Angela Roy (born Angela Giesen; 24 June 1957) is a German actress and director.

Life and career

Angela Roy was born into a family of artistes. Her parents were acrobats who with a third partner made up the ''Iris Roy Trio''. Up to the age of eleven she was constantly travelling. She learnt various European languages and she now speaks English, French, Italian and Spanish today. Roy graduated from high school in

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and then she studied ballet, singing and choreography. She graduated from the

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in London. She also has a degree as a certified translator for English / German. She was a choreographer for

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. Roy worked in London theatres and then at the Bavarian State Theatre, the

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and at the

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. In 1998, she and her partner Erich Hallhuber created the play ''Play it again Brecht'' at Munich

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. This was their first joint directorial work. Her television career began with roles in the series ''

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'' and ''

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''. In 2004 she won the German Television Awards, Television Movie ' by

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. From November 2006 to October 2007 she starred in the telenovela ''

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'' as Petra Jansen. She has a daughter and lives in her hometown of Hamburg (Rotherbaum district) since 2002. She is a member of the German Film Academy and the German Association of film and television actors.

Filmography

Television

* 1989:

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– 7 episodes (Klavierlehrerin) * 1992: Unser Lehrer Doktor Specht * 1992:

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– 1 episode * 1993: Liebe ist Privatsache – 15 episodes * 1994–2000: Zwei Brüder (Serie) * 1996:

– 5 episodes * 2001:

Das Traumschiff ' ("The Dream Ship") is a German television drama series by ZDF. The series, about a cruise ship that travels to places around the world, debuted in 1981 and became one of the most-watched television shows in Germany. As of 2024, more than 100 e ...

– Jubiläums-Special * 2001:

Der letzte Zeuge ''Der letzte Zeuge'' (''The Last Witness'') is a German crime television series set in Berlin. Created by Gregor Edelmann, it aired on ZDF from 1998 to 2007 and was mostly directed by Bernhard Stephan. It stars Ulrich Mühe as medical examiner ...

– Die Entführung * 2001:

Wilsberg ''Wilsberg'' is a German TV series based on novels about the fictional private detective Georg Wilsberg. A first TV episode was aired in 1995, five years after the release of the first novel, starring Joachim Król. Since the second episode (aire ...

und die Tote im Feld * 2002:

Doppelter Einsatz ''Doppelter Einsatz'' is a German television series. This classic series starred Despina Pajanou as one of the two titular female, Hamburg police officers. Her partner changed over the seasons. See also *List of German television series The ...

* 2002:

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– Schatten * 2003:

– Leyla * 2003–2005:

Mit Herz und Handschellen ''Mit Herz und Handschellen'' is a German television series. See also * List of German television series The following is a list of television series produced in Germany: Current Drama * ''4 Blocks (TV series), 4 Blocks'' (TNT Serie, 2017� ...

(TV series) * 2003:

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– Flamme der Liebe * 2004: * 2004: Der Ferienarzt ... auf Korfu * 2004: Rose unter Dornen (TV film) * 2004:

SK Kölsch ''SK Kölsch'' was German television series produced in Cologne, which was broadcast on Sat.1 from 1999 to 2006. See also *List of German television series The following is a list of television series produced in Germany: Current Drama * ...

– Der letzte der Hippies * 2004: * 2005: Girlfriends – Süßes und Saures * 2005:

Großstadtrevier ''Großstadtrevier'' (roughly ''(Big) City Police Station'') is a German television series, broadcast on Germany's Das Erste of the ARD. First aired on 16 December 1986, the show is one of the most popular television series in the country. It fo ...

– Rampensau * 2005:

SOKO Kitzbühel ''SOKO Kitzbühel '' is an Austrian television series produced by ORF (broadcaster), ORF in collaboration with the German network ZDF. It is the third spin-off of the German crime series ''SOKO 5113'' (''SOKO München'' since 2015), launched i ...

- Mord im Schloss * 2005:

Bis in die Spitzen ''Bis in die Spitzen (To The Tips)'' is a German drama television series, based on the British BBC series ''Cutting It''. The series was originally broadcast on Mondays at 21:15, with 13 episodes in total being broadcast on Sat. 1. The original r ...

