Jessika Cardinahl (born 1965) is a German actress, painter and sculptor.

Biography

Cardinahl began her career as a model at the age of 16 at the Parkersed modeling agency. She came into contact with acting through film producer

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. She was seen alongside

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in '' Otto - Der Film'' in 1985 and ''Otto - Der Liebesfilm'' in 1992. After playing small roles in US films and TV series (''

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'', ''

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'') and shooting TV spots as a model for directors such as

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, she has been working as a freelance painter and sculptor since 2002. In addition to various exhibitions in

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and

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, her works can be seen in the Children's Hospital in Los Angeles. In the Summer of 2019, she and her partner Quentin Parker took part in the reality show ''Das Sommerhaus der Stars'', where they were the first couple to voluntarily leave the house.

Personal life

Cardinahl was married in 1989 to actor

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(

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), whom she met in 1984 and with whom she moved to the

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. Together they opened a restaurant in New York City. The two have three children together and separated in the late 1990s. Cardinahl is committed to promoting disabled children. She has been with the architect Quentin Dart Parker since 2001.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cardinahl, Jessika 1965 births Living people Actresses from Hamburg German film actresses German television actresses German women painters German women sculptors German expatriate actresses in the United States