Isolda Dychauk-Ott (born 4 February 1993) is a German actress of Russian descent.

Career

Isolda Dychauk was born in 1993 in

Surgut Surgut ( rus, Сургу́т, p=sʊrˈgut; Khanty: Сәрханӆ, ''Sərhanł, Сө̆ркут, sörkut'') is a city in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located on the Ob River near its junction with the Irtysh River. It is one of the fe ...

(West Siberia) and moved to

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in 2002 with her mother. In addition to her native language Russian, she learned to speak German accent-free. In 2003, she was admitted to the Berlin-based acting school ''Next Generation''. Her camera debut was in 2004 with the short film ''Gimme your shoes'', directed by Anika Wangard, which was shown in October 2009 at the

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. In 2007, she appeared in the family drama ''Das Geheimnis meiner Schwester'', where she acted next to Marianne Sägebrecht. In 2007, she acquired the role of Paula in the TV movie ''Nichts ist Vergessen''. In the following years, she appeared in several television series, including ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

The Old Fox ''Der Alte'' ("The Old One" or "The Old Fox") is a German crime drama series created by Helmut Ringelmann. It premiered on 11 April 1977 on ZDF. Since 1978 the series is part of the Friday Crime Night of the network. It depicts the crime-solvi ...

''. In 2008, she landed her first film role as Bianca in Nana Neuls youth drama ''Mein Freund aus Faro''. In 2010, she played Gretchen in the movie ''

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'', directed by

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. In September 2011, this screen adaptation of the tragedy by

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won the

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at the

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. In the European co-production television series of ''

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'', Dychauk plays the role of Lucrezia, whose father was Rodrigo Borgia—later

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—played by the American actor John Doman. Shooting of the first season took place between October 2010 and May 2011 in

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. A second season has subsequently been aired, and the third, and final season was aired and put on Netflix in the fall of 2014. In 2016, it was announced that Dychauk would make her first appearance at the Salzburg Festival in 2017 in a production by Athina Rachel Tsangari (Lulu).

Filmography/Television

* 2004: ''Gimme your shoes'' * 2007: ''Das Geheimnis meiner Schwester'' * 2007: ''Nichts ist vergessen'' * 2007: ''

'', episode "Gefährliches Vertrauen" * 2007–2010: '' Unsere Farm in Irland'', five episodes * 2008: ''Mein Freund aus Faro'' * 2008: ''

'', episode "Borowski und das Mädchen im Moor" * 2008: ''Alles was recht ist'' * 2008: ''Späte Rache – Eine Familie wehrt sich'' * 2008: ''

'', episode "Tot und vergessen" * 2008: ''Stille Post'' * 2009: ''30 Tage Angst'' * 2009: '' KRIMI.DE'', episode "Filmriss" * 2010: ''Tatort'', episode "Kaltes Herz" * 2010: ''The Old Fox'', episode "Rettungslos" * 2011: ''Polizeiruf 110'', episode "Leiser Zorn" * 2011: '' Großstadtrevier'', episode "Große Erwartungen" * 2011: ''

'' * 2011–2014: ''

'' (TV series) * 2012: '' The Capsule'' (short film) * 2013: '' Bastards'' * 2013: ''Guten Tag'' (short film) * 2015: '' Cologne P.D.'' – episode "Partitur eines Todes" * 2016: ''

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'' * 2016: ''

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'' (TV series) * 2017: ''Cordelia (The K. Sisterhood)'' (short film) * 2018–19:

Berlin Station (TV series) ''Berlin Station'' is an American drama television series created by Olen Steinhauer. The series stars Richard Armitage, Rhys Ifans, Leland Orser, Michelle Forbes, Richard Jenkins, Keke Palmer, Ashley Judd, John Doman, Tamlyn Tomita, and ...

, season 3 * 2020: '' The Book of Vision'' * 2022: City on a Hill (TV series), season 3 * 2023: ''The Magnet Man'' * 2024: '' McVeigh''

Personal life

Dychauk is married to American director and screenwriter Mike Ott.

References

External links

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Isolda Dychauk
at the agency ''Christel Vonk Berlin'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Dychauk, Isolda 1993 births Living people German film actresses German child actresses German people of Russian descent Russian emigrants to Germany German television actresses People from Surgut