– 3 episodes * 2006:

Die Rosenheim-Cops is a German television series set in Chiemgau, mainly in Rosenheim. It is produced by the Bavaria Film GmbH for the ZDF public TV network. The cost per episode is estimated at 425,000 euros. Cast This is the actual cast of ''Die Rosenheim ...

- Diebstahl als Alibi * 2006:

Ein Fall für zwei ''A case for two'' (German: ''Ein Fall für zwei'') is a German television series, which premiered on 11 September 1981 on ZDF. The series, set in Frankfurt, features two main characters who solve crimes: a defense attorney and a private investi ...

– Blutige Liebesgrüße * 2006:

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– Mördergroupie * 2006:

- Liebe am Nachmittag * 2006–2007:

* 2007: Ein unverbesserlicher Dickkopf * 2007: Reife Leistung! * 2008: Geld.Macht.Liebe – episodes 1–12 * 2008:

– Papua Neuguinea * 2009: Geld.Macht.Liebe – episodes 13–19 * 2010:

SOKO Wismar ''SOKO Wismar'' is a German police procedural television series that premiered on 6 October 2004 on ZDF. It is the fifth offshoot of '' SOKO München'', launched in 1978 under the name ''SOKO 5113''. "SOKO" is an abbreviation of the German word ...

– Eine kleine Sehnsucht * 2010: Wilde Wellen * 2010: The Gold Quest: A Journey to Panama * 2011:

Das Traumhotel ''Das Traumhotel'' is a German/Austrian television series. See also *List of German television series The following is a list of television series produced in Germany: Current Drama * ''4 Blocks (TV series), 4 Blocks'' (TNT Serie, 2017–2 ...

– Malediven * 2011:

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– Gratwanderung * 2011: Weihnachten ... ohne mich, mein Schatz! * 2012: Rosamunde Pilcher – Das Geheimnis der weißen Taube * 2012: Inga Lindström: Die Sache mit der Liebe * 2013: Alles Chefsache! (als Carla Monterosso) * 2013:

Um Himmels Willen ''Um Himmels Willen'' (English: ''For Heaven's Sake'') is a German television sitcom created by Jana Brandt and Sven Döbler, which originally aired on Das Erste since 8 January 2002. The 13th season was aired from 4 March 2014 to 3 June 2014 a ...

* 2013: Harry nervt * 2014:

- Gebrochene Herzen * 2015:

- Kanada * 2015: Rosamunde Pilcher – Ghostwriter

Film

* 1991: L’Ange déchu * 1996: Forever and Ever (directed by

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) * 2000: Rillenfieber (directed by Patrick Tauss) * 2004: Die Unsichtbare (Kurzfilm) * 2004: Maria an Callas * 2005: Carrick Mor (Kurzfilm)

Theater

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* Festspiele

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* Van Brough Theatre,

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, Berlin * Komödie am Kurfürstendamm, Berlin *

Münchner Lach- und Schießgesellschaft The Münchner Lach- und Schießgesellschaft (; Munich laughing and shooting company) is a German political ''kabarett'' (satirical revue) that runs at its own theatre in Schwabing, Munich. It was founded in 1956 by journalist Sammy Drechsel and ...

* Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel, München *

Theater-Programme

* 1997–2002: Ragout Fin de Siècle – Ein Erich-Kästner-Abend für Erwachsene * 2000: Wenn ich mich in Deine Stimme hülle – Ein

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Abend * 2001: Ich gehöre nur mir ganz allein – Ein

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Abend * 2009: Barfuß im Regen – Theater an der Kö * 2012: Die Harry Belafonte Story – Theatertournee

References

* Neben den unter Weblinks genannten: ''Harte Arbeit für leichte Kost''. Interview in: ''verde'' (Kundenmagazin der Drogeriemarktkette Budnikowsky, Hrsg: Iwan Budnikowsky GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg, Juni 2007, S. 6f).

External links

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Offizielle Webseite

Kurzbiographie (Stand: 9.Juni 2003)

''Geld.Macht.Liebe''
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