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Jenny Schily
Schily in 2016
Born (1967-05-14) 14 May 1967 (age 57)
West Berlin, West Germany
OccupationActress
Children4

Jenny Rosa Schily (born 14 May 1967)[1][2] is a German actress who works in theater and film. She is also a speaker for radio plays.

Life

Schily was born in West Berlin, the daughter of lawyer and politician Otto Schily and his first wife, painter Christiane Schily[2] née Hellwag. Her two given names were in given in referrence to Jenny Marx and Rosa Luxemburg respectively.[3] She is also the great-granddaughter of architect Bruno Taut.[4] After studying Slavic studies,[2] which was broken off after two semesters, she studied acting from at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin from 1991 to 1995.[5] Her first engagement took her to Staatsschauspiel Dresden, where she made her debut in the title role in Emilia Galotti. Then she was at Schauspiel Frankfurt and a member of the ensemble at the Theater am Turm. From 2002 to 2006, she was engaged at the Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz in Berlin and at the Maxim Gorki Theater in 2010 and 2011.

Schily landed her first major television role in 1996 in the film Du bist nicht allein – Die Roy Black Story, an adaptation of the life story of Roy Black, where she portrayed his wife Silke. Another important film work was The Legend of Rita, directed by Volker Schlöndorff.

Schily has one daughter and resides in Berlin.[2]

References

  1. ^ Kurzbiographie auf MDR.de zur Sendung MDR Kultur-Café vom 28. Juni 2016 mit Jenny Schily
  2. ^ a b c d Christoph Wirtz (1 February 2004). Schilys Tochter. Retrieved 9 January 2013. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  3. ^ Stefan Reinecke (5 May 2018). „Zu Marx hatte ich damals eher ein romantisches Verhältnis“. p. 26. ISSN 0931-9085. Retrieved 6 May 2018. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  4. ^ Otto Schily: „Die Erde eine gute Wohnung“. In: Bruno Taut: Meister des farbigen Bauens in Berlin, herausgegeben vom Deutschen Werkbund Berlin e. V., Wilfried Brenne, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-935455-82-4, Seite 10.
  5. ^ "Jenny Schily". filmakers.de. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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