: Die Wilden Hühner und das Leben
• 2009: Romy
• 2009: Die Tür
• 2010: Lautlose Morde
• 2010: Der Mann, der über Autos sprang
• 2010: Das Lied in mir

References

1. ^ Meza, Ed (27 March 2008). "Schneider a magnet for filmmakers". Variety. http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=print_story&articleid=VR1117982998. Retrieved 30 March 2008. 
2. ^ Preisträger des Bayerischen Filmpreises – Pierrot^{[dead link]}

External links

• Jessica Schwarz at the Internet Movie Database
• Photo Gallery
• Interview with NEON Magazin (German)
• Michelstädter Rathausbräu (Brewery of the Schwarz–family)
• Photographs and literature

Persondata
Name	Schwarz, Jessica
Alternative names
Short description	German actress
Date of birth	May 5, 1977
Place of birth	Michelstadt, Germany
Date of death
Place of death