Melanie Winiger

Melanie Winiger
Born	22 January 1979 (1979-01-22) (age 32) Zurich, Switzerland
Occupation	Model, actress
Children	Noeel, son
Website
http://www.melaniewiniger.com

Melanie Winiger at the Public Eye Awards 2008

Melanie Winiger, (born 22 January 1979 in Zurich) is a former Miss Switzerland winner and current film actress and model.

Early life

The daughter of a German speaking Swiss national and a Canadian of Indian origin, Melanie Winiger was brought up in Ticino, the Italian region of Switzerland.

Modelling career

After winning Miss Switzerland in 1996, Winiger began working as a model in Cape Town, New York, Milan, and Munich in the late 1990s. Around the same time, she gained notoriety in Switzerland as a TV host and endorser of the Italian boutique chain Oviesse.

Acting

In 2003, she starred in the Swiss movie Achtung, fertig, Charlie!

She subsequently moved to Los Angeles, where she attended the West Hollywood branch of the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute until 2005.

Since then, she has starred in both American and Swiss film and TV productions, including Sonjas Rückkehr, Love Made Easy, Breakout, and Heldin der Lüfte.

In 2008, she starred in a TV commercial for Moschino, which was aired in several European countries.

On 28 August 2008, she hosted the draw for UEFA Champions League groups, which took place at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. She hosted the draw again at the same place on 26 August 2010, this time for 2010–11 Champions League and again on 25 August 2011 for the 2011-12 Champions League. Winiger was the host for the opening ceremony at the 61st FIFA Congress.^[1]

Personal life

Melanie Winiger has a son. In 2008, she married the Swiss rapper, Stress. On September 13, 2011, they announced their relationship to be over.

She is fluent in Italian, German and English.

Filmography

Theatre-releases

• 2003 – Ready, Steady, Charlie! (Achtung, fertig, Charlie!), Swiss Army comedy (Swiss-German)
• 2006 – Love Made Easy, Road movie (English)
• 2007 – Breakout, Youth drama (Swiss-German)

TV Films

• 2006 – Sonjas Rückkehr, Social drama (Swiss-German)
• 2008 – Heldin der Lüfte, featuring REGA air rescue (Swiss-German)

Reflist

1. ^ "Curtain rises on Congress". FIFA. 31 May 2011. http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/bodies/news/newsid=1441187.html. 

External links

• Melanie Winiger at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Winiger, Melanie
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Date of birth	22 January 1979
Place of birth	Zurich, Switzerland
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