Denise Zich (born 7 December 1975 in Wolfen,

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and former

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Life

Denise Zich grew up in Berlin. At the beginning of her career, she modeled for

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and got her first chance as an actress in the

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'', in which she had a supporting role for several months in 1995 together with her bandmates from

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. She left the band in 1996. In 1996, she hosted the show '' Pumuckl TV'' with Benedikt Weber. After further television roles, she played in her first film '' Schlaraffenland'' in 1999 alongside

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and Jürgen Tarrach. She received good reviews for her portrayal of the young fashion designer Valerie Landau in the German-Austrian television miniseries ''Love, Lies, Passions'', where she played alongside

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and

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. In 2001, Denise Zich received the Austrian television award

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in the category ''Most Popular Female Shooting Star''. In 2007, she appeared in the film '' Schwere Jungs'' by

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. In 2010, she was a permanent member of the ensemble of the series ''

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'' in her role as Dr. Isabel Dahl. Zich lives near Berlin and has been married to her acting colleague Andreas Elsholz since 2001. They are parents of a son.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zich, Denise 1975 births Living people German film actresses 21st-century German actresses