Natalia Germani (born 27 January 1993) is a Slovak actress.

Biography

Natalia Germani was born on 27 January 1993 as Natália Germaniová in

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. She originally wanted to be a medical doctor, but eventually decide to study acting at the

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. As a student she competed in the

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pageant. Germani's is well known as a soap opera actress, having starred in ''Deň a Noc'' (2013), ''Dr. Ema'' (2014), ''Divoké Kone'' (2015), ''Panelák'' (2017), ''Alica'' (2018)'', Hranica'' (2022) and ''Iveta'' (2023). Germani is also active as a stage actress, regularly appearing in plays of the GUnaGU theatre as well as the

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. Germani debuted as a movie actress in 2018, in the main role of the Czech movie ''Večne tvoja neverná.'' Her first main role was in the 2019 Czech drama

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. In 2022 she appeared as Alina in the horror movies'' The Devil Conspiracy'' and '' Nightsiren.'' For the later she was nominated for the

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and Sun in a Net awards. In 2023 she played the Czech Olympic diver turned pornographic actress

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in the movie ''The Body''. In 2015 she changed her name to Natalia Germani, to make it more accessible for international audiences. In 2023 she was included in the

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list by the Slovak edition of

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. Germani is married to the musician

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. They have two daughters.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Germani, Natalia 1993 births Living people Slovak film actresses Slovak television actresses Slovak stage actresses 21st-century Slovak actresses Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava alumni People from Nitra