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Carina Wiese
Carina Wiese in April 2016
Born (1970-02-26) 26 February 1970 (age 54)
Dresden, East Germany

Carina Nicolette Wiese (born 26 February 1968) is a German actress.

Personal life and Career

Wiese was born in Dresden, East Germany,[1] where she went to school and began acting at a youth theatre in Pirna from a young age.

She completed an apprenticeship as a skilled clothing worker with high school diploma as well as evening studies in painting and graphics at the academy of arts in Dresden, as she originally wanted to become a costume designer.

In 1988 Wiese went on to study acting at the Theaterhochschule Leipzig. She finished her studies early in 1991, following her first acting engagement at Schauspiel Leipzig [de]. She is said to have fine riding and fencing skills.

From 2005 to 2007 Wiese also trained as an astrologer at the Astrology Centre Berlin with Alexander von Schlieffen and Markus Kehle. Between 2011 and 2013 Wiese taught as a lecturer at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Leipzig and at the acting school "Art of Acting Berlin" with a focus in "Working in front of the Camera".

Having been a member of the ensemble of the accredited Schauspiel Leipzig from 1991-1993 Wiese also appeared on theatre stages in Germany's capital, Berlin, and her home-town, Dresden. In addition to theatre Wiese has performed in radio dramas, feature films and a variety of popular German TV shows of different genres.

In 2006 she played the role of the mother in the film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Gudrun Pausewang, Die Wolke [de] (The Cloud), directed by Gregor Schnitzler and awarded the Bavarian Film Prize. In the cinema production KussKuss by Sören Senn Wiese starred as lead playing the young assistant doctor Katja. In 2008 she acted in Alle anderen (directed by Maren Ade) alongside Birgit Minichmayr and Lars Eidinger, and in 2009 in Phantomschmerz with Til Schweiger. In 2010, Wiese took on the role of the daughter in the marriage drama Satte Farben vor Schwarz (directed by Sophie Heldman) with Senta Berger and Bruno Ganz. In 2011 she was seen alongside Sebastian Schipper, Sophie Rois and Devid Striesow in Three (awarded the German Film Prize) directed by Tom Tykwer. In 2014 she appeared in the award winning international cinema production The Book Thief (directed by Brian Percival) alongside Emily Watson and Geoffrey Rush. Wiese portrayed the supporting role of Andrea Schäfer in the German TV Series Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei for nearly ten years. She returns occasionally as a guest star.

Wiese is a member of The German Film Academy.

Wiese has a son, born in 1992.

Selected Filmography

References

  1. ^ "Carina Wiese". KINO.de (in German). Retrieved 25 February 2018.
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