Nora Tschirner

Nora Tschirner
Tschirner at the Premiere of Soloalbum (2003)
Born	Nora Marie Tschirner 12 June 1981 (1981-06-12) (age 30) East Berlin
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2001–present

Nora Marie Tschirner (born 12 June 1981) is a German actress and television and radio presenter.

Early life

Nora Tschirner was born in East Berlin (then East Germany) to the documentary film director Joachim Tschirner and the radio journalist Waltraud Tschirner. She grew up with her two older brothers in the East Berlin suburb Pankow. She attended John-Lennon-Gymnasium in Berlin, as did Sarah Kuttner, with whom she is friends.^[1] She completed her abitur at the Rosa-Luxemburg-Oberschule in Pankow.^[2] She made her first appearance on television in 1997 with a role in the ZDF children's series Achterbahn.

Presenting

In 2001, she was cast to present programs for MTV. In addition, she hosts the radio program Blue Moon on Radio Fritz (RBB) with Stephan Michme. Since 2004 she has appeared with Christian Ulmen in his show Ulmens Auftrag on MTV. In 2007 she hosted the First Steps Awards. She was also seen on OneRepublic's Secrets' Music Video as the main character.

Acting

After appearing as Anya in Conny Walter's Wie Feuer und Flamme (2001), she was the leading actress, playing Paula Behringer, in the ARD series Sternenfänger (2002). In 2003 she played alongside Matthias Schweighöfer as Katharina in Soloalbum, from the novel with the same title by Benjamin von Stuckrad-Barre. In 2005 she was the leading actress, playing Titzi in Anno Saul's Kebab Connection^[3][4] and some smaller roles in television series including Ein starkes Team and Abschnitt 40. She was the leading actress playing alongside Christian Ulmen in the film FC Venus – Elf Paare müsst ihr sein. In 2006 she played in the ZDF science fiction series Ijon Tichy: Raumpilot, a filming of The Star Diaries by Stanisław Lem. It won the German Television Prize and was nominated for the Grimme-Preis. In 2007 she was the leading actress alongside Til Schweiger in the romantic comedy Keinohrhasen.^[5] For this role, she won a Bambi in the national film category in 2008.^[6]

Singing

She participated on the songs Das ewige Date and Küss mich schnell bevor Du platzt on the album „Brichst du mir das Herz, dann brech ich dir die Beine“ by Olli Schulz und der Hund Marie.

Filmography

Television

• 2002: Sternenfänger (series)
• 2004: Sicherheitsstufe 1, Ein starkes Team
• 2004: Ulmens Auftrag
• 2005: Nichts geht mehr (13th Street Shocking Short)
• 2006: Die ProSieben Märchenstunde, Hans im Glück as apprentice witch 'Rabea'
• 2007: Ijon Tichy: Raumpilot (6 part science fiction series)
• 2007: Das letzte Stück Himmel

Cinema

• 2001: Wie Feuer und Flamme (Never Mind the Wall)
• 2003: Soloalbum
• 2005: Kebab Connection
• 2006: FC Venus – Elf Paare müsst ihr sein (FC Venus - Made in Germany)
• 2006: Asterix und die Wikinger, the German dubbed version of Asterix and the Vikings, (dub voice of "Abba“)
• 2006: The Conclave
• 2007: Keinohrhasen (Rabbit without Ears)
• 2008: La noche que dejó de llover
• 2009: Vorstadtkrokodile
• 2009: Wickie und die starken Männer
• 2009: Mord ist mein Geschäft, Liebling
• 2009: Zweiohrküken
• 2010: Vorstadtkrokodile 2
• 2010: Hier kommt Lola!
• 2010: Bon Appétit
• 2011: Vorstadtkrokodile 3

External links

• Nora Tschirner at the Internet Movie Database

References

1. ^ Gala, Nr. 52, 20.12.2007, S. 74.
2. ^ SZ-Magazin, 09/2004, S. 5ff.
3. ^ "Kebab Connection". Cinema International. Murray State University - Department of Modern Languages. Archived from the original on 2008-04-18. http://web.archive.org/web/20080418195902/http://www.murraystate.edu/chfa/ModernLanguages/cinema.htm. Retrieved 2008-05-14. 
4. ^ Ilel, Neille (2005-06-02). "Kung Fu Kebab—Love, Art And Food In Immigrant Germany". Queens Chronicle. Townnews. http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14630733. 
5. ^ "Rabbit without Ears". Festival of German Films. Goethe-Institut. http://www.goethe.de/Ins/au/lp/prj/ff08/flm/f14/enindex.htm. Retrieved 2008-05-16. ^{[dead link]}
6. ^ "Celebrity Search: "Til Schweiger"". Wire Image. 2008-11-27. http://www.wireimage.com/GalleryListing.asp?navtyp=CLB&str=4323&styp=clbi&nm=Til%20Schweiger&nbc1=1. Retrieved 2008-11-29. 

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Date of birth	12 June 1981
Place of birth	East Berlin
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