Georgea Regout (born 26 July 1969) is an actress living and working in

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Biography

Regout was born in Belgium to a Belgian father and Austrian mother. They grew up in Brussels,

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, and

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, Austria. After studying in

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they lived in

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, for two and half years, where they worked for several fashion houses, amongst others as a model. They also were a guest student for history of art at the

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. Regout fluently speaks German, French and English, as well as Spanish and Italian. After having lived in Paris, Regout studied to become an actor in

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, Germany. During their studies, they played in ''Nathans Tod'', written and directed by

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, at the Bayrisches Staatsschauspiel in Munich. After working at the Weilheimer Theatersommer under

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and the Rheinisches Landestheater

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(1995–96), Regout moved to Berlin, where they appeared in several theaters, Sophiensaele and

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-Werkstatt being two of them. Regout had first appearances on TV in Series as '' Klinik unter Palmen'' (1998, ARD), ''

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'' (2002, Sat1) and ''

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'' (2003,

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). In 2004, Regout co-hosted the TV show ''Style SOS'' (

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) in nearly 200 episodes. From 2005 until 2007, Regout starred in 645 episodes of the Sat1-

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'' (based on ''

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'' from Colombia) in the role of fashion designer ''Hugo Haas''. The series, which belongs to the most successful ones in more recent German TV history, was awarded with the ''

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'' (German TV Award) and the '' Golden Rose of Lucerne''. ''Verliebt in Berlin'' aired very successfully in several European countries, amongst others in France (TF1). The theme of this series also served as a base for the US TV hit show ''

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'', co-produced by

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. After that, Regout starred in the musical ''Elixier'' at the Komödie Dresden, Germany, in the role of ''Hagen'', one of the leading parts, music composed by Tobias Künzel. In February 2009, they joined the TV show ''

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(Forbidden Love)'' on recurring basis in the role of Eduard von Tepp. Regout appeared amongst others in movies like '' Walk on Water'' (directed by

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, Israel, 2004), as well as '' Suck My Dick'' (2001) and ''

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'' (2004), both directed by German film director

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. In 2014, Regout starred as the ‘Son’ in Adam Rapp’s Pulitzer Prize short - listed, NOCTURNE, which garnered great reviews including from the Los Angeles Times. Regout is

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. They are a practicing Zen Buddhist. Regout is trans non-binary and uses they/she pronouns.

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* * * https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-review-nocturne-at-the-other-space-the-actors-company-20140212-story.html * https://www.instagram.com/artkillsgallery/?hl=en Actors from Brussels 21st-century Belgian actors Belgian expatriates in Germany 1969 births Living people Belgian television actors Belgian non-binary actors Belgian transgender people Transgender actors Transgender non-binary people Belgian people of Austrian descent {{belgium-actor-stub