Mara Scherzinger

Mara Scherzinger
Born	September 23, 1989 (1989-09-23) (age 22) Titisee-Neustadt, Germany

Mara Scherzinger (born September 23, 1989) is a German actress. She performed in commercials, TV films, TV series, and cinema movies.

Childhood

Mara Scherzinger grew up in Saig, Lenzkirch in the Black Forest. Her father, Paulus Straub, was an electronics engineer working in solar energy business. Her mother is Claudia Scherzinger, working as High Performance Coach; Mara has a brother named Jannis.

About 2000, the family moved to Cologne. Mara's parents now offer sales training, career coaching and similar courses.

Career

In 2002, she got a small role in a commercial for Masterfoods. Her success came with the film "Liebe und Verlangen" (Love and Longing), in which she plays Torchy, a troubled and wild juvenile. She played alongside Katja Flint. From then on parts in short films, movies and series followed. Her role as Anna Peterson on the Australian/German produced TV-Series Blue Water High gained her credits as it aired not only in Australia and Germany but also in other countries.

Mara has been singing and dancing since a young age and continues to take classes for example at the Sydney Dance Company and other acclaimed institutions.

The girlgroup "Pretty Girls" was founded by Mara Scherzinger, Mareike Xander, Joana Xander and Johanna Sandvoss in 2001. They had international succes until 2005.

From 2002 until 2005 Mara took part in the High Performance Leadership Training.

In 2008 she completed her HSC Certificate, Performing Arts (Drama, Dance and Arts) in New South Wales, Australia.

Parallel to acting, school and international travels and workshops Mara Scherzinger has also worked as a model in print and catwalk. On print she appeared in various magazines. For example Dolly and Girlfriend Australia, YAM! Germany etc. The shows range from fashion shows in Manhattan, NYC to shows in Germany for various labels like La Perla, Britta Uschkamp and Valisere. At the international trade fair Photokina 2010 she worked with the American fashion and lifestyle photographer Steve Thornton, as well as with the photographers of fine arts Manuel Cortez and Florian Anders in Berlin.

Filmography

• Liebe und Verlangen (Love and Longing) (2002)
• German TV series "SK Kölsch" (2004)
• Australian TV series Blue Water High (2005)
• Beautiful Bitch (2006)

External links

• Mara Scherzinger at the Internet Movie Database
• Mara Scherzinger at Crew United
• Scherzinger CastingDB

List of film works

Title	Year	Role	Notes
Monologe	2011	Ranja	Monologue: "Vollmilch-Nuss" TV format pilot, directed by Florian Anders
Life Changes	2010	Arielle	Short film
The Whitch and the Holy	2008	Sybilla	Short film, by Lena Film Los Angeles
Beautiful Bitch	2007	Lea	feature film directed by Martin Theo Krieger best foreign film in Santa Barbara 2008, german cinema Berlinale 2008
Blue Water High	2004-2005	Anna Petersen	Australian TV Series 2005, 2006 AFI nomination for "Best Children's Television Drama" and "Young Actor Award" 2005. 2007 Logie nomination "Most outstanding Children's Drama" also starring Sophie Luck
SK Koelsch	2004	Maike	TV crime drama, episode "die liebesfalle"
Love and Longing	2003	Torchy	TV film, 90minutes, ZDF, German Title "Das Andere Lächeln" starring Natalia Wörner, Katja Flint
R.A.U.S.C.H.	2003	Kathi	format: TV Series Pilot, directed by Joscha Douma, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg (Ludwigsburg)
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Name	Scherzinger, Mara
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Date of birth	September 23, 1989
Place of birth	Titisee-Neustadt, Germany
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